Domain Forward

The service to forward domains using HTTP(s) redirects via Hosterra DoH.

ATTENTION: THIS SERVICE IS NOT PUBLICLY AVAILABLE FOR NOW. EXPECT IT FOR SECOND WEEK OF 2024.

Example scenarios:

• Forward non-www to www domains or vice versa
• Forward old domains to new domains

How does it works?

• Point your domain to Hosterra using CNAME or A/AAAA records
• Tell us where to forward using TXT records
• We handle redirection and HTTPS certificates for you

Get Started

To forward from www.old.com to old.com, add these records to your DNS:

www.old.com            IN    CNAME   fwd.hosterra.tech
_forward.www.old.com   IN    TXT     forward-to=https://old.com/*

Because CNAME can't be used in apex domains, you can use A/AAAA records. To forward from old.com to new.net, add these records to your DNS:

old.com            IN    A       51.159.188.120
old.com            IN    AAAA    2001:bc8:1210:656:dc00:ff:fe26:bfdd
_forward.old.com   IN    TXT     forward-to=https://new.net/*

The star * at the end tells us that the remaining URL path is also forwarded to the destination URL.

If you use Cloudflare or any DNS which supports CNAME Flattening, you still can use CNAME records pointing to fwd.hosterra.tech. It's recommended to use CNAME records rather than A/AAAA records.

You can choose the type of redirection you want to use by declaring the http-status value:

www.old.com            IN    CNAME   fwd.hosterra.tech
_forward.www.old.com   IN    TXT     http-status=302;forward-to=https://old.com/*

HTTP status codes 301, 302, 303, 307 and 308 are supported. By default it's 301, which is permanent redirection.

Credits

This software is based on the invaluable work from Wildan M and BYU Internet Measurement and Anti-Abuse Lab. Endless thanks to them and all the contributors to these two projects.