Most of the time, custom domain issues happen due to incorrect setup. Make sure you have read through the custom domain setup documentation if you haven't already. If you're still facing issues, read on.
You are experiencing one of the following issues
- HTTP 404 Error when visiting your custom domain. The custom domain is set up, but when you visit your custom domain sub-domain.your-domain.com you get an HTTP 404 error.
- Invalid or incorrect certificate error. Depending on your browser, you may get an error saying the certificate is untrusted or invalid.
- Hostname not found / Hostname cannot be resolved errors. Depending on your browser, you may get an error stating that the website is not reachable OR no website is available at the given address. You can also get a no-response from the server error.
How to unblock yourself
HTTP 404 Error when visiting your custom domain
The error usually happens if no collection is published on your custom domain or the collection associated with the documentation is deleted.
Publishing a collection on the custom domain will fix the issue.
Invalid or incorrect certificate error
This is a sign of an incorrect setup, usually setting the TXT and CNAME records on the wrong domains. To fix the issue:
- Verify the DNS records to make sure they are still set up properly.
- Wait for the DNS propagation to take effect.
- Make sure that the TXT record is set up on your root domain. Note: If you're trying to set up a custom domain name as sub-domain.my-domain.com, the TXT record has to be set up on my-domain.com
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Make sure the CNAME record is set up on the sub-domain. Note: If you're trying to set up a custom domain as sub-domain.my-domain.com, the CNAME record will need to be set up on my-domain.com
Hostname not found / Hostname cannot be resolved errors
This usually indicates the DNS changes have not yet propagated. Your DNS settings may take up to 24 hours to take effect.
- Check whatsmydns.net to see if the DNS records have been updated.
- Use the command-line DNS querying tools like dig or nslookup to make sure the DNS records are set up correctly and have propagated.