"I configured an A record to point *.domain.com to my app engine app IP Address"
Two thoughts immediately come to mind: - What IP did you actually point to? - If you pointed to something at Google, what are you going to do when the IP your app serves from changes? On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 03:42, James M <jmort...@gmail.com> wrote: > I edited my GoDaddy DNS A and CNAME records and was able to point the > naked domain at my app engine app. It's possible to do even though > different resources on the Internet claim that it's impossible. I > suspect that Google means that it's impossible to do from Google Apps > or the App Engine Dashboard, but that doesn't include advanced DNS > configuration. > > * I configured an A record to point *.domain.com to my app engine app > IP Address > * I configured a CNAME for www.domain.com to point to ghs.google.com > > I suspect that one of those two changes may have something to do with > my success. Although honestly this isn't something that I do on a > regular basis. Hope this helps! If it does, awesome! > > James > > > > On Sep 20, 6:27 pm, Geoffrey Spear <geoffsp...@gmail.com> wrote: >> You can't point the naked domain at an App Engine app at all. >> >> However, App Engine doesn't control your DNS settings. You set CNAMEs >> for the subdomains you want handled by App Engine or other Google Apps >> services to ghs.google.com, and setup CNAME or A records for the other >> addresses in your domain to point to wherever you want them to go. >> >> On Sep 20, 6:02 pm, nacho <vela.igna...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > What about the inverse case? >> >> > Let's say i have mydomain.com poiting to my appengine app and i want >> > to use something.mydomain.com poiting to another server? How can i do >> > it? >> >> > On 20 sep, 05:11, adams <ad...@contentedweb.com> wrote: >> >> > > I've been playing around with this kind of scenario as well. As far as >> > > I can tell you don't have to do anything from your side, except give >> > > them your app engine id. Your client needs to have a Google Apps >> > > account for their domain name. They can then add your app engine >> > > application to their Google Apps account and point any URL for that >> > > domain to your app engine application. They would do this by: >> >> > > 1. Logging into their Google Apps account >> > > 2. Click on "Add more services" >> > > 3. Enter app id on the Google App Engine section under "Other >> > > services" >> >> > > I am not 100% sure the above is true, but it seems to have worked for >> > > one of my Google Apps domains. >> >> > > On Sep 17, 10:05 pm, NickFranceschina <nickfrancesch...@gmail.com> >> > > wrote: >> >> > > > I promise I have been searching... but I haven't been unable to find >> > > > the correct answer. Thus I turn to you fine folks. >> >> > > > So lets say I have my super fancy new killer app-engine app: >> > > > http://mykillerapp.com >> > > > which is my custom domain pointed to: >> > > > http://mykillerapp.appspot.com >> >> > > > and then because I'm a genius salesman, I convince Coca-Cola that they >> > > > need my app on their site. They write me a huge check with lots of >> > > > zeros and say "OK, lets set it up athttp://awesome.coca-cola.com"; >> >> > > > how can I make that happen? the only way i can see is to add coca- >> > > > cola.com to my google apps for domains account (verifying it with >> > > > CNAME or .HTML file)... but yeah, Coke isn't gonna let me do that cuz >> > > > it's obviously their domain. >> >> > > > or what if I sell it to JoeSchmoe.com who already has a google apps >> > > > account... I can't add his domain to my google apps because google >> > > > tells me "this domain is already registered" (or something like that) >> >> > > > SOOO... is there a way for me to only add awesome.coca-cola.com to my >> > > > google apps domain so I can link the app to it? or setup >> > > > awesome.JoeSchmoe.com if JoeSchmoe.com is already a google apps >> > > > customer? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > To post to this group, send email to google-appeng...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to google-appeng...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
