Jason -- You are the best! I really appreciate you taking the time to explain this to me, a veritable newbie.
Thanks, Jen On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 7:53 AM, Jason Fleetwood-Boldt <t...@datatravels.com > wrote: > *Heroku does not provide a DNS service.* > > You cannot use a traditional DNS service with Heroku, as you said, because > of the non-permanent IP addresses. > > For you, you have two basic options: > > 1. Set up a Forwarding domain on GoDaddy. (In this case you keep GoDaddy > as your primary name server-- every domain *must* have a Primary domain > name servers). Here, you will want to leave everything as default on > GoDaddy and set up a CNAME record from your www subdomain to point to the > domain Heroku assigns to your app (like xyz.herokuapp.com or > xyz.herokussl.com). > > Important: This will not work on the root domain. (That is, if someone > types in your domain without the "www"). To achieve this, you will need to > create a Forwarding setup, which can be done inside of GoDaddy, so that > someone who types http://example.com will get redirected to > http://www.example.com > > *More important*: This root-domain forwarding *will not work if the user > types in https* instead of *http* on the root domain. (https://example.com). > It won't work and you can't get it to work. It will never work. You might > as well just beat your fists against a wall. It is unsupported by GoDaddy + > Heroku at this time -- you cannot achieve that do not try and do not ask > them, they cannot help you. It is *not possible* using only GoDaddy and > Heroku. (That is, I am speaking specifically about SSL at the root-domain > -- that is specifically impossible.) > > 2. If you really want need SSL at the root domain (which is common, as > without it your users may https://example.com in their browser and be met > with a message that your site cannot be found), you need to use a > specialized DNS provider. The only one I know of that currently offers this > specialized service is DNSimple. We use them and are very happy with them. > With DNSimple, you will then set GoDaddy to use DNSimple's name servers, > and DNSimple will then be your primary domain name server. As well, they > have a special (and magic) service to support SSL at the root domain (as > explained is impossible with GoDaddy+Heroku only). This is unique in the > industry and I know of no other DNS provider who offers this special > service. > > Good luck! > > -Jason > > > > > On Nov 25, 2016, at 8:27 PM, Jennifer Abella <jennifermabe...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Help! I'm so new to developing and deploying an app and somehow deleted my > nameservers on godaddy.com earlier today and need to undo that. Where > can I get the nameserver information for Heroku? GoDaddy says they cannot > help me without the nameserver info or the IP address, which I've read you > can't really get with Heroku because everything gets moved around. > > Thanks, > Jen > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Heroku" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > heroku+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/heroku?hl=en_US?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Heroku Community" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to heroku+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > ---- > > Jason Fleetwood-Boldt > t...@datatravels.com > http://www.jasonfleetwoodboldt.com/writing > > If you'd like to reply by encrypted email you can find my public key on > jasonfleetwoodboldt.com (more about setting GPG: https://gpgtools.org) > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Heroku" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > heroku+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/heroku?hl=en_US?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Heroku Community" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > topic/heroku/IA1pWeRvWBk/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > heroku+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Heroku" group. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to heroku+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/heroku?hl=en_US?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Heroku Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to heroku+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
