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How to Quickly Get a Cool .is-a.dev Subdomain for your site

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How to Quickly Get a Cool .is-a.dev Subdomain for your site

Want a free cool subdomain for your personal site? The .is-a.dev domain makes it pretty easy. Here's how you can get a cool is-a.dev subdomain too.

Prerequisites

  • Basic knowledge of DNS and JSON

  • A GitHub account

  • A site

Getting Started

Fork the is-a-dev/register repo from GitHub.

Creating Your Domain File

Go to the domains folder in your fork and create a JSON file. Name it after the subdomain you want. For example, if you create domains/example.json, you'll get example.is-a.dev. Here's a example file:

{
  "owner": {
    "username": "example-github-username",
    "email": "example@example.com",
    "discord": "example"
  },
  "record": {
    "A": ["127.0.0.1"]
  }
}

Look at the JSON Structure for detailed instructions for creating the json file.

Pull Request

Submit a pull request with your JSON file.

Wait and Watch

Most of the pull requests get merged in a day. Just chill and keep an eye on it. Look If they want changes or modifications before merging your pull request.

Enjoy

Configure your hosting with to use your new is-a.dev subdomain and enjoy.