Add a custom-domain TLS certificate to a Fly.io app with fly certs add

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Documented steps

  1. Authenticate. Run `fly certs add <hostname> -a <app>` where <hostname> is the domain you want to serve (e.g. api.example.com).
  2. Fly provisions and manages a Let's Encrypt TLS certificate for the hostname and serves it on your app's addresses.
  3. Point the domain's DNS at the app (Fly gives you an IP / CNAME / A/AAAA record) — certificate issuance completes once DNS resolves to the app.
  4. Check issuance/status with `fly certs show <hostname> -a <app>` or `fly certs list -a <app>`.
  5. Repeat for additional hostnames; wildcards/subdomain behavior follows Fly's cert rules.

Known gotchas

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