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UISP - How to use a custom domain name for your UISP server

This guide explains the DNS changes needed to use a custom domain with HostiFi

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Written by Alex Lowe
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For increased flexibility and better branding, our UISP plans for 250 UISP Devices and above, support custom domains. This feature can be easily enabled from the HostiFi dashboard, located at app.hostifi.com.

You can use one or multiple custom domain names for your UISP server to fully white label your service or make the URL easier to remember.

How to setup the custom domain

Log in to app.hostifi.com and find the host name for your HostiFi server. UISP servers have the URL format of nxxxxx.hostifi.com.

Create a CNAME record at your DNS provider with your desired custom domain name, and point it to the host name of your HostiFi server.

After the CNAME record has been created, on app.hostifi.com, click on the Domains tab.

Here, you can enter the custom domain name you would like to use. If you are not able to add the domain, the CNAME record you just created may be incorrect, or it may need more time to propagate. Verify the record is correct and try again.

After that domain is added, an SSL certificate will be automatically generated, and the custom domain should be active.

Optional Step

Because of the way UISP is architected, you can also specify a custom domain from the UISP interface. Changing this doesn't automatically make your server work on this domain, it is so the custom domain will match up with the UISP key.

This step is optional, but might make things a bit simpler when it comes to working out what server your airMAX or UISP devices are on.

To change this, go to Settings > General and you can specify the updated domain name.

HostiFi

HostiFi provides hosting for both Ubiquiti and TP-Link software-defined-networking (SDN) applications, with servers for UniFi, UISP and Omada. We also offer professional networking consulting, with HostiFi Pro.

If you run into any issues, send an email to support@hostifi.com or contact us via live chat.

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