From 1f598cfe8fc5577b5fdbe4573f17d8cb0bf866a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Scott Anderson <scott@influxdata.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2020 11:05:18 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] updated urls doc with custom url instructions

---
 content/v2.0/reference/urls.md | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/content/v2.0/reference/urls.md b/content/v2.0/reference/urls.md
index 738cd6b58..9b08c821f 100644
--- a/content/v2.0/reference/urls.md
+++ b/content/v2.0/reference/urls.md
@@ -12,15 +12,6 @@ menu:
 
 InfluxDB 2.0 is available both locally (OSS) or on multiple cloud providers in multiple regions (Cloud).
 
-## InfluxDB OSS URL
-
-For InfluxDB OSS, the default URL is the following:
-
-{{< keep-url >}}
-```
-http://localhost:9999/
-```
-
 ## InfluxDB Cloud URLs
 
 Each region has a unique InfluxDB Cloud URL and API endpoint.
@@ -29,3 +20,35 @@ Use the URLs below to interact with your InfluxDB Cloud instances with the
 [`influx` CLI](/v2.0/reference/cli/influx/), or [Telegraf](/v2.0/write-data/use-telegraf/).
 
 {{< cloud_regions >}}
+
+## InfluxDB OSS URLs
+
+For InfluxDB OSS, the default URL is the following:
+
+{{< keep-url >}}
+```
+http://localhost:9999/
+```
+
+### Customize your InfluxDB OSS URL
+To customize your InfluxDB host and port, use the
+[`http-bind-address` configuration option](/v2.0/reference/config-options/#http-bind-address)
+when starting `influxd`.
+
+```sh
+# Syntax
+influxd --http-bind-adress <custom-domain>:<custom-port>
+
+# Example - Run InfluxDB at http://example.com:8080
+influxd --http-bind-address example.com:8080
+
+# Example - Run InfluxDB at http://localhost:8080
+influxd --http-bind-address :8080
+```
+
+{{% note %}}
+#### Configure DNS Routing
+You must configure DNS routing to successfully route requests to your custom hostname.
+Methods for configuring DNS routing vary depending on your operating system and
+network architecture and are not covered in this documentation.
+{{% /note %}}