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 <[email protected] > 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 <[email protected]> > 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 > [email protected] > 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 [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > ---- > > Jason Fleetwood-Boldt > [email protected] > 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 > [email protected] > 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 > [email protected]. > 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
