Viewing Domains

To see the domains currently associated with your application(s):

dokku domains:report

You should see at least a healthcareblocks.com subdomain. Do not remove this entry.

Adding Domains

Next, you will need to add your actual domain name in order for Dokku to correctly route traffic to your application:

dokku domains:add <app name> www.mydomain.com

The value for app name should match the same one you used when creating your app via dokku apps:create. Your domain name registrar typically provides domain name system (DNS) management functionality. There are also third-party DNS services (e.g. CloudFlare and Zerigo) that include additional benefits. You'll need to create the following DNS record to point your actual domain to your application:

• Type: CNAME
• Name: your domain name
• Value: your app subdomain and the Healthcare Blocks server address

For example, let's say you created a Dokku app, my-healthcare-app, and your Healthcare Blocks server has an address of 123456.healthcareblocks.com. Your DNS record would look like this:

www.mydomain.com.    IN    CNAME    my-healthcare-app.123456.healthcareblocks.com

Configuring Domains Without the "www" Subdomain

Using a "naked" domain - without a subdomain - is not recommended unless you have purchased a (more expensive) wildcard SSL certificate from a third-party SSL vendor (we don't sell certs) and your DNS provider supports CNAME-like functionality at the zone apex level. However, if you do go down this route, here's what you need to do:

First check if your DNS provider supports ALIAS or ANAME records. Then create an entry there pointing the empty or @ value to your Dokku hostname (e.g. my-healthcare-app.123456.healthcareblocks.com).

Finally, make Dokku aware of the root domain:

dokku domains:add <app name> mydomain.com

Using a Load Balancer

For high availability environments using a load balancer, you will also need to make Dokku aware of the load balancer URL, example:

dokku domains:add <app name> load-balancer-dns-name.my-domain.com