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Deploy Under Your Own Domain
Point your domain at a deploy — automatic HTTPS, no cert wrangling.
What you get
Automatic HTTPS
On your own server (Vultr, DigitalOcean, Contabo), the deploy's Caddy reverse proxy provisions and renews a TLS certificate for your domain automatically. There is nothing to buy, upload, or rotate.
One record to go live
Set your project's custom domain in ZipLoom, point an A record at the deploy's IP, and the site serves under your domain. While DNS propagates, the deploy stays reachable and health-checked by IP.
Gated like every deploy
A custom domain changes nothing about the safety layer — the security scan and posture checks still run before traffic is routed to the new version.
How custom domains work
- 1
Open a project and enter your domain in the Custom Domain card.
- 2
Point an A record for that domain at your deploy's server IP.
- 3
ZipLoom configures the deploy's Caddy reverse proxy to serve your domain.
- 4
Caddy provisions a TLS certificate automatically on first request.
- 5
Your app is live under your domain over HTTPS.
What this check inspects
The DNS records required for your domain, generated for your specific registrar setup.
Whether those records have actually propagated, rather than assuming they have.
Certificate issuance and renewal for the apex and any subdomains.
Redirect behaviour — www to apex or the reverse — so you don't serve two canonical versions of the same site.
What it means when this fails
Domain setup is where most first launches stall: records that look right but point at the wrong target, a certificate that never issues, or a site reachable at www and broken at the apex. Getting it wrong is visible to everyone who tries your link.
Questions
- Do I need to move my domain to ZipLoom?
- No. It stays with your registrar; you add the records we generate.
- How long does it take?
- Usually minutes, sometimes hours — DNS propagation is outside anyone's control. The status tells you which records are live rather than leaving you refreshing.
- Is the certificate included?
- Yes, issued and renewed automatically, and monitored afterwards so a failed renewal doesn't take the site down.
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