I am using App Platform to host a static site and CloudFlare to manage domains, DNS, CDN, etc. I updated the A record from old IP to new IP listed for my site in App Platform, but when accessing it I get an Error 1000 from CloudFlare saying that IP is prohibited. Any idea what’s going on here?
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Heya, @1e6b823ea20d4cb189a34a922f5588
You need to point your domain name using a CNAME rather than an A or an AAAA record.
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-configure-custom-domains-ssl-cdn
Check step 2:
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In your App Platform Dashboard, go to Settings → Domains → Edit, and click Add Domain.
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Enter your domain (e.g.,
www.myapp.com) and then select You manage your domain. -
DigitalOcean will provide a CNAME record target (e.g.,
your-app.ondigitalocean.app). -
Log in to your DNS provider’s dashboard.
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Add a CNAME record:
- Host:
www(or your subdomain) - Value:
your-app.ondigitalocean.app
- Host:
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Save the DNS record.
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Return to DigitalOcean and confirm domain addition.
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DigitalOcean will verify the DNS record.
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/deploy-apps-with-custom-domain
Hope that this helps!
Hi there,
Can you clarify which IP address you are referring to?
Usually, instead of using an A record, you should use a CNAME record pointing your domain to your app’s .ondigitalocean.app address (for example, yourapp.ondigitalocean.app). That’s the supported setup for App Platform and will work fine behind Cloudflare:
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