Configure your Entri account for Power
Before you can use Entri Power, you’ll need to provide some basic information on the Entri dashboard and set up your DNS records accordingly. Log into the Entri Dashboard, navigate to the configure section, and enter your company’s desiredcname_target.
The cname_target is the CNAME record that your end-users will eventually need to add. For example: domains.saascompany.com
After inputting the cname_target on the Entri dashboard, you’ll need to create a CNAME record that points your cname_target to power.goentri.com on your domain’s DNS.
For example, if you run saascompany.comand your cname_target is domains.saascompany.com, then you would add this record to the DNS for saascompany.com:
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Power a new domain
After you’ve configured your account, there are two methods of adding a new custom domain: utilizing the Entri modal, or making a direct API request. Please note that you’ll need an active subscription to Entri Connect to use the Entri modal method. For questions about this, contact your account manager.Powering a domain via the Entri Connect Modal (recommended)
For more information about configuring the Entri modal, see: Create the
configuration object.
- Add the property
powerand set it totrue. - Add the property
applicationUrl. TheapplicationUrlis the URL of your application that you would like to render on the customer’s domain. This will likely change for every user. For example, theapplicationUrlfor a calendar booking app might look something like this:https://calenderapp.com/meetings/user-name
Powering a root domain
For powering a root domain, you just need to add an A record to thednsRecords array, and the value as the {ENTRI_SERVERS} placeholder. Make sure to also add your target application destination as the applicationUrl key value. Entri will take care of the rest.
If you are prompting users to enter a domain in the Entri modal, make sure that you use dynamic configuration variables.
Sample configuration:
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Shopify domains only support a single A record at the root domain. Since this setup is not recommended, Entri automatically manages the logic for you.
Powering a subdomain
When powering a subdomain, you just need to add a CNAME record to thednsRecords array. Be sure that the value is set to {CNAME_TARGET}. If you are prompting users to enter a domain in the Entri modal, make sure that you use dynamic configuration variables.
Sample configuration:
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SSL Provisioned by Default Entri Power will automatically provision an SSL
certificate so there is no need to also set up Entri Secure when using Power

