How to use the A Record option t create an apex domain

Question

It says in the docs: "for domain registrars that don't support ALIAS records, ANAME records or CNAME flattening, you can configure an A record for your static web app. This configuration directs traffic to a single regional host of your static web app. Using A records isn't recommended as your application no longer benefits from global distribution, and this type of setup could affect application performance if your traffic is globally distributed." (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/static-web-apps/custom-domain)

I seem to be in this position, and my site isn't global so I should be ok, but I can't find any other info of how to do this? Presumably I need an IP address? Where can I find this?

Answer 1

@Dean Bullen Thanks for asking question!

As its mentioned here- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/static-web-apps/apex-domain-external#set-up-with-an-a-record

1. Open the Azure portal.
2. Go to your static web app.
3. From the Overview window in the top right corner of the Essentials section, select JSON View.
4. Copy the value of the stableInboundIP property and set it aside in a text editor for future use. This is the IP address of your regional Static Web Apps host.
5. Under Settings, select Custom domains.
6. Select + Add.
7. In the Enter domain tab, enter your apex domain name. For instance, if your domain name is example.com, enter example.com into this box (without any subdomains).
8. Select Next.
9. In the Validate + Configure tab, enter the values.
10. Select Generate code. Wait as the code is generated. It make take a minute or so to complete.
11. Once the TXT record value is generated, copy (next to the generated value) the code to the clipboard.
12. Select Close.
13. Open a new browser tab and sign in to your domain registrar account.
14. Go to your domain name's DNS configuration settings.
15. Add a new TXT record with the following values.

    	Setting	Value
    	Type	TXT
    	Host	Enter @
    	Value	Paste the generated code value you copied from the Azure portal.
    	TTL (if applicable)	Leave as default value.

16. Save changes to your DNS record.

Check- Set up an A Record

Hope this helps, please let us know if further query happy to assist.

Answer 2

Great thank you