I recently purchased a new custom domain to use with my App Service. I have done this before without any problems but cannot get this setup. I have tried to set this up via two methods:
1) Add hostname binding within the Custom Domain blade. This fails with an error with no extra details.
Add hostname bindings
2) Add custom domain within the App Service blade
Configure custom domains
This fails on domain ownership and ask me to create a CNAME configuration record.
Add CNAME error
I assume this is also why option 1) fails silently.
I have tried this by entering the Advanced Management Portal on the Custom Domain blade but this does not give me access to add any DNS records, all I can do it edit the Nameservers.
Help !!!! This means I am left with a domain I purchased that I cannot use and I cannot no longer buy this through an external provider so I can setup it up externally from Azure.
You need to update the custom domain so Azure manages the DNS. It can then add the appropriate DNS records when you add bindings.
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Background
I have two websites:
- web1.azurewebsites.net
- web2.azurewebsites.net
I have added a traffic manager called webtm.trafficmanager.net.
web1.azurewebsites.net is configured with a custom domain web.example.com. I've also added a wildcard SSL certificate to it (i.e., *.example.com). If I request web.example.com it serves the website without any issues.
Requirement
I need to setup Traffic Manager on top of these two sites. So, if web1.azurewebsites.net is down/offline, then Traffic Manager can switch to web2.azurewebsites.net automatically.
Implementation question
I've read these SO answers (SO 1, SO 2) and this docs article, however, I have some doubts. I would really appreciate if someone can confirm my understanding outlined below, please?
Step 1: I understand that I'll have to update DNS records to something like: web.example.com. 60 IN CNAME webtm.trafficmanager.net.. Remove other DNS/CNAME records that point web.example.com to web1.azurewebsites.net.
Step 2: I'll need to remove the current custom domain mapping from web1.azurewebsites.net and then re-add it. Set custom domain to web.example.com and the CNAME configuration will show the traffic manager endpoint. No DNS changes required in this step?
Step 3: Add a custom domain to web2.azurewebsites.net set the custom domain to web.example.com and the CNAME configuration will show the traffic manager endpoint. No DNS changes required in this step?
Step 4: No changes to the SSL certificate added to web1.azurewebsites.net.
Step 5: Add the SSL certificate to web2.azurewebsites.net.
Now, accessing https://web.example.com should hit the traffic manager. It will see that web1.azurewebsites.net is online, so it will direct users to that. If web1.azurewebsites.net goes down, it will auto redirect users to web2.azurewebsites.net.
Thanks!
Your steps are mostly correct. What you want to do is to follow this document---Configure a custom domain name in Azure App Service with Traffic Manager integration
In step 3 and step 4, the traffic manager domain name will show under CNAME configuration. Select it and click Add custom domain. No other steps are required.
If a record is already in use and you need to preemptively bind your
apps to it, you can create an additional CNAME record. For example, to
preemptively bind www.contoso.com to your app, create a CNAME record
from awverify.www to contoso.trafficmanager.net. You can then add
www.contoso.com to your app without the need to change the www
CNAME record. For more information, see Migrate an active DNS name to
Azure App Service.
You also could see the full steps in this blog. In this blog, it uses a second web app in a different subscription, so it selects an external endpoint for that. If your first web app and your Traffic Manager instance are in the same subscription, use an Azure Endpoint, as you would normally, and choose the web app in that subscription.
Let me know if you face any questions.
I have set up AD Azure and since I have a domain from a third party hosting provider(re-seller) i needed to assign MX and TX values in order to verify the Domain.
Re-seller refused to manually setup the records in the domain registrar and provided a free shared hosting package for me to setup those values in the control panel which i did with no effort and successfully verified the domain name within Azure portal.
I had made all the wire up within azure portal to use the domain i had verified but when i browse y.com i get responses from the Re-seller server instead of Azure.
The only thing i had left to do is to change the NS records which the Re-Seller refused to do so - so far.
Please provide some details of how the request travels in this kind of Domain name setup and what measures should i take in order to use my domain in Azure hosted environment?
To bind a custom domain for your Azure app, you need to do three main steps to map the custom domain to your app( more detail refer here):
And if you also want to add a custom domain for Azure AD, you can refer this document.
This article - https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/hh534477.aspx#sec7 explains the below approach on how to let customers add custom domains and map to your application.
As an alternative you could allow each tenant to create its own DNS entry that maps a domain or subdomain owned by the tenant to one of your application’s DNS names. For example, Adatum could create the following DNS entry in its DNS configuration:
surveys.adatum.com CNAME adatum.tailspinsurveys.com
Or Adatum could create the following entry:
surveys.adatum.com CNAME www.tailspinsurveys.net
In either case you could use the custom domain name in your ASP.NET routing by using the technique suggested in option 3 above, or use the Request.Url class in your code to identify the domain.
I can achieve this so far with subdomains but when I create the CNAME below to my application I end up with a 404 (Web App not found). I don't want to have to add a custom domain inside azure for each customer. I'd like to automate the process for my SaaS site.
Thanks
when I create the CNAME below to my application I end up with a 404 (Web App not found)
It seems you do not configure the custom domain correctly. I would suggest you use Dig Web interface to trace your DNS domain. Please also check your steps from this article to ensure the custom domain is configure correctly.
I purchased a custom domain name through Azure, and it was correctly pointing to my Web App, and it was working. I subsequently deleted and recreated the Web app, and the underlying IP has changed. In order to associate the same domain name with the replacement app, Azure requires the CNAME to be set by the DNS provider. However, Azure is the DNS provider, and I can find no way to do this. I see lots of articles discussing how to manage the domain name once it is associated with the app, but not how do to manage it the gap between creation and association, which is the gap where I need to add the CNAME.
Take a look at this: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/waws/archive/2014/10/01/mapping-a-sub-domain-to-an-azure-web-site.aspx
and this: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/cloud-services-custom-domain-name/
Edit: Also, you could do what you are asking for through Powershell: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/dns-web-sites-custom-domain/
The problem occurs because the subscription was changed from a pay-as-you-go subscription to developer benefits subscription. The purchase of the domain name is tied to the subscription with it was purchased. Creating the App under the original subscription enables the management blade.
Did this recently, using "myfunkydomain.com" and "myfunkywebapp" as examples ..
Bought the domain through Azure ("Custom domain and SSL" blade on the WebApp) which you have already done.
The new "DNS preview" service allows you to create DNS Zones and then manage the subdomain recordsets - Create a new zone (I called "myfunkydomain.com" and take note of the 4 DNS servers allocated to the zone.
Then under "Custom domain and SSL" blade of your Web App select the new domain (myfunkydomain.com) under "Managed Domains" and then click the Advanced menu button - this will take you to a seperate site where you can delegate the domain to the 4 DNS servers from step 2. This is what you are missing I think. I took note of the current DNS servers before changing them (but have had no need to change them back)
Once delegated you can create CNAME recordsets under the DNS preview Zone and point the CNAME record to the full domain of your Web App myfunkywebapp.azurewebsites.net and you are in full control of the domain from the Azure portal. There is a WebApi for managing this whole process which we use to create new tenants of our domain programatically.
I have an site hosted on Azure that I am trying to point a domain from Google Domains to.
My current configuration is as follows:
Name Type Data
# A XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
www CNAME history-podcasts.azurewebsites.net
awverify CNAME awverify.history-podcasts.com
I am following the instructions from here: Configuring a custom domain name for an Azure Website.
When I go to the Azure portal to Manage Domain and attempt to enter the url in DOMAIN NAMES, I get the following message:
A CNAME record pointing from history-podcasts.com to history-podcasts.azurewebsites.net was not found. Alternative record awverify.history-podcasts.com to awverify.history-podcasts.azurewebsites.net was not found either
When I go to the URL for the domain, I get the following message:
The website you have attempted to reach is not available in this Microsoft Azure Web Sites region. This could be due to one of several reasons:
The web site owner has registered a custom domain to point to the Microsoft Azure Web Site, but has not yet configured Azure to recognize it. Click here to read more.
When a site owner wants to use a custom domain with a Microsoft Azure Web Sites website, Azure needs to be configured to recognize the custom domain name, so that it can route the request to the appropriate server in the region. After registering the domain with a domain provider and configuring a DNS CNAME record to point to the site's Azurewebsites.net address (for example, contoso.azurewebsites.net), the website owner also needs to go to the Azure Portal and configure the site for the new domain. Click here to learn more about configuring the custom domains for a web site.
This is the same configuration settings I am currently using for several domains through Namecheap with Azure hosting and they work as intended.
EDIT:
To summarize, here are the steps you need to take:
1) Create CNAME record redirecting user from your domain to Azure specified domain using tools provided by your DNS hosting service
This step will ensure that when going to www.history-podcasts.com user will transparently be taken to history-podcasts.azurewebsites.net
Type: CNAME
Name: www
Value: history-podcasts.azurewebsites.net
IMPORTANT: Please note that it takes time for DNS servers to update their records therefore you should wait around 30 minutes before continuing.
2) Redirect your naked domain to subdomain using DNS hosting service tools
This step will ensure that when going to history-podcasts.com user will be redirected to www.history-podcasts.com
For Google Domains you can follow this guide here.
3) Add your domain to Azure Website
This step will assure Azure that you own the domain and you want your site to be reachable using specified domain name.
Login into https://manage.windowsazure.com/
Navigate Websites -> [Your Website] -> Configure
Scroll down to Domain names
Click Manage Domains (note that custom domains can only be used when in the Shared, Basic, or Standard modes)
Add your domain www.history-podcasts.com
At this point you should be able to reach your web site using both history-podcasts.com and www.history-podcasts.com domain names.
If your website requires HTTPS, you will have to take extra steps:
http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/web-sites-configure-ssl-certificate/