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Ben J.
Ben J.

Reputation: 806

GoDaddy DNS Forwading http vs https

I've got a website hosted with Heroku, DNS through GoDaddy.

I've setup forwarding so that example.com should forward to www.example.com. http forwards properly, https does not:

http://example.com -> https://www.example.com
https://example.com -> DNS Error

In the Heroku panel, the SSL verification has failed for example.com but succeeded for www.example.com.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1412

Answers (1)

Ben J.
Ben J.

Reputation: 806

FROM Heroku Support:

Some DNS providers will only offer A records for root domains. Unfortunately, A records will not suffice for pointing your root domains to Heroku because they require a static IP. Since Heroku uses dynamic IP addresses, it’s necessary to use a CNAME-like record (often referred to as ALIAS or ANAME records) so that you can point your root domain to another domain.

GoDaddy only supports A records for root domains and is thus an insufficient DNS provider.

Heroku offers suggestions for alternative DNS providers: https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/custom-domains#configuring-dns-for-root-domains

EDIT: Working solution with CloudFlare:

SSL Managed Automatically (ACM) on Heroku
SSL Set to "Full" on CloudFlare
CloudFlare DNS Records:
    CNAME, @, mysite.herokudns.com
    CNAME, www, www.mysite.herokudns.com
CloudFlare CNAME statuses set to "DNS Only" (Gray cloud)
Heroku Domains:
    mysite.com
    www.mysite.com

Upvotes: 2

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