A small minimal guide on setting up NIP-05 identifier on branle/nostr

NIP-05_Simple_Guide.md

This is a very basic guide, just to understand what's needed to set it up.
If you have any questions you can find me at https://nostr.com/8355095016fddbe31fcf1453b26f613553e9758cf2263e190eac8fd96a3d3de9

Prerequisite

• a webserver with a domain under your control
• nostr account with private and public key setup on https://nostr.com, preferably set up with nos2x: https://github.com/fiatjaf/nos2x

Setup static file on server

Create a file that resolves to <domain>/.well-known/nostr.json, and fill it out like this (enter the name you want to use, and input your own public key, make sure its the HEX-key):

{
  "names": {
    "<name>": "<pubkey>"
  }
}

Setup CORS permissions

For branle to be able to execute the file, you have to allow CORS on your webserver.
On nginx you just have to put this in the config:

add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' '*';

Setup branle/nostr

In branle, go to settings and fill inn your <name>@<your topdomain> in the "NIP-05 Identifier" field.

Go you your profile. If everything worked out, you will see a checkmark next to your name (based on your domain).

Extra tools

• NIP-05 Creation Tool: Use this to generate the .well-known/nostr.json file, and also a .htaccess file for Apache if you don't use Nginx

Usual problems

• CORS: Make sure CORS is correctly set up. You can test it here: https://www.test-cors.org/
• Pub-key: Only use the HEX-key. Npub-key won't work.

Thank you, this guide was very helpful. I believe I've set this up correctly?

https://davidvkimball.com/.well-known/nostr.json?name=_

I want _@davidvkimball.com to be my NIP-05 key.