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I want to link my domain to my Heroku rails app.
What steps should I follow? What should I enter in the following Freenom form?
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asked Feb 08 '16 13:02
Summary of stepsAdd the custom domain to your app with the heroku domains:add command. Look up the Heroku-supplied DNS target for the custom domain using the heroku domains command. Configure your app's DNS provider to point to the Heroku-supplied DNS target. Confirm that your app is accessible via the custom domain.
Domains can be added to both free and paid Heroku apps and adding domains does not incur extra charges. For verification purposes, you must verify your Heroku account to add domains to apps.
First open your app in the Heroku web page, then click the "Settings" button https://dashboard.heroku.com/apps/{your app name} Scroll down until you see the "Domains" section, Then click "Add domain" https://dashboard.heroku.com/apps/{your app name}/settings. Input the domain name you purchased from google (eg.
You can create a CNAME record like so:
Name Type TTL Target
www CNAME 14440 appname.herokuapp.com
You might need to setup something different to forward apex to www to that http://yourdomain.com forwards to http://www.yourdomain.com
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