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Setup a custom domain name
Setup a custom domain name
Updated over a month ago

This guide will help you configure a custom domain name for your Treefort app. This domain name will be used for your web app and login portal.

1. Choose a domain name

It's important to pick a domain name that represents your brand well. This name will be visible to anyone who uses your app on the web. You can use a new root domain name (like example.com) or create a new subdomain under an existing domain name (like app.example.com).

👉 We recommend choosing a subdomain for your streaming app so that you can host a custom website at your root domain. You can use this website to introduce your brand, explain your app, and host custom pages.

2. Configure your domain name

Once you have a domain name you need to point it to Treefort. This process varies slightly depending on whether you chose a root domain or a subdomain for your app.

🚧 This process will make your chosen root domain or subdomain temporarily unavailable. If you are currently using the domain, please contact us for help before proceeding.

Root domain

If the domain name you have chosen is a root domain (e.g. example.com and not app.example.com) then follow these steps:

  1. Notify us of your chosen domain name. We’ll provide you with the values needed for the DNS records in the table below.

  2. Sign in to the administrator account for your domain registrar.

  3. Navigate to the DNS settings for your domain.

  4. Create three new DNS records:

Type

Name

Value

TTL

A

@

Value provided by Treefort

Default value

AAAA

@

Value provided by Treefort

Default value

CNAME

api

api.treefortsystems.com

Default value

Subdomain

If the domain name you have chosen is a subdomain domain (e.g. app.example.com and not example.com) then follow these steps:

  1. Notify us of your chosen domain name. We’ll provide you with the values needed for the DNS records in the table below.

  2. Sign in to the administrator account for your domain registrar.

  3. Navigate to the DNS settings for your domain.

  4. Create two new DNS records:

Type

Name

Value

TTL

CNAME

Your subdomain (e.g. app)

Value provided by Treefort

Default value

CNAME

api

api.treefortsystems.com

Default value

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