I try to link a domain

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I try to follow this document:

My domain in spare is from Godaddy.
First I removed my A record which pointed to an IP

I added a CNAME record:
Host: elmit-ai (because ’ @ ’ is not accepted)
Points to: gateway.ipfs.io. (including ’ . ’ although it disappears when I go there again)

I added a TXT record:
Host: _dnslink
TXT Value: dnslink=/ipfs/QmT1fzcAEhy8YUJWyohPA3miUo3v4mPjiPqh1q6Ri19rgX

I waited, … and tested:

  1. dig +noall +answer TXT _dnslink.elmit.info
    _dnslink.elmit.info. 2799 IN TXT “dnslink=/ipfs/QmT1fzcAEhy8YUJWyohPA3miUo3v4mPjiPqh1q6Ri19rgX”

looks good!

  1. go to a browser and tried:
    elmit.info
    elmit-ai.elmit.info

404 is the result.

What am I missing?

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Hi, I had your same issue, try adding your subdomain to the TXT record.

For your TXT record:
Host: _dnslink.elmit-ai

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Hello,

you cannot create a CNAME for the root domain. You need to use an A record to 209.94.90.1 (the gateway’s IP), or an ALIAS record (note that potentially breaks dnssec).

Also, HTTPs won’t work. For that you need your own gateway that has a valid certificate for the domain.

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Also, more detailed instructions in dnslink.io.