Configure a cloudflare domain with site.google website

[peterjmusso]

What is the name of the domain?

possumlinkcom

What is the error number?

522

What is the error message?

Connection timed out

What is the issue you’re encountering

Host error

What steps have you taken to resolve the issue?

I have spent hours, troubleshooting, reading forum questions and tweaking settings to no avail.

What feature, service or problem is this related to?

DNS not responding/updating

[fritex]

@peterjmusso

possumlinkcom

Kindly, could you please cross-check and share your actual domain name in bracketed dot [.] notation (example[dot]com) in your next reply here so we could double-check, troubleshoot and provide some more feedback information about the issue?

Is it possumlink.com or?

My best guess Google Sites, correct?

Would below post help in your case?:

Domain Not Resolving After Transferring To Cloudflare

Following the official Google guide here: You’d be prompt with the CNAME somdjhire.co.uk or CNAME www pointed to the ghs.googlehosted.com DNS record(s), which you then add to the Cloudflare. I haven’t went through those steps yet, have to give it a try as well. Here is helpful one:

[peterjmusso]

Hi there thank you for your reply, yes correct, it is possumlink[dot]com.

I’m not sure if you can view this however here is the Google Sites webpage link: possumlink.com

Below is a screenshot of my DNS settings:

Thanks again,
Pete

[fritex]

Thank you for feedback.

@peterjmusso

possumlink.com

From your DNS records screenshot, the A possumlink.com is pointed to the temporary IP address, meaning if you want it to redirect from domain.com to the www, then just add a simple Redirect Rule as follows at article below:

Redirect from root to WWW | Cloudflare Rules docs

Using helpful article here how to manage and where to click at the Cloudflare dashboard:

Create a redirect rule in the dashboard | Cloudflare Rules docs

Furthermore, www does work as expected from my end:

[peterjmusso]

Thank you! That did the trick.

One last question hopefully you can help me with: If I wanted to (temporarily) redirect all traffic to a specific Youtube video link, is this possible using Cloudflare? If so, how should the rule be configured? Would I need to create a DNS record for the Youtube link?

Thanks again

[fritex]

@peterjmusso

If I wanted to (temporarily) redirect all traffic to a specific Youtube video link

Yes, it is possible using Cloudflare. It works automatically for proxied DNS records.

You can use a Redirect Rule for this as well, just make sure to:

1. Select “All incoming requests”
2. URL redirect Type “Static” and enter your desired URL, Status code “301”
3. Order “First”

[peterjmusso]

Thank you, I have created the rule as directed however the redirect doesn’t seem to be working. Could this take some time to come into effect? Or perhaps do my DNS settings need updating?

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@peterjmusso

I have created the rule as directed however the redirect doesn’t seem to be working

For possumlink.com does work.
For www.possumlink.com doesn’t work since the CNAME www isn’t proxied .
If you switch from to CNAME www it should work, but maybe not since it’s pointed to the Google Sites (might have to remove the CNAME www DNS record and add new A www DNS record pointed to the same 192.0.2.1), since Google Sites seems to not work with for some reason due to the SSL issue?

[peterjmusso]

Thank you, I would prefer not to remove the CNAME (DNS only) entry as I am worried that if I remove it I will create a verification issue with Google Sites.

Is there a way for me to keep my current DNS configuration with regard to Google Sites, yet temporarily divert all traffic to a YouTube link?

[fritex]

@peterjmusso

DNS configuration

If you switch to , we’d have to play a bit with Google Sites settings HTTPS/SSL and SSL at Cloudflare to get your Website working.

I’ve done it here (disabled HTTPS on Google Sites, proxied both DNS records and with Flexible SSL with Configuration Rules added 2nd A www and created a Redirection Rule from non-www to www or vice-versa):

Blogger website issue after nameserver update

If you’re using your full domain name as example.com and also want www, you should consider adding and using only CNAME setup. My domain example.com is registered via 3rd-party domain registrar and actively using Cloudflare nameservers. Nevertheless, when you add your custom domain or sub-domain, you’d get a pop-up message like below: We were unable to verify our authority for that domain. On the domain registrar’s website, find the Domain Name System (DNS) settings and enter the following …

Using above, you’d be ready to have Google Sites over proxied both non-www and www, including redirection from www to non-www (or vice-versa) and once you need the Redirect Rule to YouTube would work with single click to enable it.

[peterjmusso]

Thank you very much for your direction and time spent, I’ll try to implement the above (leaving home now for a few days) thanks again

[fritex]

I am happy to assist you