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I would like to use id.myowndomain.com as my OpenID URL with DNS settings only. I'm asking how it is done and for some examples of OpenID-providers supporting it. Using Google might be ideal, but I am up for any well used provider.

I do not want:

  • To have a web page at the id sub-domain with relevant <link rel="openid2... meta data.
  • A solution which forces me to have more than the DNS-name as my OpenID. For example I do not want an address of the form id.myowndomain.com/accountidhere which for instance myopenid.com supports.

I have tried to use myopenid.com by adding a CNAME field for id.myowndomain.com directing to my myopenid.com URL myaccountwiththem.myowndomain.com but if I do myopenid.com shows me a message saying that the account http://id.myowndomain.com is unknown. However, if I visit http://myaccountwiththem.myowndomain.com it shows as a valid OpenID url.

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I have the exact same setup, and to do that I had to add a domain and create a secondary account.

The steps are:

  1. Click on "Your Domains" and then "Create One Now!"
  2. Write your domain and check the second radio button (http://<username>.<your-domain>/)
  3. Skip this panel. We'll get to the DNS settings.
  4. On the domain management page, click in "Add accounts" and then "Add accounts" again
  5. You should get a page white various textboxes. You only need the first line: a. Write your email (you may need to use a different address than the one in your current account, I'm not sure) b. In the User name section, put "id" (as you can see, the URL preview will be http://id.yourdomain.com/) c. Click "Add Accounts"
  6. An invite should have been sent to your email - follow the instructions to create the account.
  7. Now you need to configure your DNS settings. First, still in MyOpenId, click on "Verification" in the menu
  8. Choose "adding a special DNS record" and copy the subdomain they give you ([random characters].yourdomain.com).

  9. Go to domain management panel in your DNS provider and add the following records:

    [random characters].yourdomain.com CNAME myopenid.com

id.yourdomain.com CNAME www.myopenid.com

After the DNS records propagate, you should be able to log in. Remember, you need to use the credentials of your original account to manage your domain settings on MyOpenID, and the new credentials to log in to websites.

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