Important: You need to be on the Professional plan to use custom domains. You can check your current plan here.
By default, your Authory page is published at authory.com/yourname. If you are on the Professional plan, you can also publish your Authory page on any custom domain you own (yourdomain.com).
To add a custom domain, please follow these steps:
1. Add a custom domain to your Authory account
To add your custom domain, go to the Custom domain page in the settings pages of your account.
Set your domain (yourdomain.com) there. Then continue with the following steps:
2. Update the DNS settings
Access your domain's DNS settings in your domain registrar's or DNS host's dashboard.
2.1 Add a CNAME record for your domain
Remove any existing A records for host @
Add a CNAME record
Set the host to @
Set the value to domains.authory.com
If your provider does not support CNAME records with a @ as the host value, then use A records instead (see info box below)
2.2 Add a CNAME record for www
Remove any existing A records for host www
Add a CNAME record
Set the host to www
Set the value to domains.authory.com
Authory will automatically redirect www.yourdomain.com to yourdomain.com.
If your provider does not support CNAME records or you can only set a single CNAME record:
In this case, please use A records instead:
Add an A record, set the host to
@and the value to 34.251.44.117Add another A record, set the host to
wwwand the value to 34.251.44.117
If you are using Cloudflare, make sure that the Proxy status in Cloudflare is set to "DNS only" and not the default "Proxied".
Every DNS host has their own way of updating DNS settings. We recommend that you read the help documentation of your DNS host, also do not hesitate to contact their support for help with their interface and settings.
3. Wait for domain validation to finish
Authory needs about 30 minutes to validate the domain ownership and create an SSL certificate. After this, the domain settings page will show Domain active, and your Authory page will be reachable at https://yourdomain.com.
4. Troubleshooting
Please double check that you have added both CNAME records as outlined above.
Check that you do not have any A records or redirects that conflict with the CNAME records.
If the domain validation takes longer than 30 minutes, please reach out to us at hello@authory.com
5. Advanced Configuration
Subdomains
Authory also supports arbitrary subdomains as custom domains. To use a subdomain, please set the subdomain as your custom domain in your domain settings. Then, configure the DNS records accordingly by using you subdomain instead of @.