Can we route custom domain to DO spaces

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Hi DOs,

I have static pages on digital spaces. Can I route my custom domain to DO space to serve those static pages.

Let me know if you need any additional question.

Thank you,
Sumit

Answer 1

AHA April 11, 2019

DigitalOcean launched custom subdomains for Spaces on April 9th, 2019.

Announcement blog post: https://blog.digitalocean.com/custom-subdomains-for-spaces-cdn-endpoints/
Video walkthrough : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETfzaw4WNiw
Official product documentation with instructions: https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/spaces/how-to/customize-cdn-endpoint/

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Answer 2

jarland August 21, 2018

Hello friend!

At the moment you cannot with the existing setup. However, you could do a reverse proxy to force it to work.

Kind Regards,
Jarland

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NormalizeWeb August 21, 2018

Hi there,

Thank you for your response. Can you share a link / pointer for steps to configure reverse proxy to force it to work.

Kind Regards,
Sumit
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- jarland August 21, 2018
  
  Sure thing! I didn’t even realize, it turns out we do have a tutorial for just this. Look at Brian being more on top of things than I am :)
  
  https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-proxy-digitalocean-spaces-with-nginx-on-ubuntu-16-04
  
  How To Proxy DigitalOcean Spaces with Nginx on Ubuntu 16.04
  by Brian Boucheron
  DigitalOcean Spaces is an object storage service that is compatible with the S3 API. In this tutorial we will show you how to use Nginx to proxy requests for objects on your Space....
  
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Answer 3

NormalizeWeb August 21, 2018

Hi there,

Thank you for your response. Can you share a link / pointer for steps to configure reverse proxy to force it to work.

Kind Regards,
Sumit
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- jarland August 21, 2018
  
  Sure thing! I didn’t even realize, it turns out we do have a tutorial for just this. Look at Brian being more on top of things than I am :)
  
  https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-proxy-digitalocean-spaces-with-nginx-on-ubuntu-16-04
  
  How To Proxy DigitalOcean Spaces with Nginx on Ubuntu 16.04
  by Brian Boucheron
  DigitalOcean Spaces is an object storage service that is compatible with the S3 API. In this tutorial we will show you how to use Nginx to proxy requests for objects on your Space....
  
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Answer 4

ravikan2 March 20, 2019

Hi there, I have set up spaces but do not know how to set up the domain in my DNS, i want something like cdn.mysite.com -> DO static file

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AHA April 11, 2019

You can do that now! Take a look at this video walkthrough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETfzaw4WNiw

Here is the official product documentation with instructions: https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/spaces/how-to/customize-cdn-endpoint/
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Answer 5

AHA April 11, 2019

You can do that now! Take a look at this video walkthrough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETfzaw4WNiw

Here is the official product documentation with instructions: https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/spaces/how-to/customize-cdn-endpoint/
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Answer 6

turicas April 5, 2019

Any plans to implement this? It’s really bad to maintain a reverse proxy (another moving part, lots of traffic) just to have a custom domain setup for serving static files.

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AHA April 11, 2019

Hey @turicas, good news! DigitalOcean launched custom subdomains for Spaces on April 9th, 2019.

Here is the product blog: https://blog.digitalocean.com/custom-subdomains-for-spaces-cdn-endpoints/

Here is a video walkthrough on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETfzaw4WNiw

Here is the official product documentation with instructions: https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/spaces/how-to/customize-cdn-endpoint/

Hope it helps simplify your setup!
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- turicas April 15, 2019
  
  Thanks for the update!
  
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Answer 7

AHA April 11, 2019

Hey @turicas, good news! DigitalOcean launched custom subdomains for Spaces on April 9th, 2019.

Here is the product blog: https://blog.digitalocean.com/custom-subdomains-for-spaces-cdn-endpoints/

Here is a video walkthrough on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETfzaw4WNiw

Here is the official product documentation with instructions: https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/spaces/how-to/customize-cdn-endpoint/

Hope it helps simplify your setup!
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- turicas April 15, 2019
  
  Thanks for the update!
  
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Answer 8

alexdo October 8, 2020

Hello, all

Because there are so many secondary features that to really provide a great platform for static sites such as deployment and SSL we launched an app platform which has full support for static sites. You can find out more here:

Beginner Guide:
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-deploy-a-static-website-to-the-cloud-with-digitalocean-app-platform

Quickstart Guide:
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-deploy-a-static-site-from-github-with-digitalocean-app-platform-quickstart

Hope that this helps!
Regards,
Alex

How To Deploy a Static Website to the Cloud with DigitalOcean App Platform

by Erin Glass

This tutorial walks you through all the steps of deploying a static website to the cloud with DigitalOcean App Platform, including how to get started with GitHub. If you don't have a static site, you can use our sample site to learn how App Platform works.

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