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I had a similar problem recently. Here's what I had to do in order to be able to programmatically update DNS records for a domain in Google Cloud DNS:

verify domain ownership: https://cloud.google.com/endpoints/docs/openapi/verify-domain-name. I did this by inputting a special DNS TXT record into DNS for the domain.

in my case, I was using a Google Cloud Service Account with Terraform (not Cloudron) to modify DNS records in Google Cloud DNS, so in additional to verifying domain ownership, I had to actually add the Service Account I created as a verified owner of the domain as well.

After doing these two things, I was able to programmatically update DNS records for the domain using the Service Account.

So, assuming you've created a Service Account at Google, given it the "DNS Administrator" role, and added the Service Account email as a verified owner of the domain, you should be good to go. I just tested it with my Cloudron and it all worked. I'm attaching a screenshot of the Google domain verification screen showing where I added the Service Account as a domain owner. Hope this helps.CleanShot 2023-04-26 at 07.28.52.jpeg

@j_vmess your domain works just fine for me here. Maybe it's a browser cache issue? Have you tried another browser or after clearing the browser cache? I removed your domain from the original post, since it was showing the setup screen.

@scooke yes, it won't remove your existing records and won't touch things outside scope of Cloudron (which is basically app records and email records).

@Fabix thanks. Strange stuff... I will put it in our docs that we only support Robot.

@DAMO11-coder see https://docs.cloudron.io/troubleshooting/#expired-domain

I just jumped the gun. It was just DNS taking a while to propagate. All good now.

@Shaun-Snapp said in Add an A record manually for the domain:

"Add an A record manually for www.abc.com to this Cloudron's public IP"
I purchased the domain around 1/2 hour before trying to change an app to that domain. This is the error I received when the app failed to propagate.

That message is saying that you have to add the A record manually in your domain provider (not in Cloudron). Cloudron cannot add/remove DNS entries for the domain because it's "manual" mode and thus has no programmatic access to your DNS.

The place where you purchased your domain most likely has a Domain/DNS control panel where you can add/remove DNS entries.

Yes, see the instructions at https://docs.cloudron.io/troubleshooting/#expired-domain . If that's too technical, please feel free to mail us at support@cloudron.io and we can help switch it.

Ignore me. This was an issue with PowerShell apparently. If run from linux it works fine.

Thanks again

@girish Thanks. All working perfectly.

Thank you that worked!

@girish ok, understood

@girish
Perfect, thank you!!

@girish I was a little impatient, it's back. Thanks

@subven Thanks for the details I will also trying this later today..
I appreciate the help. It is different to wrap your head around the Cloudron way of thinking....

@nebulon I haven't investigate but certainly some extension that blocked the ability to write there.

@p998 You have to change the DNS entry of maindomain.com to your external server's IP.

@fbartels ok, this makes sense, thanks!

@girish I did something slightly different (but maybe not SO uncommon). I created the server and put the clients domain into my own (developer) cloudflare account. After everything worked I created the domain in the client's cloudflare account and changed the NS entries (basically this: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/get-started/basic-tasks/manage-domains/move-domain/).

the situation was now, that the API key was still valid but changed the wrong domain entries at cloudflare. so, I imagine cloudron creates the NS entry, checks if this works (which it doesn't) -> brain freeze. Something like this?