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This is for Namecheap users. Before following these instructions, register your domain name to Shifter and get domain verification records.

Tomohyco Tsunoda avatar
Written by Tomohyco Tsunoda
Updated over 2 years ago

About this article

This article is a dedicated branch of "Custom Domains on Shifter" for Namecheap. Before following the instructions, you'll need to follow "Custom Domains on Shifter" to register your domain name to Shifter and get domain verification records.

 

Sample domain and DNS records

Sample Domain: 

Sample Shifter Domains:

  • abc123.on.getshifter.io. 

  • def456.cloudfront.net.

Sample Validation Records:

For example.com

Name: _abcde.example.com
Type: CNAME
Value: _01234.acm-validations.aws. 

Name: _hijkl.www.example.com
Type: CNAME
Value: _56789.acm-validations.aws.
​ 

Setting up DNS validation records

1. Navigate to the Login page

2. Click [Manage] under the [TRANSFER IN] pulldown menu

3. Click [Advanced DNS] menu

4. Click [ADD NEW RECORD] button to add validation records

5. Input validation records for example.com

Type: CNAME Record
Host:  _abcd.
Value: _01234.acm-validations.aws.
TTL: Automatic 

Click [✓] button to save changes

6. Input validation records for www.example.com

Type: CNAME Record
Name:  _hijkl.www.
Value: _56789.acm-validations.aws.
TTL: Automatic 

Click [✓] button to save changes

7. Confirm the added validation records

 

Setting up  DNS records, after completing domain verification.

8. Click [ADD NEW RECORD] to add an ALIAS record

After completing domain verification, let's set up CNAME records for your domain name.

ALIAS record forexample.com

Type: ALIAS Record
Name:  @
Value: def456.cloudfront.net.
TTL: Automatic 

Click [✓] button to save changes

9. Also, input the CNAME record for www.example.com

Type: CNAME Record
Name:  www.
Value: abc123.on.getshifter.io. or def456.cloudfront.net.
TTL: Automatic 

Click [✓] button to save changes

10. Confirm all records


That's all!

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