GoDaddy provides out-of-the box basic support for forwarding your domain. Unfortunately it's missing important features like HTTPS & Analytics.
When the redirect is setup at GoDaddy, no SSL certificate is installed on the domain. This results in SSL errors when visiting the domain via HTTPS.
redirect.pizza automatically installs & manages a SSL certificate and makes sure it never expires. Let's get started!
Step 1: Create a redirect.pizza account
Get started today by creating an account: https://redirect.pizza/register.
Step 2: Add your domain to redirect.pizza
Add your domain you wish to redirect. For our example, we have a domain with GoDaddy 'redirect-pizza-example.xyz'. Add the domain to the 'Source URL' field. We recommend adding www & the apex (non-www).
You see the DNS 'checking' as the detected & required values are different.
Step 3: Navigating to GoDaddy
To allow redirecting via redirect.pizza, we need to make a one-time DNS change at GoDaddy.
Navigate to 'Domains' -> find your domain in this list -> go to the detail page.
Then, scroll to the bottom and press 'Manage DNS'. This opens the DNS Management screen. Your screen should look something like this:
Step 4: Disabling GoDaddy's forwarding (when enabled)
If you don't see an 'edit' button next to the '@' record, GoDaddy's forwarding service is still enabled. We first need to disable that to allow the DNS records to be changed. If you do see a edit button, go to step 5.
Go to the bottom of the Domain Manager, press on the delete link next to forward and confirm this action.
A confirmation message should appear that this is disabled.
The edit button after the '@' record should now be visible. If not, you need to refresh the page.
Step 5: Changing the DNS
We can now change the DNS. Press the edit button icon next to the '@' record. Change the value of 'Points to' to 89.106.200.1 (see What DNS types can I use?). Press 'Save'. This IP address should then be visible next to the '@' record.
Next up is the 'www' record. By default, a 'www' CNAME is created which points to '@'. This will work, but we recommend changing this value to 'edge.redirect.pizza'.
That's everything in the GoDaddy Domain Manager. You can close this tab now. To confirm, it should look something like this:
Step 4: DNS verification in redirect.pizza
The DNS changes have been made! This takes some time before the internet picks up these changes. In most cases, it should be done within a few hours, depending on the TTL set on those records.
redirect.pizza will automatically keep checking the DNS records. If it's detected to be correct, a SSL certificate will be automatically requested & installed.
Closing
That's it! You've succesfully setup redirect.pizza with GoDaddy. The domain now has full HTTPS support and is redirecting via redirect.pizza.
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