---
title: How to use your own domain on Blueksy!
date:  2024-11-18
---

In your Settings tab, scroll down to "Advanced" and click on "Change Handle" and
then "I have my own domain." You'll be presented with two tabs that show you how
to change your username to your domain via a DNS panel (where your domain is
hosted) or without one. I chose the latter for speed.

You have to upload a file at "YOUR_SITE/.well-known/atproto-did" containing some
random string Bluesky gives you. Easy-peasy.

I'm currently using nginx for my homepage so I had to add this to my
nginx config:

```
server {
  location /.well-known/ {
    # Enable directory listing
    autoindex on;

    # Allow all methods
    allow all;

    # Set proper MIME type for atproto-did
    location /.well-known/atproto-did {
      default_type application/json;
      add_header Access-Control-Allow-Origin *;
      add_header Access-Control-Allow-Methods "GET, OPTIONS";
      add_header Access-Control-Allow-Headers "DNT, X-CustomHeader, Keep-Alive, User-Agent, X-Requested-With, If-Modified-Since, Cache-Control, Content-Type";
    }
  }
}
```

Run `nginx -t` to ensure no issues occurred from this change and then `service
nginx reload`. You should be good to go!