Configure Cloudflare domain to point to a Pages project
Hi, I just bought a domain name on Cloudflare and went through the guided setup to point it to a newly creates Pages project. Yet, when I use that domain to go there, it doesn't work and I cannot figure out any error at all.
The domain is : maisquelleid.com
The Pages project is currently at: https://maisquelleidee.pages.dev/
All I did was follow the wizard in the Portal i.e. click on "Add Pages Site" from within the registered domain's config page (See screenshot)
I can see I have no DNS records at all (No A/AAA or CNAMEs). So, why didn't the wizard create them for me and what should it be?
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I've added CNAMEs (but I would have thought the wizard would have done that for me) and now I'm getting HTTP 522...
Did you add them as custom domains to the Pages project?
Yes and no... I went through the wizard but it didn't work for me. First off, it doesn't see that my domain was bought on cloudflare (or at least the wording seems to say as much)
When I "play dumb" and try to "begin DNS transger" I rightfully get
I'm starting to think there might be some misconfiguration somewhere.
OK, not sure what happened but at some point Cloudflare figured out my domain was on Cloudflare and it picked up the changes.
However www. still doesn't work - I still get HTTP 522
Although I do have a CNAME for it
You have an extra
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522 is expected if you manually do a CNAME without it being added as a custom domain. See the note: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/configuration/custom-domains/#add-a-custom-subdomainI see, thanks. Last question: I was able to get https://maisquelleid.com/ to work but not https://www.maisquelleid.com/ (That's actually true on another Pages site I have with a different domain). Isn't a CNAME for www enough?
Hmmm I think I get it - it's the same reason: I can't do it via the DNS set up directly. I need to go via custom domain.
yea the custom domains page is kind of an allowlist for host headers, need to add each hostname there first
you'll get punished for duplicate content though by search engines, setting up a redirect is recommended instead: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/how-to/www-redirect/
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Oh thanks