Shifter

Assigning an ALIAS Domain

Using your CloudFront domain, enable IPv6 for more speed and security.

How to enable IPv6

How to assign your domain as an ALIAS record

You can change the primary domain name for your site

Swapping the primary domain name and Alternative

Domain verification and CAA records

Tomohyco Tsunoda

Dano

Custom Domains

Step-by-step guide for adding and assigning your custom domain to your Shifter site.

How to set up custom domains on Shifter

How to add and apply a custom domain name to your Shifter site (Step 1)

I. Register a Domain Name on the Shifter Dashboard

II. Adding verification DNS records

III. Assigning a domain name to the site and create a new artifact

IV. Adding DNS records for production

Applying custom domain names

This article is a dedicated branch of "Custom Domains on Shifter" for Route 53 of AWS.

AWS Route 53

Tips for using Cloudflare DNS and Proxy settings with Shifter

Cloudflare DNS

This article is a dedicated branch of "Custom Domains on Shifter" for GoDaddy's DNS server.

GoDaddy

This article is a dedicated branch of "Custom Domains on Shifter" for Google Domains

Google Domains

This article is a dedicated branch of "Custom Domains on Shifter" for MuuMuu Domain.

MuuMuu Domain

Name.com

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

Namecheap

This article is a dedicated branch of "Custom Domains on Shifter" for Value Domain.

Value Domain

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Configuring ALIAS record on MuuMuu Domain

Configuring ALIAS record on Route 53 of AWS

GoDaddy's DNS doesn't support ALIAS records for naked or zone apex domain. You may need to set Domain Forwarding.

Domain Forwarding on GoDaddy (non-www domain to www)

Domain Forwarding on Google Domains (zone apex/naked domain to www-prefixed domain)

DNS Providers Guides

How to avoid or minimize downtime while changing the domain name of a live production site.

Changing domain names on live sites

Updating expired DNS Verification codes

Tips for resolves issues related to adding, verifying, or editing custom domains.

Troubleshooting custom domains

Troubleshooting

Applying a custom domain name to artifacts manually

Custom domain name specifications on Shifter

Can I assign my domain (e.g. www.example.com) to Shifter?

The verification timed-out domains and certificates are periodically removed to provide fast and robust service to our clients.

Auto removing verification timed out domains and certificates.

Shifter provides a temporary URL for WordPress every time it starts

Can I access the WordPress admin with custom domain?

This article describes domain name verification statuses.

Understanding the Domain/SSL certificate verification status

FAQs

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