How to add a custom domain bought in goDaddy in parse.com

Question

I created an app/project in parse.com. I am using parse hosting service. I created a parse app name which ends with "someName.parseapp.com".

I bought a domain in GoDaddy that I now want to point to my parse app, I know that I need to add a CNAME record on GoDaddy but not sure what it should be (www is already there...). Can anyone tell the exact steps to be done?

Answer 1

I have just successfully completed the process doing the following.

PART A: Forwarding www.yourapp.com to yourapp.parseapp.com

1. Go to GoDaddy Domain Details
2. Click on DNS Zone Files
3. Under CNAME set www to point to your yourapp.parseapp.com
4. In Parse, go to go to your application -> Settings -> Hosting
5. In Host Name put www.yourapp.com

PART B: Forwarding yourapp.com to yourapp.parseapp.com

1. In GoDaddy create A host record for yourapp.com to link to 54.85.233.145 and 54.85.226.190 (create two A records) [1]

And that's it :)

[1] https://parse.com/docs/hosting_guide#custom