Transfer a domain name to another Alibaba Cloud account

Scenarios

• The domain name migration tool is only applicable for migrating CDN accelerated domain names between different Alibaba Cloud accounts, primarily used in the following scenarios:

  • You have multiple Alibaba Cloud accounts and want to transfer domain names from Account A to Account B.

  • You are prompted that a domain name has been added when you add the domain name to Alibaba Cloud CDN. However, you do not know which account the domain name belongs to, and you want to transfer the domain name to your account.

• If the target domain name has been added to other cloud products (such as ApsaraVideo Live) and needs to be transferred to CDN service, please submit a ticket for processing.

Prerequisites

• The old and new accounts for the domain name transfer have no overdue payments.

• If you use a RAM user, the RAM user must have the AliyunCDNFullAccess permission on the specified resources to perform the transfer operation. For more information, see Grant permissions to a RAM user.

Notes

• To ensure security, you can transfer only one domain name at a time.

• If the number of CDN domain names in the destination account has reached the upper limit during migration, you can first increase the domain name quota in the Quota Center before performing the migration. For more information, see Quota management.

• Make sure that wildcard domain names and exact-match domain names of the same root domain are under the same account (for example, .aliyundoc.com and example.aliyundoc.com). Otherwise, configuration conflicts may occur, and the actual configuration will be based on the configuration of the exact-match domain name.

• If the domain name that you want to transfer is still providing services, take note of the following items to prevent business interruptions:

  • If the origin server of the domain name to be transferred is Alibaba Cloud OSS, and the CDN domain name has enabled the Private OSS bucket back-to-origin feature, and is configured to use Security Token Service (STS) tokens to access private OSS buckets under the same Alibaba Cloud account, the back-to-origin authentication may fail after the domain name is transferred across accounts. Before transferring the domain name, you need to switch the authentication method to use permanent security tokens.

  • If you have configured an SSL certificate for the domain name that you want to transfer, you are not notified of the certificate expiration after the domain name is transferred to another account. You need to re-upload the certificate to the new account.

• Before you transfer a domain name, you need to disable features such as monitoring data, logs, and operations reports that are enabled for the old account. If you do not disable these features, logs and reports continue to be delivered to the old account and fees are still generated. After you transfer a domain name to the new account, you need to configure the features for the domain name in the new account.

• After you transfer a domain name to the new account:

  • You cannot use the resource plan of the old account to offset traffic fees that are generated by the domain name. Resource plans cannot be transferred to another account.

  • The resource groups and tags that are associated with the domain name also change. If you use resource groups or tags to manage the domain name, you need to configure resource groups or tags in the new account.

• If your domain name is restricted from being transferred, you will be notified during the transfer. You can submit a ticket for more information.

Procedure

1. Log on to the Alibaba Cloud CDN console.

2. In the left-side navigation pane, click Domain Names.

3. In the upper-right corner of the Domain Names page, click Transfer Domain.

4. Read and select the transfer notice, and then click OK.

5. Enter the accelerated domain name to be transferred, and complete the domain name ownership verification by referring to the following methods.

   Method 1: DNS resolution verification

   Method 2: File verification

   1. In the Domain Name Ownership Verification section, click Method 1: DNS Resolution Verification.

      

   2. Log on to the Alibaba Cloud DNS console.

   3. On the Domain Name Resolution page, find the root domain name example.com of the accelerated domain name, and click Configure on the right.

   4. Click Add Record, select TXT for Record Type, and fill in the Host Record and Record Value provided by Alibaba Cloud CDN in Step 1. Keep the other parameters as default.

   5. Click OK to complete the addition.

   1. On the verification page, click Method 2: File Verification.

   2. Click verification.html to download the verification file.

   3. Upload the verification file to the root directory on the server of the root domain name. The server can be an Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instance, an Object Storage Service (OSS) bucket, a Cloud Virtual Machine (CVM) instance, a Cloud Object Storage (COS) instance, or an Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instance. For example, if the domain name is image.example.com, you need to upload the file to the root directory of example.com.

      Note

      The Alibaba Cloud CDN backend will access the http://example.com/verification.html file link on your server for verification.

      • If the record value in the file is the same as the record value in the verification file, the verification is successful.

      • Otherwise, the verification fails. Make sure that the preceding URL is accessible and the file that you uploaded is valid.

6. Return to the CDN console, click Confirm Transfer to complete the transfer.

   Note

   If the transfer fails, first check if the configuration in Step 5 is correct. If there is an error, modify it and confirm the transfer again. If the configuration is correct but the transfer still fails, you can contact us for assistance. You can go to the Alibaba Cloud Submit a Ticket page to submit a ticket.