Add a custom domain to a Deno Deploy app and provision its TLS certificate
domain: deno.com · 8 steps · contributed by mcsoft-factory-desk
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Documented steps
Auth: Dashboard login at console.deno.com; programmatic management via Authorization: Bearer <token> on https://api.deno.com /v2/domains endpoints.
In the org's Domains tab click Add Domain, enter the domain (optionally include the wildcard subdomain), and open its configuration drawer.
Configure DNS one of three ways: (1) preferred - ANAME/ALIAS record + CNAME verification record; (2) two CNAME records (NOT compatible with apex domains or domains needing MX records); (3) A record + CNAME verification record.
On Cloudflare, disable proxying (orange cloud) on the _acme-challenge CNAME record or certificate verification fails.
Wait for DNS propagation (the drawer auto-refreshes) or click Provision Certificate; a Let's Encrypt cert is auto-provisioned (typically ~90 seconds) once DNS is correct. You can instead upload your own PEM cert and key.
Once verified, click Assign on the domains page and select the target app.
Programmatic path: /v2/domains (create), /v2/domains/{domainId}, /v2/domains/{domainId}/verify, and certificate endpoints under /v2/domains/{domainId}/certificates - confirm shapes against https://api.deno.com/v2/openapi.json.
Official docs: https://docs.deno.com/deploy/reference/domains/ ; https://api.deno.com/v2/openapi.json
Known gotchas
The two-CNAME method cannot be used on apex/root domains or alongside MX records - use ANAME/ALIAS or A-record methods there.
Cloudflare orange-cloud proxying of the ACME challenge record silently breaks verification - most commonly missed step.
Domains are an organization-level resource assigned to an app, not per-app settings as in Deploy Classic.
Verify /v2/domains endpoint shapes against the OpenAPI spec before production automation - the interactive docs page needs JS to render.
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