Need help using a custom domain
kundangd
FREEOP

6 months ago

Hi guys, i need help using a custom domain for my app
if i add the suggested cname record in my godaddy dns… it says invalid record name

Railway suggestion

type: CNAME
name: @
value:

how can i get around this

$10 Bounty

1 Replies

kundangd
FREEOP

6 months ago

e710bc83-cd21-4645-83c6-feefcb394a17


Why hello there


The @ is the issue


kundangd
FREEOP

6 months ago

r u human?


Just type in your root domain name.


kundangd
FREEOP

6 months ago

where


Instead of the @!


kundangd
FREEOP

6 months ago

ohh.. let me try


Let me know if it works!


kundangd
FREEOP

6 months ago

1382162254358646800


Can you screenshot the rule without the token present?


kundangd
FREEOP

6 months ago

btw… while adding a custom domain in railway portal.. what port i shud use


Depends on the port of your app…


Actually, it appears as if GoDaddy doesn't allow root domain cnaming…


I would recommend setting up CloudFlare for proxying


kundangd
FREEOP

6 months ago

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Not sure why you put <> around it, but


GoDaddy does not support root domain CNAME


kundangd
FREEOP

6 months ago

to show u as a value


kundangd
FREEOP

6 months ago

i dont actually oput it


kundangd
FREEOP

6 months ago

no way around this w/o involving any new service?


kundangd
FREEOP

6 months ago

i'm a pro member btw… how do i get the role


Not sure. CloudFlare is awesome though. Everyone uses it.


kundangd
FREEOP

6 months ago

hmm.. is there any guide or soemthing


kundangd
FREEOP

6 months ago

what ecactly do i need to do



Then you'll see DNS settings, do the same thing but use @, and it will @ctually work


kundangd
FREEOP

6 months ago

no

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Why do you have an A record with that name?


Remove that A record and make it only a CNAME


kundangd
FREEOP

6 months ago

i didnt add it. i dont know where it came from.. r u sure it wont cause issues?



kundangd
FREEOP

6 months ago

there are 2 btw.. remove botH?


it is pointing to some IP so, it must be going somewhere


you only need to remove the one that uses the root domain


kundangd
FREEOP

6 months ago

both r using root


I'm not sure how that's possible but


If you didn't add them they shouldn't be there in the first place


They can't both be A


kundangd
FREEOP

6 months ago

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yeah I have no idea what those are


you can safely get rid of them


kundangd
FREEOP

6 months ago

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What are you hiding if you don't even know what those are


kundangd
FREEOP

6 months ago

for satefy from u


And what am I going to do 👀


cool website

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Oh. They're pointing to godaddy's servers.

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Yeah if you're replacing that you can delete them


kundangd
FREEOP

6 months ago

i deleted


kundangd
FREEOP

6 months ago

and added railway



As a CNAME


kundangd
FREEOP

6 months ago

is this cloudfare stuff gonna cost me?



Totally free


kundangd
FREEOP

6 months ago

iv'e changed nameservers


That should've been the first step 😐


kundangd
FREEOP

6 months ago

i mean jus tnow on godaddy.. used cloudfare ones


Okay well



kundangd
FREEOP

6 months ago

did u send me a msg via my site?


yeah <:kekw:788259314607325204>


kundangd
FREEOP

6 months ago

thanks for the help man!


working?


kundangd
FREEOP

6 months ago

yeah



kundangd
FREEOP

6 months ago

what r u building



kundangd
FREEOP

6 months ago

why r u using railway



and random misc personal stuff


kundangd
FREEOP

6 months ago

like pastebin?



just for fun.


kundangd
FREEOP

6 months ago

good luck


uflowlab
HOBBY

6 months ago

This is ridicullous, you can't be serious about requiring ppl to use cloudflare as a proxy to get a custom domain to work. No platform i ever used made this process such a pain in the ass


Not required. At all. Read the conversation please.


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