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| author | Marcia Ramos <marcia@gitlab.com> | 2019-07-17 03:39:22 +0300 |
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| committer | Evan Read <eread@gitlab.com> | 2019-07-17 03:39:22 +0300 |
| commit | 443aad5f1c5c6aa61b92f68a22b96a38c72aaffa (patch) | |
| tree | a23d9c3ce1569cae408459ea125e67a7c0b7a9fe | |
| parent | c19d6f50e0ca9c48d99862d060090bcf8eb9e750 (diff) | |
Docs: update Cloudflare's redirect method for Pages
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/user/project/pages/custom_domains_ssl_tls_certification/index.md | 21 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/user/project/pages/custom_domains_ssl_tls_certification/index.md b/doc/user/project/pages/custom_domains_ssl_tls_certification/index.md index 6c0d3e9e9d3..219e141d72e 100644 --- a/doc/user/project/pages/custom_domains_ssl_tls_certification/index.md +++ b/doc/user/project/pages/custom_domains_ssl_tls_certification/index.md @@ -179,15 +179,26 @@ From that page, you can view, add, and remove them. ### Redirecting `www.domain.com` to `domain.com` with Cloudflare -If you use Cloudflare, you can redirect `www` to `domain.com` without adding both -`www.domain.com` and `domain.com` to GitLab. This happens due to a [Cloudflare feature that creates -a 301 redirect as a "page rule"](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/48848#note_87314849) for redirecting `www.domain.com` to `domain.com`. In this case, -you can use the following setup: +If you use Cloudflare, you can redirect `www` to `domain.com` +without adding both `www.domain.com` and `domain.com` to GitLab. + +To do so, you can use Cloudflare's page rules associated to a +CNAME record to redirect `www.domain.com` to `domain.com`. You +can use the following setup: 1. In Cloudflare, create a DNS `A` record pointing `domain.com` to `35.185.44.232`. -1. In GitLab, add the domain to GitLab Pages. +1. In GitLab, add the domain to GitLab Pages and get the verification code. 1. In Cloudflare, create a DNS `TXT` record to verify your domain. +1. In GitLab, verify your domain. 1. In Cloudflare, create a DNS `CNAME` record pointing `www` to `domain.com`. +1. In Cloudflare, add a Page Rule pointing `www.domain,com` to `domain.com`: + - Navigate to your domain's dashboard and click **Page Rules** + on the top nav. + - Click **Create Page Rule**. + - Enter the domain `www.domain.com` and click **+ Add a Setting**. + - From the dropdown menu, choose **Forwarding URL**, then select the + status code **301 - Permanent Redirect**. + - Enter the destination URL `https://domain.com`. ## Adding an SSL/TLS certificate to Pages |