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Launching Your Site

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Launching Your Site

Hello, everyone! My name is Jake, and today I’ll guide you on how to launch your Dirigible site. I’ve created a test website called “Web Scraping” to demonstrate the process. Let’s get started!

  1. First, you’ll need a domain name and access to change its name servers. The steps to change name servers vary depending on where you purchased your domain. Refer to the documentation provided by your domain registrar for instructions.
  2. I have a domain called “webscraping.org” that I’ll be using for this demonstration. Copy your domain name without any spaces or additional characters.
  3. Add the domain to your Dirigible installation. This may take a few moments to complete.
  4. Once the domain is added, click on “Get DNS results” to check the status of your DNS records. The red color indicates that the records are not pointing to the correct location.
  5. Visit your domain registrar’s website and review the existing records, such as mail records or text records for analytics integration. In my case, I don’t have any records.
  6. In the DNS control panel of your domain registrar, add the necessary records, excluding the A and CNAME records unless they are pointing to external services.
  7. Return to the Dirigible site and navigate to the “Domains” section. Your site may still be accessible using a staging domain at this point.
  8. The next step is to change the name servers to Dirigible’s name servers. Go to your domain registrar’s website, find the option to change name servers, and enter the following values: ns1.getdirigible.com, ns2.getdirigible.com, ns3.getdirigible.com, ns4.getdirigible.com. Save the changes.
  9. It may take some time for the DNS records to propagate worldwide and reflect the changes. Be patient during this process.
  10. Once the DNS results show all green, indicating successful propagation, you’re ready to launch your site.
  11. Click on the “Make primary domain” button and confirm your selection. This will initiate the launch process, which may take some time as several changes are made to prepare your site for launch.
  12. Congratulations! Your Dirigible site is now fully launched with the web scraping.org domain name. The primary domain tag indicates which domain is the launched one. You can still manage your DNS settings from this interface, allowing you to add extra DNS records if needed.
  13. If you ever need to switch back to your staging domain, you can do so by clicking the “Make primary domain” button on your old domain.

That’s it! Your site should be fully launched now. Enjoy the results of your efforts.

Launching Your Site