Forward your Google domain

Forward your subdomain · Sign in to Google Domains. · Click the domain name. · Open the menu Menu , if applicable. · Click Website. · Click Add a forwarding address. SkiptomaincontentForwardyourGoogledomainThisarticlewillshowyouhowtoforwardyourGoogledomainandotherforwardingoptions: HowtoforwardyourdomaintoaURLorIPaddress Howtoforwardyoursubdomain Howtoverifyyourdomainisforwarded ViewtheDomainforwardDNSrecords Domainforwardingvalues MoreGoogleDomainforwardingoptions ForwardyourdomaintoaURLorIPaddress GoogleDomainsletsyouforwardyourdomaintoanyURL(e.g.socialmediasiteorcompanyhomepage)orIPaddress.Toforwardyourdomain,followthesesteps: SignintoGoogleDomains. Clickthedomainname. Openthemenu ,ifapplicable. ClickWebsite . Under"Forwardtoanexistingwebpage,click; Addaforwardingaddress. EnteraURLorIPaddressinthe"WebsiteURL"field. Ifyou’rehappywiththedefaultvalues,clickForward. Ifyouwanttochangetheredirecttype,pathforwarding,orSecureSocketsLayer(SSL)options,clickAdvancedoptions.Asetofdefaultvalueswillappear,listedinthefollowingtable: Option Defaultvalue Redirecttype Temporaryredirect(302) Pathforwarding Donotforward SSL SSL Checkthatyourdomainisforwardedtotheintendedlocation. Whenyousetupwebforwarding,GoogleDomainscreatesawebforwardingsyntheticrecord.Ifyoudeletethisrecord,webforwardingstops.Learnmoreaboutsyntheticrecords. Forwardyoursubdomain Youcanforwardyoursubdomain,adomainthatispartofalargerdomain,toanyURLorIPaddress.Toforwardyoursubdomain,followthesesteps: SignintoGoogleDomains. Clickthedomainname. Openthemenu ,ifapplicable. ClickWebsite. ClickAddaforwardingaddress. ClickEdit. Click+Forwardasubdomain. Enterthesubdomainyouwanttoforward. IntheForwardtofieldentertheURLorIPaddressyouwanttoforwarditto. Click Forward.  Verifydomainforwarding Afteryousetupdomainforwarding,verifythatyourdomainisforwardedtothecorrectlocation.Toverifythatyourdomainisforwardedcorrectly,followthesesteps: Signinto GoogleDomains. Onthedomainlist,clickthedomainyouforwarded. Scrolldownto“Mywebsite.” Clickthewebsiteimageorpreviewtoopenitinanewtab.   Domainforwardingmaytakeupto48hourstoupdate.Ifyourwebsitedoesn'tshowafter48hours,checktheURLandtryagain. ViewtheDomainforwardDNSrecords Whenyousetupwebforwarding,GoogleDomainscreatesasyntheticrecordthatcontainsallthenecessaryDNSrecords. ToviewtheDomainforwardDNSrecords,followthesesteps: Signinto GoogleDomains. Onthedomainlist,clickthedomainyouforwarded. OpentheMenu,ifapplicable. ClickDNS . Scrolldownto"Syntheticrecords."  Toviewthedetailsofasyntheticrecord,clickExpand nexttotherecord. Domainforwardingvalues Theseareexamplesofpossiblevaluesfordomainforwarding: Rootdomains: example.com https://example.com http://example.com Subdomains www.example.com https://support.example.com http://info.example.com Folders www.example.com/marketing https://www.example.com/products http://www.example.com/services Webpages www.example.com/welcome.html https://www.example.com/login.aspx http://www.example.com/page1.htm IPaddresses 123.123.123.123(IPv4) 2002:db80:1:2:3:4:567:89ab(IPv6) MoreGoogleDomainforwardingoptions GoogleDomainshasdifferentforwardingoptionsthatuserscanchoosetobestfittheirneeds. Redirecttype Theredirecttypedetermineshowroutersandbrowsersstoreyourwebforwardinginformation.Youcanchooseoneofthefollowingredirecttypes: Atemporary(HTTP302)redirectallowschangestooccurtoyourforwardingaddressquickly.Whenyouuseatemporaryredirect,youcanforcealookuptotheroutingtableorDNSservereverytime. Apermanent(HTTP301)redirectallowsbrowserstocachetheforwardingaddress.Whenyoucachetheforwardingaddress,youmayhelpresolvetheaddressfasteronsubsequentvisitsfromthesamebrowser.However,changesmadetotheforwardingaddressmaytakelongertooccur. Ifyou’reunsureofwhichredirecttochoose,useatemporary(HTTP302)redirect. Pathforwarding Pathforwardingletsyouforwardthepathafterthedomainnametothesamepathatthenewdomain.Usepathforwardingwhenthedomainyou’reforwardingtohasthesamestructureasthecurrentdomain. Forexample,ifyou'reforwardingdocumentationexample.comtoexample.com,yourdomaincouldbeforwardedinthefollowingways: Withpathforwardingon:documentationexample.com/about.htmlredirectstoexample.com/about.html. Withpathforwardingoff:documentationexample.com/about.htmlredirectstoexample.com. TomakesureyouforwardtoawebsiteURLthatendswitha"/"sign,don'tenablepathforwarding.Toturnoffpathforwarding:Under"PathForwarding",select Donotforward. ForwardingoverSSL Youhave2optionswithforwardingoverSSL: WhenSSLison,forwardingworksforbothHTTPandHTTPSrequests.  WhenSSLisoff,forwardingonlyworksforplainHTTPrequests. Tip:Youcan’tforwardthewildcardaddress“*”overSSL. WhenSSLison,GoogleDomainswillprovision&configureanSSLcertificatefortheredirectautomatically.ToensureSSLcoverageend-to-end,thedestinationURLshouldbegininhttps://. YoucanlearnmoreaboutSSLatGetanSSLcertificateforyourdomain. Wasthishelpful?Howcanweimproveit?YesNoSubmitNeedmorehelp?SigninforadditionalsupportoptionstoquicklysolveyourissueSignintrueWebforwardingForwardyourGoogledomainSearchClearsearchClosesearchGoogleappsMainmenuSearchHelpCentertrue93020false