DNS Settings: OpenShift with CloudFlare / rhcloud

Question

I am trying to set up DNS forwarding on CloudFlare, to my Openshift page (the-domain.rhcloud.com).

But when I go into the CloudFlare DNS settings and try to change t

Answer 1

If you want your domain name to start with https://www, take a look at the steps bellow that worked for me.

Let's say we want to configure cloudflare and openshift for this domain name: example.org.

Cloudflare

DNS page

I have two records set:

1. Type: CNAME Name: example.org Value: example-example.rhcloud.com (you should see CNAME flattening sign for this one)

2. Type: CNAME Name: www Value: example.org

"Page rules" page

Two rules:

1. http://www.example.org/* Settings: Always use HTTPS

2. example.org/* Settings: Forwarding url, 301 — Permanent redirect, https://www.example.org/$1

OpenShift

Add one alias:

• www.example.org