Soapbox Engage accounts can optionally include a custom domain, which associates a sub-domain with a Soapbox Engage account. This article outlines how to use Cloudflare to create or edit a CNAME DNS record to associate a sub-domain with a Soapbox Engage account.
Creating a CNAME
- Log in to the Cloudflare account.
- Select the account that includes the domain to be updated.
- In the left navigation, click Websites.
- On the Websites page, click the domain to be updated.
- In the left navigation, go to DNS > Records.
- On the DNS Records page, in the table of DNS records, click the Add Record.
- Enter the following values for the new DNS record.
- Type = CNAME
- Name = (the sub-domain to be used, such as "engage" if the full domain will be "engage.example.org")
- Target = connect.soapboxengage.com
- Click the Save button.
Editing a CNAME
- Log in to the Cloudflare account.
- Select the account that includes the domain to be updated.
- In the left navigation, click Websites.
- On the Websites page, click the domain to be updated.
- In the left navigation, go to DNS > Records.
- On the DNS Records page, in the table of DNS records, click the Edit link in the row of the existing CNAME record to be edited.
- Enter the following values for the new DNS record.
- Type = CNAME
- Name = (the subdomain to be used, such as "engage" if the full domain will be "engage.example.org")
- Target = connect.soapboxengage.com
- Click the Save button.