When you want to forward your domain,TransIP provides out-of-the-box basic support. But some important features are missing, like HTTPS and Analytics.
When you set up a redirect at TransIP, you still have to take care of the security of both domains yourself. There’s no automatic installment of an SSL certificate. This will result in SSL errors when visiting the domain via HTTPS.
So how do you secure your site with HTTPS when using TransIP?
This can all be done with the help of redirect.pizza. redirect.pizza automatically installs and manages the SSL certificates on your website, to make sure your security is always up to date. And there’s more to benefit from. With redirect.pizza, redirecting your apex domain to the www. version of your domain is done in a few clicks.
If you’d like to set this up, just follow the steps in this walkthrough, and you’ll be good to go!
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 TransIP 'redirect-pizza-forward.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: Navigate to TransIP
To allow redirecting via redirect.pizza, we need to make a DNS change at TransIP.
Login with your TransIP credentials and navigate to 'Domein & Hosting'.
Step 4: Changing the DNS
We are now ready to change the DNS. Scroll down to the section 'DNS'. You will probably see a screen that looks something like this:
Before adding the correct DNS records, make sure any existing A, AAAA or CNAME record for 'www' and '@' are removed. All other records may remain intact.
Then add the following records.
- Record with Type 'A' Name '@' and Value '89.106.200.1'
- Record with Type 'CNAME' Name 'www' and Value 'edge.redirect.pizza.'
Your screen should now look 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, an SSL certificate will be automatically requested & installed.
Closing: redirect.pizza is now set up with automatic HTTPS!
That's it! You've successfully set up redirect.pizza with TransIP. The domain now has full HTTPS support and is redirecting via redirect.pizza. With our full HTTPS support, you’ll never have to worry about the security of your pages again! We’ll ensure all your URLs are automatically redirected to the HTTPS version of your website. Also, the hassle with all your SSL certificates will be taken care of. We’ll make sure these will be automatically renewed, so they never become outdated. This is all part of our Automatic HTTPS feature.
Optional: redirect all pages to the apex or www. version of your website.
After you’ve successfully set up redirect pizza, don’t forget to consider how to make maximum use of our service! There is the possibility, for instance, to redirect all your pages from your apex domain, also called naked or root domain, to the www. version of your domain. (Why would you like to do that? Read more about it in our use case!). It also works vice versa. If you’d prefer to redirect all of your pages from your www. subdomain to your apex domain, it can be done in a few clicks! (Read our support page to learn more).
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