[SOLVED] Issue verifying custom domain

[glacial rose]

Hi! I've added a custom domain to my Appwrite instance. And it accessible via api.[my-domain-name] but verifying of the domain is failed with the 401 error. My hosting provider config is attached. Any ideas how to fix it?

[frail harbor]

What is the response you get with the 401 error?

[glacial rose]

{"message":"Domain verification for the requested domain has failed.","code":401,"type":"domain_verification_failed","version":"1.2.1"}

[frail harbor]

This means that checking for the CNAME record against your DNS server has failed. Your CNAME record should look like this:

Might also be good to check what is the value of your env var _APP_DOMAIN_TARGET. You can do that by using this command: docker compose exec appwrite vars

[glacial rose]

Should i run this command inside appwrite directory?

[frail harbor]

yes

[glacial rose]

docker: 'compose' is not a docker command.

[frail harbor]

Try docker-compose exec appwrite vars instead

[glacial rose]

The same 😦

[frail harbor]

That's weird, is your docker running?

Make sure you use docker-compose and not docker compose

[glacial rose]

Suppose so because I can enter Appwrite console on my VPS :0

[glacial rose]

Sure, double checked

[frail harbor]

Same exact error?

[glacial rose]

But I can check it via .env file itself

[glacial rose]

Yes

And in .env file there is my main domain, without api. prefix

[frail harbor]

In .env, in 99% of the cases, you probably want _APP_DOMAIN_TARGET to be the same as _APP_DOMAIN, most likely this is why verification fails

[glacial rose]

Oh my, I had to install docker-compose package separately

[glacial rose]

ok, I'll check it

[frail harbor]

You have here more information about how to update env vars: https://appwrite.io/docs/environment-variables

[glacial rose]

Should I restart docker after updating my env file?

[frail harbor]

Restart is not enough, you need to recreate containers. docker-compose up -d should do the trick

[glacial rose]

So in my case the _APP_DOMAI and _APP_DOMAIN_TARGET should be the same and equal api.[my-domain-name], correct?

[frail harbor]

yes

[glacial rose]

Finally it verified but the connection it still unsecure (http against https). Should I make additional steps to make it work?

Nevermind, should add https before domain 🙂 thanks a lot @frail harbor

[frail harbor]

🥳

[frail harbor]

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