Need help using a custom domain
kundangd
FREEOP

a year 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

78 Replies

kundangd
FREEOP

a year ago

e710bc83-cd21-4645-83c6-feefcb394a17


a year ago

Why hello there


a year ago

The @ is the issue


kundangd
FREEOP

a year ago

r u human?


a year ago

Just type in your root domain name.


kundangd
FREEOP

a year ago

where


a year ago

Instead of the @!


kundangd
FREEOP

a year ago

ohh.. let me try


a year ago

Let me know if it works!


kundangd
FREEOP

a year ago

1382162254358646784


a year ago

Can you screenshot the rule without the token present?


kundangd
FREEOP

a year ago

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


a year ago

Depends on the port of your app...


a year ago

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


a year ago

I would recommend setting up CloudFlare for proxying


kundangd
FREEOP

a year ago

1382162986055241820


a year ago

Not sure why you put <> around it, but


a year ago

GoDaddy does not support root domain CNAME


kundangd
FREEOP

a year ago

to show u as a value


kundangd
FREEOP

a year ago

i dont actually oput it


kundangd
FREEOP

a year ago

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


kundangd
FREEOP

a year ago

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


a year ago

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


kundangd
FREEOP

a year ago

hmm.. is there any guide or soemthing


kundangd
FREEOP

a year ago

what ecactly do i need to do



a year ago

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


kundangd
FREEOP

a year ago

no

1382164753887137854


a year ago

Why do you have an A record with that name?


a year ago

Remove that A record and make it only a CNAME


kundangd
FREEOP

a year ago

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


a year ago

yes.


kundangd
FREEOP

a year ago

there are 2 btw.. remove botH?


a year ago

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


a year ago

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


kundangd
FREEOP

a year ago

both r using root


a year ago

I'm not sure how that's possible but


a year ago

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


a year ago

They can't both be A


kundangd
FREEOP

a year ago

1382166059486019605


a year ago

yeah I have no idea what those are


a year ago

you can safely get rid of them


kundangd
FREEOP

a year ago

1382166335328616489


a year ago

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


kundangd
FREEOP

a year ago

for satefy from u


a year ago

And what am I going to do 👀


a year ago

cool website

1382166595828449370


a year ago

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

1382166722680848404


a year ago

Yeah if you're replacing that you can delete them


kundangd
FREEOP

a year ago

i deleted


kundangd
FREEOP

a year ago

and added railway


a year ago

Slay


a year ago

As a CNAME


kundangd
FREEOP

a year ago

is this cloudfare stuff gonna cost me?


a year ago

Nope


a year ago

Totally free


kundangd
FREEOP

a year ago

iv'e changed nameservers


a year ago

That should've been the first step 😐


kundangd
FREEOP

a year ago

i mean jus tnow on godaddy.. used cloudfare ones


a year ago

Okay well


a year ago

Good


kundangd
FREEOP

a year ago

did u send me a msg via my site?


a year ago

yeah <:kekw:788259314607325204>


kundangd
FREEOP

a year ago

thanks for the help man!


a year ago

working?


kundangd
FREEOP

a year ago

yeah


a year ago

No.


kundangd
FREEOP

a year ago

what r u building


a year ago

Hm?


kundangd
FREEOP

a year ago

why r u using railway



a year ago

and random misc personal stuff


kundangd
FREEOP

a year ago

like pastebin?


a year ago

yeah.


a year ago

just for fun.


kundangd
FREEOP

a year ago

good luck


uflowlab
FREE

a year 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


a year ago

Not required. At all. Read the conversation please.


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