Point your domain and turn on HTTPS

Send your domain to your server and get a free certificate.

ServerNest is in development. This guide describes the current preview, and details may change.

1. Point your domain

At the company that manages your domain, add an A record with your server's IP address. If your server has IPv6, add an AAAA record too. Do the same for www if you use it. Changes can take a while to spread.

2. Check the ports

Ports 80 and 443 must be open. Let's Encrypt, the free certificate service, checks your domain over port 80.

3. Turn on HTTPS

  1. Open Apps, then the HTTPS badge of your app.
  2. Choose whether to also cover www and whether to send visitors from HTTP to HTTPS.
  3. Save. Certificates renew by themselves.
The HTTPS page for an app, showing the certificate, when it ends, and the HTTPS options.
Example from the dashboard. Names and addresses are made up.

If it fails, the most common cause is a domain that doesn't point to this server yet.

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