Public URLs

A web service or a static site gets a public URL from its name, the default domain and the public port.

The parts of the default URL of a service named api

A web service or a static site gets a public URL. The default domain is the base domain until you connect a domain of your own.

Examples

Server settings	URL of a service named `api`
Defaults (`--base-domain localhost`, proxy on `:8080`)	`http://api.localhost:8080`
`--base-domain apps.example.com --proxy-addr 0.0.0.0:80`	`http://api.apps.example.com`
Same, with HTTPS (`--https-addr` and `--acme-email`)	`https://api.apps.example.com`

The URL has no port when the port is 80 or when HTTPS is on.

Each domain of the server serves the service. If you connect example.com to the server, the service also answers at api.example.com.

A custom domain is for one service:

Terminal

ferry domains add api api.example.org

The proxy sends all these hostnames to the service. See Networking, domains & TLS.