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Purpose

Section titled “Purpose”

The installation should answer on your own domain, for example larp.myassociation.dk, with a valid certificate (https). That takes two DNS records, which you add yourselves at your DNS provider. Legendernes Verden sends you the exact values.

Later, the system will guide you through this during configuration: it shows the records, checks them live and tells you when the domain and the certificate are active. Until then, follow this page.

Before you start

Section titled “Before you start”
  • Find out where your domain’s DNS is managed. Often it is where you bought the domain (for example Simply, One.com, GoDaddy), but it may also be Cloudflare or your web host.
  • Have a login that may change DNS records.
  • Have the two values from us ready: the host name for the CNAME record and the verification code for the TXT record.

The two records

Section titled “The two records”

The example uses the subdomain larp.myassociation.dk. Your values are in the e-mail from us.

Type Name (host) Value Why
CNAME larp <app>.<environment>.northeurope.azurecontainerapps.io (from us) Sends visitors on to the installation
TXT asuid.larp A long code of digits and letters (from us) Proves to the hosting that the domain is yours, so the certificate can be issued

Name or host: most providers only want the part in front of your domain (larp and asuid.larp). A few want the full name (larp.myassociation.dk). If the domain is already shown after the field, type only the first part.

A whole domain without a subdomain (for example myassociation.dk): a CNAME is not allowed there. Instead you add an A record on @ with the IP address we send you, and the TXT record is named asuid. Ask us if in doubt.

TTL (time to live) can stay at the default, for example 3600 seconds.

Steps at common providers

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Menu names change now and then; look for “DNS”, “DNS settings” or “DNS records”.

Simply.com

Section titled “Simply.com”
  1. Log in at simply.com and choose the domain.
  2. Go to DNS.
  3. Add a record of type CNAME: name larp, value the host name from us.
  4. Add a record of type TXT: name asuid.larp, value the code from us.
  5. Save.

One.com

Section titled “One.com”
  1. Log in at one.com and choose Advanced settings → DNS settings.
  2. Under DNS records, choose CNAME: host larp, pointing to the host name from us. Create.
  3. Choose TXT: host asuid.larp, value the code from us. Create.

Cloudflare

Section titled “Cloudflare”
  1. Log in at dash.cloudflare.com and choose the domain.
  2. Go to DNS → Records → Add record.
  3. CNAME: name larp, target the host name from us. Set Proxy status to DNS only (grey cloud). With the orange cloud the certificate cannot be issued.
  4. TXT: name asuid.larp, content the code from us.
  5. Save both.

GoDaddy

Section titled “GoDaddy”
  1. Log in and go to My Products → Domain → DNS (or Manage DNS).
  2. Add New Record → CNAME: name larp, value the host name from us.
  3. Add New Record → TXT: name asuid.larp, value the code from us.
  4. Save.

Other providers

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It is the same two records everywhere. Find the DNS page and create a CNAME and a TXT with the names and values from us.

Check that the records work

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Changes usually take effect within minutes, but it can take up to a day. Check with nslookup in a command prompt (Windows: press the Windows key, type cmd) or a terminal (Mac/Linux):

nslookup -type=CNAME larp.myassociation.dk
nslookup -type=TXT asuid.larp.myassociation.dk

The first should show the host name from us, the second the code. If you cannot see them, ask a public DNS server directly, for example Cloudflare’s:

nslookup -type=TXT asuid.larp.myassociation.dk 1.1.1.1

When both records are visible, let us know. We activate the domain and the certificate; that typically takes a quarter of an hour. After that, https://larp.myassociation.dk works.

Common mistakes

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  • The name was doubled. The record is called larp.myassociation.dk.myassociation.dk because the full name was typed into a field that adds the domain itself. Change the name to larp.
  • Cloudflare proxy is on (orange cloud). Set the CNAME record to DNS only.
  • A record with the same name already exists, for example an old A record on larp. Delete the old one; a name cannot have both a CNAME and other records.
  • Spaces or quotes in the TXT code. Paste the code exactly as it is in the e-mail. Some providers add quotes themselves; that is fine.
  • It works for you but not for others (or the other way round): wait; old answers are remembered until the TTL has expired.
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