AppConsole
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The Stax Application Console is the web based administration interface use to manage your Stax account and all of your Stax Cloud resources (applications and databases).
You can access the application console using the following URL: [http://www.stax.net/appconsole]
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Custom Application Domain Names
By default, applications deployed on the Stax Cloud will be assigned a staxapps.net hostname based on the application name and your Stax username. If you already own an Internet domain that you previously purchased from a domain provider (like GoDaddy.com), you can setup your Stax application to use your custom domain instead of the default Staxapps domain.
Configuring a custom application domain
Step 1 - Create a CNAME
To use your domain with Stax, you'll need to update your domain's DNS record to point to your application's default domain name using a CNAME record. The tools for doing this will vary based on the DNS provider you use to manage your domain, but most providers should have some kind of web interface for creating a new CNAME record. For example, let's assume I own the domain www.example.com, and I want to this custom domain for my application that currently uses the default domain myapp.demouser.staxapps.net. I would need to goto my DNS provider's web interface and add a new CNAME for www.example.com and set its value to myapp.demouser.staxapps.net.
CNAME: www.example.com = myapp.demouser.staxapps.net
After updating your DNS record, you will need to wait for the DNS entry to propagate, which can take up to a day, but usually not more than an hour. After your DNS record has propogated, doing an nslookup command for www.example.com should then return the name myapp.demouser.staxapps.net.
# nslookup www.example.com
Step 2 - Update your application configuration
Once your custom domain is setup to forward to the staxapps.net domain (using a CNAME), you need to reconfigure your application to use www.example.com as a custom domain name.
- Login to the appconsole
- Select your application
- Open the configuration tab
- Add your custom domain name to the domain name aliases text box
- Click the save button
After your application is automatically redeployed, all requests to www.example.com will be forwarded to your Stax application.
