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How to set up a custom domain for my Academy?

Step-by-step instructions to set up a custom domain

Having a custom domain for your academy is a great way to represent your business and boost your branding. Having your own domain has many benefits, including:     

  • Improved resource accessibility for your audience   

  • Brand cohesion   

  • Improved course sales   

  • Enhance employee satisfaction   

  • Improved online security   

  • Build the company’s credibility   

  • You can select different domains for different departments   

Let us see Step-by-step instructions to set up a custom domain for your academy to improve your branding.   

Go to Admin > Domain   

Step 1:   

Create SSL certificates for your domain  

  • Add the domain required to run the academy   

  • Save   

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Authenticate your domain   

The verification record is used to authenticate the domain ownership   

  • Add the record to the DNS setting of the domain   

  • Please wait for 2-3 minutes for it to reflect   

  • After is reflected, click on verify domain   

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Note:   

  • These records are active only for 72 hours, please make sure you have added and verified the records within 72 hours.   

  • Verification may take up to 48 hours based on your DLS provider   

  • If the verification failed or timed out, please click on the refresh records button.   

  • If you have configured CAA records in your domain DNS settings, please make sure you have added any of the following values to your CAA records. (CAA values: amazon.com/ amazontrust.com/ awstrust.com/ amazonaws.com 

Otherwise, you have to add any of the values to your DNS settings and wait until it gets reflected; after that, you have to click on the refresh record buttons to refresh the records.   

Step 3:   

Pointing your domain to the academy   

  • Once it is verified, another record name is provided for pointing to your domain.   

  • This record should also be added to DNS settings.   

  • Please wait for 2-3 minutes for it to reflect.  

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Publish your domain   

  • Once it is reflected, click on publish and save.   

  

Note:   

Please keep these two records permanently in your DNS settings for the auto-renewal of SSL certificates.   

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