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How GitHub Copilot enables zero DNS configuration for GitHub Pages
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Custom domains make a project feel real.
Key facts
- The site was live on the custom domain, served over HTTPS, at around 11:35 a.m
- Before Copilot CLI can update your DNS, you need to turn on Namecheap’s API
- Then it confirms that the site returns a healthy HTTP 200 response
- In this post, the reporter will walk through how the reporter took a project from an empty repository to a live website on a custom domain, secured with HTTPS, in about 14 minutes without manually editing a single DNS record
Summary
In this post, the reporter will walk through how the reporter took a project from an empty repository to a live website on a custom domain, secured with HTTPS, in about 14 minutes without manually editing a single DNS record. Point the domain at GitHub Pages and verify it end to end. GitHub Copilot CLI, installed and authenticated with GitHub Copilot. A Namecheap account, for buying the domain and using its API. Every deployment needs something to deploy, so start with a home for the site: a new public repository.