To set up your Forem on your own custom domain, you'll need to add a new CNAME record in your Domain Name Systems (DNS). You can manage DNS at your domain registrar, but we also recommend Cloudflare, which provides a free plan.
Here are instructions on how to add a CNAME record at Cloudflare.
Every DNS provider is a bit different, but you'll be setting the Type, Value, Host, and TTL.
- Type is a CNAME (not an A record, TXT record, etc)
- Value is your Forem Cloud subdomain
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- It will look like
forem-742342330b2c53.forem.cloud
- It will look like
- Host is the subdomain you intend to use
- For
www.your-forem.cominsertwww - For
community.your-forem.cominsertcommunity
- For
- TTL is the "time to live"
- Feel free to leave the default value (typically 1 hour)
Currently, we are not able to support APEX domains, such as https://your-forem.com. If this is a hard requirement and you're not able to use https://www.your-forem.com or an equivalent, please contact the Forem account management team.
For Cloudflare users, we recommend forwarding APEX domain traffic to the www version. Here are instructions:
- Important: you must disable the proxy on the CNAME DNS record
- Follow these instructions to configure the redirect from the APEX to the
wwwversion using "Page Rules"
