Need help using a custom domain

kundangd
FREEOP

5 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

5 months ago

e710bc83-cd21-4645-83c6-feefcb394a17


5 months ago

Why hello there


5 months ago

The @ is the issue


kundangd
FREEOP

5 months ago

r u human?


5 months ago

Just type in your root domain name.


kundangd
FREEOP

5 months ago

where


5 months ago

Instead of the @!


kundangd
FREEOP

5 months ago

ohh.. let me try


5 months ago

Let me know if it works!


kundangd
FREEOP

5 months ago

1382162254358646800


5 months ago

Can you screenshot the rule without the token present?


kundangd
FREEOP

5 months ago

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


5 months ago

Depends on the port of your app…


5 months ago

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


5 months ago

I would recommend setting up CloudFlare for proxying


kundangd
FREEOP

5 months ago

1382162986055241700


5 months ago

Not sure why you put <> around it, but


5 months ago

GoDaddy does not support root domain CNAME


kundangd
FREEOP

5 months ago

to show u as a value


kundangd
FREEOP

5 months ago

i dont actually oput it


kundangd
FREEOP

5 months ago

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


kundangd
FREEOP

5 months ago

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


5 months ago

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


kundangd
FREEOP

5 months ago

hmm.. is there any guide or soemthing


kundangd
FREEOP

5 months ago

what ecactly do i need to do



5 months ago

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


kundangd
FREEOP

5 months ago

no

1382164753887137800


5 months ago

Why do you have an A record with that name?


5 months ago

Remove that A record and make it only a CNAME


kundangd
FREEOP

5 months ago

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


5 months ago

yes.


kundangd
FREEOP

5 months ago

there are 2 btw.. remove botH?


5 months ago

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


5 months ago

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


kundangd
FREEOP

5 months ago

both r using root


5 months ago

I'm not sure how that's possible but


5 months ago

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


5 months ago

They can't both be A


kundangd
FREEOP

5 months ago

1382166059486019600


5 months ago

yeah I have no idea what those are


5 months ago

you can safely get rid of them


kundangd
FREEOP

5 months ago

1382166335328616400


5 months ago

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


kundangd
FREEOP

5 months ago

for satefy from u


5 months ago

And what am I going to do 👀


5 months ago

cool website

1382166595828449300


5 months ago

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

1382166722680848400


5 months ago

Yeah if you're replacing that you can delete them


kundangd
FREEOP

5 months ago

i deleted


kundangd
FREEOP

5 months ago

and added railway


5 months ago

Slay


5 months ago

As a CNAME


kundangd
FREEOP

5 months ago

is this cloudfare stuff gonna cost me?


5 months ago

Nope


5 months ago

Totally free


kundangd
FREEOP

5 months ago

iv'e changed nameservers


5 months ago

That should've been the first step 😐


kundangd
FREEOP

5 months ago

i mean jus tnow on godaddy.. used cloudfare ones


5 months ago

Okay well


5 months ago

Good


kundangd
FREEOP

5 months ago

did u send me a msg via my site?


5 months ago

yeah <:kekw:788259314607325204>


kundangd
FREEOP

5 months ago

thanks for the help man!


5 months ago

working?


kundangd
FREEOP

5 months ago

yeah


5 months ago

No.


kundangd
FREEOP

5 months ago

what r u building


5 months ago

Hm?


kundangd
FREEOP

5 months ago

why r u using railway



5 months ago

and random misc personal stuff


kundangd
FREEOP

5 months ago

like pastebin?


5 months ago

yeah.


5 months ago

just for fun.


kundangd
FREEOP

5 months ago

good luck


uflowlab
HOBBY

5 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


5 months ago

Not required. At all. Read the conversation please.


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