The Complete Strapi™ Course with Plugins and Deployment - Configure a Custom Domain

This tutorial covers setting up a custom domain for an application, including configuring DNS settings, verifying domain and SSL setup, updating environment variables, and deploying changes. The process involves using a domain registrar to manage DNS records, ensuring the application is accessible via a custom URL, and updating server configurations to reflect the new domain. The tutorial also highlights the importance of verifying DNS changes and SSL certificates to ensure secure connections.

What is the purpose of connecting an SMTP server and a Cloudinary account in the application?

Describe the steps needed to add a custom domain in the project settings.

What DNS record type is required to point the custom domain to the render.com deployment?

Explain the process of verifying the DNS settings after configuration.

What is the significance of the SSL certificate provided by render.com?

How does the application communicate the custom domain URL to users?

What changes need to be made to the environment variable for the application to recognize the custom domain?