I think my site has a problem as I can't access it without subdomain - typing "www" before it.
the only way I can access it is:
- https:// www. mysite. com then it says "Your connection is not private" > Advanced > proceed to "my site"
any other way I get the error "HTTP Error 404. The requested resource is not found."
Please recommend me the proper way of configuration - how it must be normally, and is it normal that it doesn't work without "www" ?
Thanks
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I can't access my web site without typing
wwwfirst.
"Naked" domains (e.g. example.com) must have a normal DNS A record set up to work correctly. Often, these are designated with the @ symbol for the host in online DNS interfaces. Of course, your web server needs to be set up to respond to e.g. example.com as well (ex. with a correctly configured virtual host [Apache] or server block [nginx]).
When I successfully connect to , it tells me "Your connection is not private".
It sounds like you may have a self-signed SSL certificate securing your HTTPS connection. You should probably look into getting a recognized third-party SSL certificate from reputable certificate provider.
You can do this for free via Let's Encrypt. Unfortunately, Let's Encrypt doesn't provide SSL certificates directly, so you'll need to use another tool or service like Certbot to actually handle applying for, downloading and (in some cases) even installing a Let's Encrypt certificate. Note that you will need to renew this free SSL certificate every 90 days.
Any other way, I get the error "HTTP Error 404. The requested resource is not found."
This sounds like a web server configuration issue. As mentioned above, you should ensure that your web server is set up to recognize and respond to requests for e.g. example.com.
Please recommend to me a proper configuration.
It could be possible to do this, but to have a chance, you would likely need to edit your question with additional details about how you are handling DNS for your domain and your web server setup.
