Question
How to redirect non-www to www in DigitalOcean App platform built website and Godaddy domain
- Posted on April 3, 2023
- DigitalOcean App PlatformDNSNetworking
Asked by Moviego Manager
Hi all,
I have designed a website using React and Django. Both end are working through DO app platform using github repositories. I have purchased the domain from Godaddy. Everything is finished now and I want to connect my domain to my website. I followed the DO instructions and changed the nameserver on Godaddy. The website is working now with https://www.example.com but it is not working with https://example.com. I want to redirect the non-www to www for anyone mistakenly tries that.
Problem is there is no way I could find in DO settings. I can’t create an ‘A’ redirect because the forwarded value is not an IP address but it is an url given by DO for the app. I cannot do that from godaddy settings ‘forwarding’ options because this just resets all the nameservers back to godaddy nameservers.
Is there a way to do this?
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Hi there,
Note that not all DNS providers support this method for root domains, known as CNAME flattening or using an ANAME or ALIAS record. I believe that GoDaddy does not support this yet.
What you could do instead, is to switch your DNS management to DigitalOcean:
ns1.digitalocean.comns2.digitalocean.comns3.digitalocean.comThat way when you add your non-www domain name to your App Platform, it will automatically take care of the DNS records for you.
Let me know if you have any questions!
Best,
Bobby