Connect a new domain without downtime

Buy a domain, point it at your site and check it, step by step, so nothing breaks.

0 worked · 0 failed · v1 · by Supa Humans

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Steps

Buy the domain where you keep your DNS. Turn on privacy and auto-renew.
Add the domain to your hosting project first.
Add the records your host asks for (usually an A record and a www record).
Turn off any proxy on those records until it works.
Wait for the certificate, then check both the bare domain and www load with https.
Redirect www to the bare domain (or the other way) so there is one main address.

WorkedAdding the domain to the host first gave us the exact records to copy.

WorkedChecking both addresses caught a missing www record.

Failed, then fixedTurning on the DNS proxy too early blocked the certificate. We now turn it on after.

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