How to Point a Subdomain to GitHub Pages

You may recall, in a previous article, we explained how you can <a href="/support/website/git/how-to-use-a-custom-domain-with-github-pages/">point a domain to GitHub</a> to host a static site.    In this article, we're going to show you how you can do the same thing but for a subdomain. </p> <p>    There are many reasons why you might want to use a subdomain.   You may want to use a subdomain for testing, or, you may already have a site on your primary domain and would like to point a subdomain to GitHub pages. </p> <p>   Whatever the reason, using a subdomain as a custom domain for GitHub Pages is easy to set up.   Follow along with the steps below to see how you can do it. </p> <h2>How to Point the Subdomain to GitHub</h2> <p>  In order to accomplish these steps you will only need access to cPanel.     You also want to note the GitHub's IP addresses you can use:<br/><pre class="code_block">* 192.30.252.153 <br/>* 192.30.252.154</pre> </p> <ol class="article_list"> <li>Log into <a href="/support/edu/cpanel/how-to-log-into-cpanel/">cPanel</a></li> <li>Create a subdomain (or us an existing one)</li> <li>Open the <a href="/support/edu/cpanel/advanced-dns-editor-cpanel/">Zone Editor</a> in cPanel</li> <li>Change your subdomain CNAME to an A Record</li> <li>Point the A record to the primary GitHub IP address: 192.30.252.153</li> <li>Add another A record for the same subdomain and point it to the secondary GitHub IP address: 192.30.252.154</li> </ol> <h2>Allow Some Time for Propagation</h2> <p>  Now that you have pointed your subdomain to GitHub, you may need to wait a few hours for the records to propagate.      If the site is not resolving after 24 hours you may want to double-check your input to make sure there are no mistakes in copying.