Does anyone have an idea on how to create a custom domain for AEMaaCS authoring environment?

[JasonTr7]

I realize from https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/docs/experience-manager-cloud-service/content/implementing/usi... that creating a custom domain in Cloud Manager is not possible for the authoring environment.

Does anyone have a suggestion on an alternate option if we preferred to have a 'Vanity URL' for access to our authoring environment?
(ie: author.company.com vs author-p000000-e0000000.adobeaemcloud.com)

I have tried DNS CNAME records to point to author-p000000-e0000000.adobeaemcloud.com, but that of course does not work...
My only other thought was to have the CNAME record point to a local web instance, and create an http redirect from there, but I'm trying to avoid the multiple hoops.

Any other ideas appreciated.
Thank you.

[muskaanchandwani · Accepted solution]

Hello @JasonTr7 

Yes, custom Domain is not supported for AEMaaCS Author and there is no official Workaround for it.

However, one user has implemented the following workaround approach to simulate a Custom Domain configuration :

>> Since you can't set up an author domain, the trick is to set up a redirect from a custom domain to the AEMaaCS author domain.

Let's assume the following:
• Custom "author" domain is author.mysite.com
• AEMaaCS author domain is author-p12345-e123456.adobeaemcloud.com

Since we cannot configure a redirect / rewrite / apache rule on the author, the redirect must be implemented on publish.

• Register author.mysite.com as an additional domain for the publish environment.
• Set up an additional vhost config for author.mysite.com
• Configure nothing but a 301 redirect to author-p12345-e123456.adobeaemcloud.com

The editor's http request is then sent once to Apache publish. Apache redirects the editor to the AEMaaCS author domain.
As a result, the URL in the browser will change from https://author.mysite.com to https://author-p12345-e123456.adobeaemcloud.com.

The author can use his existing bookmarks / an easy to remember URL for the (initial) request.

[ManviSharma]

Hello @JasonTr7 ,

You're correct , AEM as a Cloud Service does not support custom domains (vanity URLs) for the authoring environment. The author tier runs within Adobe’s managed infrastructure, and SSL certificates are only issued for *.adobeaemcloud.com domains.

As a result, configuring a DNS CNAME to point to the author URL will not work due to SSL and host header restrictions.

Recommended approach:
Create an internal redirect (e.g., via Nginx/Apache or corporate proxy) where author.company.com issues an HTTP 301 redirect to the official Adobe author URL (author-p000000-e0000000.adobeaemcloud.com).

This provides a clean vanity entry point while remaining compliant with Adobe’s supported configuration.

[JasonTr7]

Thank you both.  I believe both of these options will work.
I'm going to discuss internally on which direction we will proceed.

Again, appreciate the input!