How to point to my host but keep my alias?

Question

I bought my domain (let's say example.com) from namecheap and added a subdomain to my blog hosted at heroku. The associated host record looks like this:

Type: CNAME
Host: blog
Target: tomyblog.herokuapp.com

Now when I go to blog.example.com it acts like a redirect, it changes the address to the location bar to tomyblog.herokuapp.com. I want it to retain blog.example.com in the location bar since it's the address the user is supposed to see, not from where I'm serving the content.

I have read a few documentations where some suggested to use NS records, but that's not available to namcheap, so I can't really test. It only offers A, AAA, SRV and CNAME types of records.

This is not done in DNS. It is done in your web application. — Michael Hampton, Sep 30 '15 at 14:30
Yet that's what's happening here though, or at least that's what it seems like. — Sayem, Sep 30 '15 at 14:43

David Schwartz · Answer 1 · 2015-09-30T14:51:31.667

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The premise behind this question is incorrect. The CNAME does not act as a redirect. A redirect at the web server acts as a redirect.

Update: Your web server is sending this:

HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
Server: Cowboy
Connection: close
X-Powered-By: Express
Location: https://blog-onushshar.herokuapp.com/
Vary: Accept, Accept-Encoding
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: 71
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2015 14:50:32 GMT
Via: 1.1 vegur

Moved Permanently. Redirecting to https://blog-onushshar.herokuapp.com/

You need to investigate its configuration.

edited Sep 30 '15 at 14:51

answered Sep 30 '15 at 14:41

David Schwartz

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Well I assume even if the premise is incorrect, the problem is still there. All I said, it was *acting* like a redirect. – Sayem Sep 30 '15 at 14:45
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@Sayem With your real domain name, we could troubleshoot. Without it, all I can do is give you enough information to troubleshoot. You were looking in the wrong place. – David Schwartz Sep 30 '15 at 14:45
Sorry, thought it was a generic problem, blog.onushshar.com there you go – Sayem Sep 30 '15 at 14:46
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@Sayem "Heroku | No such app" – ceejayoz Sep 30 '15 at 14:48
edited the earlier answer. the root domain still points to an app that's yet to be created. – Sayem Sep 30 '15 at 14:50
Do you have a certificate for `blog.onushshar.com`? If not, it can't work if you've specified secure only. – David Schwartz Sep 30 '15 at 14:52

How to point to my host but keep my alias?

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