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Custom domains & HTTPS

Serve a web service or a static site on your own domain, with a certificate from Let's Encrypt.

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Your serverDNS recordshop.example.comBrowserLet's EncryptProxyports 80 and 443shop

You create a DNS record. The name shop.example.com gives the address of your server.

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A is one more for a or a . Ferry routes it when you add it.

With automatic on, Ferry gets a from . The test of Let's Encrypt is the .

To serve each service at <service>.example.com with one DNS record, connect the domain to the server.

Add a custom domain

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ferry domains add shop shop.example.com

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1. Create the DNS recordPoint the domain to the server.2. Add the domainWith the CLI, the API or a blueprint.3. Wait for the certificateFollow the request, then test the site.ProblemsWhat to check when the certificate does not come.

What Ferry does not do

You create the DNS record and you set the HTTPS options. Ferry does the other steps.

Before you add a custom domain

The server needs HTTPS on, and port 80 open to the internet for the test of Let's Encrypt.

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