Setting up Zeit.co domains with GitHub Pages
A few days ago I decided I deserved a treat, and bought myself a domain on Zeit.co[1]. My website and blog (this very same) live there for now, and I will probably add some more projects later, the ones that need a server to run (like my weather app that runs on a free Heroku instance at the moment).
Looking back, the process is fairly easy — Zeit even takes care of SSL with Let’s Encrypt. I did need some help setting it up though, huge thanks to Sam for helping out!
Hereʼs how itʼs done: •
- register with zeit.co and add a payment method
- install now.sh by
npm i -g now now loginwith your email and a fun authentication[2]- head over to zeit.co/domains and choose something nice
- in the command line, type
now dns add your.domain @ ALIAS you.github.io - go to your
username.github.iorepo’s settings and add custom domain - wait about half an hour
- donʼt forget to enforce HTTPS (you can do this on your github repo settings page).
That should be it!
The people behind the lovely next.js, which will deserve a post on its own. ↩︎
This is actually a very cool part, you donʼt need to type passwords in the command line. Instead, you are shown a combination of words, which should match the combination sent to your email. After this is confirmed, youʼre all set! ↩︎