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When you add a load balancer, it’s automatically assigned a free sevalla.net domain as the primary domain. You can add your custom domain on the Domains page. Every custom domain you add automatically includes a free SSL certificate. The temporary sevalla.net domains are automatically covered by the wildcard certificate of sevalla.net domain. (*.sevalla.net). If you want to add a custom SSL certificate, please contact our Support Team, who can manually upload this for you.

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Add domain

In Sevalla, go to Load balancers > name > Domains. Click Add custom domain and enter your domain name. If you want to cover all subdomains, select Wildcard and then click Add custom domain.
If you add your domain without the wildcard subdomain, you should also consider adding the www version of the domain without the wildcard to ensure both versions are correctly configured.
Add your custom domain to your application in Sevalla

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Verify domain

To verify your domain, you need to add the TXT record and CNAME record shown to your domain’s DNS records. Some DNS providers, such as Namecheap, Spaceship, and Squarespace need the short version of DNS record names. Sevalla automatically provides both the full and short versions of each record, so you can use whichever format your DNS provider needs.
Verify your domain
TXT record The TXT record allows Cloudflare to verify that you own the domain and are authorized to use their services for that domain. Once the domain is fully validated, you can remove this record from your DNS if necessary.
  • Name: _cf-custom-hostname
  • Value: Unique UUID value from Sevalla (xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx)
CNAME record Sevalla uses this DNS entry to update the domain with the necessary tokens for your SSL certificate. As long as this record exists in your DNS, you won’t need to manually renew your SSL certificate; Sevalla manages it for you. We don’t recommend removing this DNS entry, as you will need to re-add it each time the SSL certificate requires renewal.
  • Name: _acme-challenge
  • Value: example.com.[unique verification token].dcv.cloudflare.com
Allow 5-10 minutes for DNS to propagate. If propagation doesn’t occur as expected, you can use a DNS lookup tool, such as dnschecker.org or mxtoolbox.com, to verify if the record is resolving correctly.

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Point domain

Once your domain is successfully verified, you can point it by adding the required A records to your domain’s DNS settings. Some DNS providers, such as Namecheap, Spaceship, and Squarespace, need the short version of DNS record names. Sevalla automatically provides both the full and short versions of each record, so you can use whichever format your DNS provider needs. If you select the Wildcard option, an additional A record for *.yourdomain.com appears to add to your domain’s DNS settings, which ensures all subdomains are covered.
Point your application domain
When the domain is successfully pointed, a success message appears.

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Point WWW domain

We recommend that you point the www version of your domain to Sevalla (if you haven’t already). To do so, add the www version of the domain to Sevalla and repeat the steps to verify and point the subdomain.

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Change your primary domain

In the domains list, locate the domain you want to be the primary domain, click the kebab (three-dot) menu, and click Make primary domain. Verify that the correct domain is selected, then click Continue.
Change your primary domain