SOLVED How do I activate SSL on my host site?

[Joseph Benguira]

@team-dawes you have to contact your registrar, it should be propagated in few hours, not taking days. Only the registrar can help with that.

Another option is to use cloudflare:
https://support.appdrag.com/doc/Use-CloudFlare-and-Activate-SSL

[Team Dawes]

@joseph-benguira , if this issue comes down to - who provides SSL for my website
why don't I just use SSL from NameCheap? They give me SSL when I buy a domain.

Questions:

1. Can I turn on the SSL at Namecheap and use that even though they won't be hosting my website?
2. If I do turn on the SSL at NameCheap, can I still use connect to Appdrag?
3. If I'm not using SSL from Amazon, then
   Do I still need the CNAME record for AWS?
   Do I still need the CAA Records?

[Team Dawes]

@joseph-benguira ,
OK, toolk.it.com is up and discoverable, I believe.
I'm not sure where the SSL is coming from. I have SSL from Namecheap.
Should I be using that?

[Joseph Benguira]

@team-dawes No you can't use SSL from namecheap since they are not doing the hosting process, only alternative is Cloudflare because they offer a free reverse proxy system including SSL termination

or go back to step 1, fix your DNS CAA record
https://dnschecker.org/#CAA/toolk.it.com

for that please ask help to your registrar, or migrate to Cloudflare they will handle your nameservers

[Team Dawes]

@joseph-benguira , thanks for your help
I've spent about 2 1/2 hours in chat with Namecheap trying to get this work.
And I'm having no luck. I'm trying to go back to basics and I'm getting this error on appdrag.

[Team Dawes]

@joseph-benguira ,
I thought it might simplify matters to transfer my domain to appdrag.
I'm getting this

[Joseph Benguira]

@team-dawes this message happens when domain is already connected to your project, you can't do it twice

[Joseph Benguira]

@team-dawes indeed we do not support your domain extension ".it.com"

[Team Dawes]

@joseph-benguira , thanks.
I'm glad to get resolution on this.

[Team Dawes]

@joseph-benguira - given that appdrag doesn't support .it.com, I'd like to change the domain for this project
From toolk.it.com
To swaysmarts.com

How and where would I do that?

Thanks!

[Joseph Benguira]

@team-dawes what you can do is add the domain in your project, then you can set it as main domain and activate the SSL

If it's a domain you have with another registrar you can follow this guide:
https://support.appdrag.com/doc/Connecting-a-Domain

[Team Dawes]

@joseph-benguira , thank you.
I successfully added swaysmarts.com

[Team Dawes]

@joseph-benguira - how do I now set swaysmarts as the main domain for the project?

I tried

• deleting toolk.it.com
• adding the CName record
  CNAME Key: _d561c9638c05688b1795fa9aa1bd438d
  CNAME value: _3e06a47c5dda9fa14e0778be51a41984.xlfgrmvvlj.acm-validations.aws.

But that just turned the status button red for swaysmarts

[Joseph Benguira]

@team-dawes in the project overview screen there is a link to set "Main Domain & SSL"
and there select the new domain

[Team Dawes]

@joseph-benguira , thank you.
I did that.

Now, I'm getting contradictory follow up instructions from the panel.

1. I get this instruction:
   image url)

2. I add that DNS entry at my registrar.

3. I get an appdrag message saying cloudfront is outdated and I should be using a different DNS entry.

[Joseph Benguira]

@team-dawes yes as indicated in the screenshot you need to create a cname form www on your domain registrar and put the value indicated in the screenshot

I can see it's not done currently here:
https://dnschecker.org/#CNAME/www.swaysmarts.com

[Team Dawes]

@joseph-benguira , I added the cname record you indicated.

I'll let you know how it goes.

[Team Dawes]

@joseph-benguira
I'm getting this error:

Here's the DNS checker:

[Joseph Benguira]

@team-dawes I can see you site is working with SSL:
https://www.swaysmarts.com/

[Team Dawes]

@joseph-benguira , yay! Terrific. Thank you for seeing me through this!