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Gitlab pages 401 error when adding custom domain with Namecheap

After getting the site running on https://*username*.gitlab.io/*project name*/ I tried adding a custom domain. The domain is fitshapeprogressions.com. But this results in the following error:

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I set the pages to access control to 'everyone' so why would there be a permission error?

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I set things up as follows.

For the DNS site of things I followed this explanation: 401 error when adding custom domain to gitlab pages Ending with these settings:

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On the GitLab site of things the domain got successfully verified

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I've looked at similar problems but proposed solutions don't seem to work https://forum.gitlab.com/t/401-unauthorized-error-for-gitlab-page-deployed-with-publii/37180/6

401 Unauthorized error for GitLab page deployed with Public https://forum.gitlab.com/t/401-error-when-adding-custom-domain-to-gitlab-pages/30517 401 error when adding a custom domain to GitLab pages

Any ideas as to what might be causing the error?

Solution

  • I've also asked this question on the gitlab forums and the solution was provided.

    Solution: The txt records were pointing to the wrong domain and had to be changed according to documentation. https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/pages/custom_domains_ssl_tls_certification/#3-set-up-dns-records-for-pages

    Solution link: https://forum.gitlab.com/t/401-error-when-adding-custom-domain-to-gitlab-pages-with-namecheap/50267