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Every status page is reachable on a Tallwatch subdomain right away. When you want it on your own domain, connect one with two DNS records.

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The default subdomain

Your page lives at your-slug.tallwatch.com, where the slug is the one you set when you created it. A page with the slug acme is at acme.tallwatch.com. Nothing to configure: it works as soon as the page exists.

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Connect a custom domain

To serve the page at something like status.acme.com:
1

Enter the domain

In the status page’s settings, add your custom domain (for example status.acme.com).
2

Add the DNS records

Tallwatch shows you a CNAME target and a TXT record. Add both at your DNS provider: the CNAME points the domain at Tallwatch, and the TXT proves you own it.
3

Verify

Click Verify. Tallwatch checks that both records resolve. DNS can take a few minutes to propagate, so if it doesn’t verify right away, wait and retry.
Once verified, Tallwatch issues an HTTPS certificate for the domain automatically. There’s no certificate to upload or renew.
Use a subdomain like status. rather than your apex domain. A CNAME can’t sit on an apex (acme.com) at most DNS providers, and you generally don’t want your main domain pointed at the status page anyway.

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Troubleshooting

Confirm both records are exactly as shown, with no extra subdomain appended by your DNS provider (some auto-append the zone). Check propagation with dig CNAME status.acme.com and dig TXT <the txt record name>. Wait a few minutes between retries.
The certificate is issued just after verification succeeds. If you opened the domain in the seconds before that completed, reload. If it persists, re-run verification.