About the article
This article is a dedicated branch of "Custom Domains on Shifter" for Cloudflare. Before following the instructions, you'll need to follow "Custom Domains on Shifter" to register domain name to Shifter and get domain verification records.
Sample domain and DNS records
Sample Domain:
- example.com
- www.example.com
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.
For www.example.com
Name: _hijkl.www.example.com
Type: CNAME
Value: _56789.acm-validations.aws.
Setting up validation DNS records
1. Navigate Login page
2. Click [DNS] menu of your domain name
3. Click [+Add record] button to add new records
4. Disable Cloudflare's DNS Proxy
Click an [orange cloud icon] under [Proxy status] menu to turn off the feature.
If cloud icon turns to grey, Proxy is turned off.
That makes pointing DNS records directly to Shifter server without using Cloudflare's DNS Proxy.
5. Add validation records
Validation record for example.com
Type: CNAME
Name: _abcd
Target: _01234.acm-validations.aws.
TTL: Auto
Proxy status: DNS only
Click [Save] button to save changes
Validation record for www.example.com
Type: CNAME
Name: _hijkl.www
Target: _56789.acm-validations.aws.
TTL: Auto
Proxy status: DNS only
Click [Save] button to save changes
Setting up DNS records, after completed domain verification.
6. Add CNAME record
After completed domain verification, let's set up CNAME record for your domain name.
DNS record for www.example.com
Type: CNAME
Name: www
Target: abc123.on.getshifter.io. or def456.cloudfront.net.
TTL: Auto
Proxy status: DNS only
Click [Save] button to save changes
7. [Optional] Set up ALIAS/ANAME record for example.com
Type: CNAME
Name: @
Target: def456.cloudfront.net
TTL: Auto
Proxy status: DNS only
Click [Save] button to save changes
8. Confirm record sets
That's all!
Disabling Cloudflare Proxy
Click Orange Cloud ("DNS and HTTP Proxy (CDN)") and turn it to Grey Cloud ("DNS only") when you add records with bypassing Cloudflare's DNS Proxy.
It's important to disable their feature as Shifter provides CDN services through Amazon Web Services which it is built on.
Step 1. Clicking an [orange cloud icon] under [Proxy status] menu to turn off the feature.
Step 2. Cloud icon turns to grey, Proxy is turned off.