PageCloud provides an SSL certificate when users set up their custom domain directly through their domain regsitrar.
If you had a
Create a Cloudflare account
- Head to Cloudflare and sign up for a free account.
- Enter in your custom domain and click "Begin Scan" to have Cloudflare scan your DNS records.
- After scanning is complete click "Continue Setup".
Cloudflare should have included all DNS records found on your custom domain.
Set up Cloudflare for your custom domain
- From the DNS records page in Cloudflare enter in a CNAME with the following information:
- Type: CNAME
- Name: your custom domain name. For Example: example.com
- Value: proxy2.pagecloud.com
- TTL: Automatic
- Click "Add Record".
- With the first record included, you will need to add a second record with the following information:
- Type: CNAME
- Name: www
- Value: proxy2.pagecloud.com
- TTL: Automatic
- Click "Add Record".
- You can now click "Continue" at the bottom of the page.
- Select the "Free Plan" from the available options and click "Continue".
- Cloudflare will now provide two NameServer records. You will need to change the Nameservers on your domain registrar to the two provided here.
- Once the Nameservers update on your domain registrar click "Continue" with Cloudflare.
- Click the "Page Rules" tab
- In the "If the URL matches" section add your custom domain name followed by /*
For Example, if your custom domain is example.com, this would appear as: example.com/* - Adjust the settings to the following:
- Forward URL
- 301 - Permanent Redirect
- https://www. Your custom domain /$1 For Example, if your custom domain is example.com, this would appear as: https://www.example.com/$1
- Hit "Save ad Deploy" to have your SSL certificate activated on your site.
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