How do I go live on Flywheel?

Remove password

Remove the password protection for your site in Flywheel. You can turn the password off from via the ‘overview’ tab for your site. The on/off switch can be found in the bottom right section of the page.

Add domains

Add any domains you will be pointing at your site to the domain list on the site’s page in Flywheel. This includes www.example.com and example.com.

Set primary

Set the appropriate domain to primary. This will update your site’s database to use the correct domain. (Note: if you checked the “Primary?” box when you added the domain in the step above, you can skip this; it will already be done.)

Point domain DNS

Point your domain(s) at the site’s IP address (found directly below the domain list in Flywheel). For more information on how to point DNS at your site, visit our help article on setting up DNS. We also have registrar-specific articles for setting DNS on GoDaddy, MediaTemple, Hover, Namecheap, and Bluehost.

DNS propagation (the timeframe it takes for DNS changes to be updated across the internet) can take anywhere from just a few minutes to 72 hours. The timing is dependent on a few factors, including the current TTL (time-to-live) value of the records being changed. For more info on TTL, click here.