Custom domain routing to Flask server with custom domain always showing in address bar

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I have a small home-server running Flask set up at IP a.b.c.d. I also have a domain name xyz.com.

Now I would like it so that when going to xyz.com, the user is served the content from a.b.c.d, with xyz.com still showing in the address bar. Similarly, when going to xyz.com/foo the content from a.b.c.d/foo should be shown, with xyz.com/foo showing in the address bar.

I have path forwarding activated at my domain name provider, so xyz.com/foo is correctly forwarded to a.b.c.d/foo, but when going there a.b.c.d/foo is shown in the address bar.

I'm currently running tornado, but I can switch to another server if it is necessary.

Is it possible to set up this kind of solution? Or is my only option to buy some kind of hosting?

You could do it with a reverse proxy but that requires access to the web server configuration. Why can't you point the domain at a.b.c.d? — Cfreak
– Cfreak, Commented Jun 9, 2014 at 15:25
Could you please explain what you mean with pointing the domain? I have domain forwarding and path forwarding set up, so the requests go through, but I still end up at a.b.c.d/foo — Godsmith
– Godsmith, Commented Jun 9, 2014 at 16:14

Godsmith · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-09 17:51:24Z

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I managed to solve it by myself, but I'll add this as an answer since evidently someone thought it was a worthwhile question.

It turns out that it was just me that did not understand how DNS works and what the difference between DNS and domain forwarding is. At most domain hosts you can configure "domain forwarding", which sounds what precisely what you need but is NOT. Rather, for the simple usecase above, I went into the DNS Zone Records in the options and created a DNS Zone Record type A that pointed xyz.com to a.b.c.d. The change does not seem to have propagated entirely yet, but already on some devices I can see it working exactly how I want it to, so I will consider this issue resolved.

answered Jun 9, 2014 at 17:51

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Update: now the DNS records have propagated everywhere, so it was indeed the right solution.

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