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Custom Domain

Read this guide for further information on how to use your own domain with VyHub.
You do not need to use your own domain; we offer you a free vyhub.app or serverstore.io domain (e.g., gaming.vyhub.app or your-community.serverstore.io).

A domain name is the name of a website (like vyhub.net or google.com)

We do provide a detailed guide on how to set up your custom domain with Namecheap.

General Steps

  1. Buy your own domain at a domain name registrar of your choice ( e.g. Namecheap*)
  2. Set the domains CNAME record to the corresponding VyHub URL

Set the domains CNAME record

You need to set the CNAME record to our servers, that you can reach VyHub with your domain.

Please search and follow the tutorials on how to set the CNAME record provided by your registrar.

Caution when using Cloudflare: You need to set the proxy status to DNS only. Otherwise, the CNAME will not work.

Some guides are linked below:

My domain registrar does not support CNAME records for the root domain

Many domain registrars do not offer the ability to set a CNAME record for the root domain (e.g., your-community.de).

When your domain registrar does not support CNAME records for the root domain, you can use a subdomain (e.g. www.your-community.de) and redirect your root domain to the subdomain.

Redirecting the root domain to the subdomain Redirect your-community.de to www.your-community.de

Debugging with the CNAME checker

You set your CNAME, but the instance is still not loading? Please check whether the values shown on your instance page match up with the values in the CNAME-checker

  1. Use the CNAME checker linked in the instance details of your VyHub instance
  2. Check whether the values match up (next two screenshots) Get the values Check the values in the CNAME checker

The values match and it is still not loading? Contact us!

Further help?

Watch our YouTube video or contact us.

Buy your own domain using Namecheap

In this guide, we will use Namecheap, which offers good prices and is one of the biggest registrars in the world.

We also offer a video guide on how to buy a domain with Namecheap here.

Choose your desired domain name, add to cart and checkout

Enter a domain name Enter a domain name and check for its availability

Add to cart Add to cart and follow the checkout process

You do not need to add any of the "recommended packages" namecheap offers.

CNAME Value

Find the CNAME value Find the value on the instance details page

Setting the CNAME with a Namecheap.com domain

Follow this guide provided by namecheap.

  1. Sign in to your Namecheap account
  2. Select Domain list on the left
  3. Click the Manage button next to your domain
  4. Navigate to the Advanced DNS tab
  5. Click Add New Record in the Host Records section
  6. Select CNAME Record
  7. Enter the CNAME value from your instance in the Value column
  8. Enter Host value
    • Root Domain (e.g. your-community.de) | Value: @
    • Subdomain (e.g. shop.your-community.de) | Value: shop
  9. Click the Save All Changes button

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