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- How to set my own domain name
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+ How to use my own domain name
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- These steps briefly explain how to link your company’s registered domain
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- (e.g. www.yourcompany.com) to your Odoo instance. Once someone types your
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- company’s domain, they are immediately directed to Odoo (i.e. yourcompany.odoo .com).
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+ By default, your Odoo Online instance and website have a * .odoo.com * domain name,
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+ for both the URL and the emails.
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+ But you can change to a custom one (e.g. www.yourcompany .com).
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- * Check its availability or see who currently owns it at https://www.whois.net/.
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- * Buy your domain name at a provider. See recommended providers here:
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- http://www.mytipshub.com/top-ten-best-domain-registrar/.
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+ What is a good domain name
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+ ==========================
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+ Your website address is as important to your branding as the name of your
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+ business or organization, so put some thought into changing it for a proper
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+ domain. Here are some tips:
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- * Access your Odoo.com account from your homepage.
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+ - Simple and obvious
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+ - Easy to remember and spell
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+ - The shorter the better
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+ - Avoid special characters
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+ - Aim for a .com and/or your country extension
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+ 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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+ How to buy a domain name
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+ Buy your domain name at a popular registrar:
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+ - `GoDaddy <https://www.godaddy.com >`__
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+ - `Namecheap <https://www.namecheap.com >`__
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+ - `OVH <https://www.ovh.com >`__
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+ .. note :: Steps to buy a domain name are pretty much straight forward.
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+ In case of issue, check out those easy tutorials:
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+ - `GoDaddy <https://roadtoblogging.com/buy-domain-name-from-godaddy >`__
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+ - `Namecheap <https://www.loudtips.com/buy-domain-name-hosting-namecheap// >`__
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+ Feel free to buy an email server to have email addresses using your domain name.
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+ However don't buy any extra service to create or host your website.
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+ This is Odoo's job!
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+ How to apply my domain name to my Odoo instance
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+ First let's authorize the redirection (yourcompany.com -> yourcompany.odoo.com):
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+ * Open your Odoo.com account from your homepage.
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.. image :: media/domain_name01.png
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- * Access the *Manage Databases * page.
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+ * Go to the *Manage Databases * page.
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.. image :: media/domain_name02.png
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.. image :: media/domain_name03.png
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- * A database domain prompt will appear. Type your custom domain (e.g. www.yourcompany.com)
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- and press *Add *. Then click *OK *.
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+ * A database domain prompt will appear. Enter your custom domain
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+ (e.g. www.yourcompany.com).
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+ .. image :: media/domain_name04.png
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+ :align: center
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+ We can now apply the redirection from your domain name's manager account:
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+ * Log in to your account and search for the DNS Zones management page.
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+ * Create a CNAME record *www.yourdomain.com * pointing to *mywebsite.odoo.com *.
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+ If you want to use the naked domain (e.g. yourdomain.com), you need to redirect
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+ *yourdomain.com * to *www.yourdomain.com *.
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+ .. note :: Here are some specific guidelines to create a CNAME record:
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+ - `GoDaddy <https://be.godaddy.com/fr/help/add-a-cname-record-19236 >`__
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+ - `Namecheap <https://www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/article.aspx/9646/10/how-can-i-set-up-a-cname-record-for-my-domain >`__
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+ - `OVH <https://www.ovh.co.uk/g1519.exchange_20132016_how_to_add_a_cname_record >`__
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+ How to enable SSL (HTTPS) for my Odoo instance
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+ ==============================================
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- * Go to your domain manager’s website and search for the DNS Zones management page.
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+ To enable SSL, please use a third-party CDN service provider
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+ such as CloudFlare.com.
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- * Create a CNAME record that points your domain (e.g. www.yourcompany.com) to your
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- Odoo database (yourcompany.odoo.com). Please reference your domain manager for
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.. seealso ::
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- * :doc: `../../getting_started/documentation `
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+ * :doc: `../../discuss/email_servers `
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