Documentation / Custom Domains

Set Up a Custom Domain

31 steps

Point your own domain at your DevOpser application.

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    Click the “Enter your domain (e.g., example.com)” field and enter your domain.

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    Format should be “<site.com> for example ”devopserdemo.com"

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    Click “Add Domain”

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    Click “Refresh”

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    Click “Show Instructions”

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    Go to “Route53”

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    Go to your custom domain's hosted zone.

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    Click on your domain.

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    Create a DNS record based on the instructions to validate the certificate.

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    Once the DNS record is created, click “Verify”

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    Click “Attach to ALB”

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    It takes about 16 minutes for the new ALB to be provisioned.

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    If you get this message, the provisioning is still in progress.

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    After \~16 minutes, click “Show DNS Instructions”

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    You will get specific instructions for adding the needed DNS records to route your domain to the backend.

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    Back in Route53, click “Create record”

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    Make sure you enable the Alias setting in the A record.

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    Click “Choose endpoint”

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    Click “Alias to Application and Classic Load Balancer”

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    Click “Choose Region”

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    Click “US East (N. Virginia)”

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    Click the “Choose load balancer” field.

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    Paste the record value exactly as it appears in the instructions.

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    Click “Add another record”

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    Click the “Record name” field. Add “www” to the record name.

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    Ensure it is marked as an Alias.

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    Copy the exact value from the instructions

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    Click “Create records”

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    It takes about 60 seconds for the records to be created. But it can take up to 48 hours for the records to propagate through DNS - please be patient.

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    Once DNS has propagated successfully, you will see your application at your desired web address. Congrats you have successfully attached your custom domain!

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    Troubleshooting tip: there is no listener on port 80 so ensure you link directly to https://your-custom-domain.com (with https) in the address - http will fail.