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2- How to set my own domain name
2+ How to use my own domain name
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5- These steps briefly explain how to link your company’s registered domain
6- (e.g. www.yourcompany.com) to your Odoo instance. Once someone types your
7- company’s domain, they are immediately directed to Odoo (i.e. yourcompany.odoo .com).
5+ By default, your Odoo Online instance and website have a * .odoo.com * domain name,
6+ for both the URL and the emails.
7+ But you can change to a custom one (e.g. www.yourcompany .com).
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9- * Check its availability or see who currently owns it at https://www.whois.net/.
10- * Buy your domain name at a provider. See recommended providers here:
11- http://www.mytipshub.com/top-ten-best-domain-registrar/.
9+ What is a good domain name
10+ ==========================
11+ Your website address is as important to your branding as the name of your
12+ business or organization, so put some thought into changing it for a proper
13+ domain. Here are some tips:
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13- * Access your Odoo.com account from your homepage.
15+ - Simple and obvious
16+ - Easy to remember and spell
17+ - The shorter the better
18+ - Avoid special characters
19+ - Aim for a .com and/or your country extension
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21+ Read more: `How to Choose a Domain Name for Maximum SEO <https://www.searchenginejournal.com/choose-a-domain-name-maximum-seo/158951/ >`__
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23+ How to buy a domain name
24+ ========================
25+ Buy your domain name at a popular registrar:
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27+ - `GoDaddy <https://www.godaddy.com >`__
28+ - `Namecheap <https://www.namecheap.com >`__
29+ - `OVH <https://www.ovh.com >`__
30+
31+ .. note :: Steps to buy a domain name are pretty much straight forward.
32+ In case of issue, check out those easy tutorials:
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34+ - `GoDaddy <https://roadtoblogging.com/buy-domain-name-from-godaddy >`__
35+ - `Namecheap <https://www.loudtips.com/buy-domain-name-hosting-namecheap// >`__
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37+ Feel free to buy an email server to have email addresses using your domain name.
38+ However don't buy any extra service to create or host your website.
39+ This is Odoo's job!
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41+ How to apply my domain name to my Odoo instance
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43+ First let's authorize the redirection (yourcompany.com -> yourcompany.odoo.com):
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45+ * Open your Odoo.com account from your homepage.
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1547.. image :: media/domain_name01.png
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18- * Access the *Manage Databases * page.
50+ * Go to the *Manage Databases * page.
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28- * A database domain prompt will appear. Type your custom domain (e.g. www.yourcompany.com)
29- and press *Add *. Then click *OK *.
60+ * A database domain prompt will appear. Enter your custom domain
61+ (e.g. www.yourcompany.com).
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63+
64+ .. image :: media/domain_name04.png
65+ :align: center
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67+ We can now apply the redirection from your domain name's manager account:
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69+ * Log in to your account and search for the DNS Zones management page.
70+
71+ * Create a CNAME record *www.yourdomain.com * pointing to *mywebsite.odoo.com *.
72+ If you want to use the naked domain (e.g. yourdomain.com), you need to redirect
73+ *yourdomain.com * to *www.yourdomain.com *.
74+
75+ .. note :: Here are some specific guidelines to create a CNAME record:
76+
77+ - `GoDaddy <https://be.godaddy.com/fr/help/add-a-cname-record-19236 >`__
78+ - `Namecheap <https://www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/article.aspx/9646/10/how-can-i-set-up-a-cname-record-for-my-domain >`__
79+ - `OVH <https://www.ovh.co.uk/g1519.exchange_20132016_how_to_add_a_cname_record >`__
80+
81+ How to enable SSL (HTTPS) for my Odoo instance
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31- * Go to your domain manager’s website and search for the DNS Zones management page.
84+ To enable SSL, please use a third-party CDN service provider
85+ such as CloudFlare.com.
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33- * Create a CNAME record that points your domain (e.g. www.yourcompany.com) to your
34- Odoo database (yourcompany.odoo.com). Please reference your domain manager for
35- specific directions on how to complete this task.
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3788.. seealso ::
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39- * :doc: `../../getting_started/documentation `
90+ * :doc: `../../discuss/email_servers `
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