Website domain setup guide

To connect your domain to Houfy website builder you will need to follow the guide below. In the example below, we are taking your-domain.com as a test domain you wanted to connect. You need to make changes as per your domain name

Before you begin

You need to have the following information

• Your login information for your third-party domain provider account(e.g Godaddy, Google domains, Amazon Route53, etc)
• The Houfy IP address 52.38.84.108

Step 1: Change your DNS records in your third-party domain provider account

1. On your domain provider’s website, log in to your account.
2. Find the DNS settings or domain management area.
3. Change the following records:
1. Point the A record to the Houfy IP address 52.38.84.108
2. Point the CNAME record with the name www to your-domain.com
4. Save your changes

You can have only one A record associated with a domain. If your domain is already associated with an A record, make changes to it and point to Houfy IP address 52.38.84.108

Note: Domain changes may take time from few minutes to 24hours depending on your registar. Lowering the Time to Live (TTL) value of your domain can help your domain update faster. Contact your third-party domain provider for suggestions and instructions on how to change your TTL.

Step 2: Connect your domain to Houfy on the website builder

1. Edit your website and select domains from the left navigation
2. Click Connect existing domain.
3. Enter your domain, such as your-domain.com, and then click Next
4. To confirm that your domain is connected to your Houfy website, click Verify connection.

Your domain connection will get verified if your domain DNS changes are correct. Once all is done it will show as connected and your domain is live and ready to use.

Example DNS record modification at your domain provider:

Below are the example DNS records that you need to modify at your DNS provider. In this example we have made DNS record for the domain hou4y.com, you should use your own domain instead.

1. A record:

Name - hou4y.com

Value - 52.38.84.108

2. CNAME record:

Name - www.hou4y.com

Value - hou4y.com

Note: Please use your own domain name.

If your domain has AAAA record, please remove it.

If you have multiple A records, you need to remove other A records and keep only A record with Houfy's IP address: 52.38.84.108