Full SSL support for custom domains#71

Currently, a custom domain has to be set up with the help from services that support SSL like Cloudflare or Amazon CloudFront. We can simplify that by programmatically issuing certificates with Let’s Encrypt.

Any update on this?

Thanks for writing in! Although I can’t mention any ETA, I can assure you that this feature will definitely come. It’s relatively high on our priority list.

My domain is hosted with namecheap. How can I make the SSL certificate work? Any idea?

Hi, Ahmed! Currently, we don’t support HTTPS/SSL on our side yet. As a workaround, you can set that up for example with Cloudflare (it’s free) in front of your current setup. Here is a guide on how you can do that: https://nolt.io/help/custom-domain. Hope this helps, but feel free to contact me via hello@nolt.io if you have any specific questions regarding your setup.

Update: used cloudflare in front of my current setup, worked perfectly! :)

@Daniel Stefanovic Any update on this? I’d like to set up the CNAME record with the DNS service of my choice.

@HappyFiles Currently, requests must be proxied through a service that can serve a certificate. Some workarounds are described here: https://nolt.io/help/custom-domain. Theoretically, the following option should also work: Proxy the Nolt board through your web server with the following HTTP headers and serve your existing SSL certificate:

• Host: replace-with-your-board-name.nolt.io
• X-Forwarded-Host: feedback.yourdomain.com

Automatic HTTPS/SSL for custom domains will definitely come. Right now, I am not able to provide any timeline for that particular feature, as product development can be unpredictable. I would not want to give promises that we might not uphold.

@Daniel from Nolt do you have guide on how to do this on DigitalOcean? We have our app and DNS setup there. We just want the subdomain to point to Nolt with SSL. Routing the entire app through Cloudflare doesn’t seem like the right solution for us

Hi Grey. Thanks for writing in. You can also serve your SSL certificate by directing requests to your Nolt board through a custom proxy (see my previous comment in this thread). I hope this helps!

@Daniel from Nolt where can I direct the request through a custom proxy? Would this be through digital ocean? I’d appreciate if you have a more detailed guide.

The proxy can be your existing web server, Nginx, or something similar. Your proxy should set the HTTP headers (Host, X-Forwarded-Host), serve your SSL certificate and forward the request to your Nolt board. Unfortunately, I don’t believe that Digital Ocean can do this without some custom code.

Alternatively, you can also set up a simple HTTP redirect (e.g., feedback.yourdomain.com -> yourboard.nolt.io). However, this also means that a visitor will land on the yourboard.nolt.io domain.