Setup Storefront Hostname In Salesforce Commerce Cloud

Give a catchy, memorable, and purposeful site name to your salesforce commerce cloud site

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Once the site is ready to launch for everyone, it should be easier for everyone to reach and access it. The essential factor here is the domain name of your store. If the store’s domain name is easier and more catchy to remember, people would love to come back more often.

Below are the topics covered in this article

• What is Hostname Alias?
• Why it is important?
• Point the domain name to your SFCC server
  - Using CNAME
  - Using IP Address
• Configuring Hostname alias in SFCC
  - Basic settings
  - Always redirect to WWW
  - Instance specific
• Demandware.net Origin Shielding
• Alias JSON Validation
• Setup Custom Domain on Your Sandbox
• Useful Links

The Salesforce Commerce Cloud platform provides access to some modules related to hostname settings, redirection, and CDN configurations. These configurations are essential to achieve the end result of having a proper domain hostname and redirection throughout the content.