About this article
This article is a dedicated branch of “Custom Domains on Shifter“ for Namecheap. Before following the instructions, you’ll need to follow “Custom Domains on Shifter“ to register your domain name to Shifter and get domain verification records.
Sample domain and DNS records
Sample Domain:
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example.com
Sample Shifter Domains:
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abc123.on.getshifter.io.
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def456.cloudfront.net.
Sample Validation Records:
For example.com
Name: _abcde.example.com
Type: CNAME
Value: _01234.acm-validations.aws.
For www.example.com
Name: _hijkl.www.example.com
Type: CNAME
Value: _56789.acm-validations.aws.
Setting up DNS validation records
1. Navigate to the Login page
https://ap.www.namecheap.com/Domains/DomainList
2. Click [Manage] under the [TRANSFER IN] pulldown menu
3. Click [Advanced DNS] menu
4. Click [ADD NEW RECORD] button to add validation records
5. Input validation records for example.com
Type: CNAME Record
Host: _abcd.
Value: _01234.acm-validations.aws.
TTL: Automatic
Click [✓] button to save changes
6. Input validation records for www.example.com
Type: CNAME Record
Name: _hijkl.www.
Value: _56789.acm-validations.aws.
TTL: Automatic
Click [✓] button to save changes
7. Confirm the added validation records
Setting up DNS records, after completing domain verification.
8. Click [ADD NEW RECORD] to add an ALIAS record
After completing domain verification, let’s set up CNAME records for your domain name.
ALIAS record forexample.com
Type: ALIAS Record
Name: @
Value: def456.cloudfront.net.
TTL: Automatic
Click [✓] button to save changes
9. Also, input the CNAME record for www.example.com
Type: CNAME Record
Name: www.
Value: abc123.on.getshifter.io. or def456.cloudfront.net.
TTL: Automatic
Click [✓] button to save changes
10. Confirm all records
That’s all!
