GoDaddy, Surge, Apex Domains & CNAME Records

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Problem

Summary

You need to get an apex domain (https://yoursite.com) you purchased at GoDaddy resolving correctly.

Explanation

The problem you face if your asked to do this is that - for basic domain purchases at least - GoDaddy doesn’t let you add CNAME records for apex domains .

An apex domain refers to https://yoursite.com rather than https://www.yoursite.com.

Solution

Explanation

1. The advice from GoDaddy is that you must delete all A & CNAME records on GoDaddy first before adding any other CNAME or A records.
2. You must replace the CNAME @ record with an A @ record using the IP of your host provider.

My host is surge.sh, who provide their IP in this documentation.

Thus, to have my domain recognised when deploying to surge I needed to delete all existing A & CNAME records, and to add the following two records following in the Type : Name : Value format:

CNAME: www : na-west1.surge.sh

A : @ : 45.55.110.124

Once complete, my domain resolved within 5 minutes.

If you’re struggling to locate your providers IP, try messaging them on Twitter or searching StackOverflow, but once you have it, it should do the trick.

Original source: GoDaddy Forums