How to switch DNS Type in Site Domain to "A" instead of "CNAME" in Frappe Press?

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Hi everyone,

I’m using Frappe Press (local development setup) to host a site, and currently the DNS Type in the Site Domain doctype is automatically detected as CNAME.

However, I would like to switch it to A record type (e.g., point the domain directly to an IP instead of a CNAME), so that I can get a valid TLS certificate and make the site publicly accessible via HTTPS.

I understand that update_dns_type() and check_dns_* functions are responsible for setting this value automatically. But I’m not sure how to apply to make Frappe recognize it as type “A”.

Thanks in advance for any guidance!

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Hi there,

I don’t have any experience with Frappe Press, but your DNS is probably being hosted by your domain registrar. This is likely not something you can change on your own server but rather have to do through their dashboard.

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Thanks for the response. I noticed that the record automatically changed to an A type after about a day, or when triggered manually — so it seems like that might not be related to whether the site is accessible or not. I can see the site is marked as active, but when I try to access it, it redirects to the dashboard page instead. Have you encountered this issue before? I’m wondering why I can access frappe3.x.x just fine, but not frappe4.x.x.