When will root domains be available in App Platform?

Question

Hi there,

I just moved my website to the App Platform when I realized that root domains are not possible.
Actually I wanted to replace my Droplet with an App, but now I probably have to throw the App away.

Is there any information when the root domains will work?

Thanks.

Answer 1

crashoverride October 8, 2020

👋 @nightillusions

Soooooon! We’re working hard on enhanced domain support. We don’t have a public release date but I can say soon. Stay tuned :)

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zcbroadcast October 23, 2020

Hi @crashoverride, any update for this feature? :D We’re waiting for…
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- crashoverride October 23, 2020
  
  Thanks for checking back @zcbroadcast, I still don’t have a public release date, though I can let you know we are well into development on this feature.
  
  Thanks for holding out for us!
  
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Zensen October 26, 2020

My goodness. I just went through hours of creating a new site and defining it for parcel & DO static app only to find out it won’t work with the domain! You can’t create a cname from the root to www so a web server is required to fix it. First Covid, now this! /suffering
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tyagunov November 11, 2020

Any news? I spent few hours today to setup and found “coming soon” stone at the end )
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- rbrazier November 14, 2020
  
  I just tried today and noticed the domain page has changed - was able to add a root domain! Haven’t seen any announcements though
  
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  crashoverride November 14, 2020
  
  👀 you caught us!
  
  We soft launched root domains yesterday, full documentation will be posted next week.
  
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  zcbroadcast November 17, 2020
  
  Where can i reach the document? I can set root domain success but when open my site by root domain, it’s show error ‘This site can’t be reach (ERRCONNECTIONREFUSED)’.
  
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  crashoverride November 17, 2020
  
  Here’s some documentation:
  
  https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/app-platform/how-to/manage-domains/
  
  If you continue to have trouble please submit a support ticket:
  
  https://do.co/2RvJI2Y
  
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Answer 2

zcbroadcast October 23, 2020

Hi @crashoverride, any update for this feature? :D We’re waiting for…
Reply Report
- crashoverride October 23, 2020
  
  Thanks for checking back @zcbroadcast, I still don’t have a public release date, though I can let you know we are well into development on this feature.
  
  Thanks for holding out for us!
  
  Reply Report
Zensen October 26, 2020

My goodness. I just went through hours of creating a new site and defining it for parcel & DO static app only to find out it won’t work with the domain! You can’t create a cname from the root to www so a web server is required to fix it. First Covid, now this! /suffering
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tyagunov November 11, 2020

Any news? I spent few hours today to setup and found “coming soon” stone at the end )
Reply Report
- rbrazier November 14, 2020
  
  I just tried today and noticed the domain page has changed - was able to add a root domain! Haven’t seen any announcements though
  
  Reply Report
  
  crashoverride November 14, 2020
  
  👀 you caught us!
  
  We soft launched root domains yesterday, full documentation will be posted next week.
  
  Reply Report
  
  zcbroadcast November 17, 2020
  
  Where can i reach the document? I can set root domain success but when open my site by root domain, it’s show error ‘This site can’t be reach (ERRCONNECTIONREFUSED)’.
  
  Reply Report
  
  crashoverride November 17, 2020
  
  Here’s some documentation:
  
  https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/app-platform/how-to/manage-domains/
  
  If you continue to have trouble please submit a support ticket:
  
  https://do.co/2RvJI2Y
  
  Reply Report

Answer 3

Trunksome October 19, 2020

Can you share any progress on this?

This is a real bummer, I liked the network tab but with this restriction its just useless. Will have to remove the name servers and go back to the domain provider I guess.

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stasx October 20, 2020

Would also love to see some progress. Hosting a static site on the apex domain must be the most common use case for static sites. Netlify, Vercel etc support it. Means less business for DO and more for the other providers.
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Trunksome October 20, 2020

I solved it by just having the “www.” address as a CNAME to the DO app, and configuring my webserver on the root domain to redirect to “www.” as well.

Of course this is only doable if you have another node / machine running.
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Answer 4

stasx October 20, 2020

Would also love to see some progress. Hosting a static site on the apex domain must be the most common use case for static sites. Netlify, Vercel etc support it. Means less business for DO and more for the other providers.
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Trunksome October 20, 2020

I solved it by just having the “www.” address as a CNAME to the DO app, and configuring my webserver on the root domain to redirect to “www.” as well.

Of course this is only doable if you have another node / machine running.
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