Setting Up Your Server Container
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Patrick Kenney

Created May 21, 2024

Setting Up Your Server Container

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Visit tagmanager.google.com

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1. Click the container that says server to the right of it.

Click the container that says server to the right of it.
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2. Click Admin

Click Admin
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3. Click Container Settings

Click Container Settings
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4. Click Set up your tagging server

Click Set up your tagging server
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5. Click manual provision tagging server

Click manual provision tagging server
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6. Click to copy the config id

Click to copy the config id
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www.flexibletracking.com

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7. Go to your FlexibleTracking account and click to track a new domain.

Enter your root domain. DO NOT ENTER ANYTHING OTHER THAN YOUR ROOT DOMAIN. Do not add www or t or trk. here. Just flexibletracking.com like google.com, etc.

Go to your FlexibleTracking account and click to track a new domain.
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8. Past your server side container config id next.

Past your server side container config id next.
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Go back to tagmanager.google.com

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9. Grab the GTM code of the WEB container you will be using with your server container.

Grab the GTM code of the WEB container you will be using with your server container.
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Back to www.flexibletracking.com

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10. Paste that value into the last field.

Paste that value into the last field.
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11. Click save

Click save
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12. Scroll down and copy the System IP for your account.

Scroll down and copy the System IP for your account.
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13. Next visit your domain provider; NameCheap, GoDaddy, etc.

Next visit your domain provider; NameCheap, GoDaddy, etc.
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14. Create 2 A recors.

Create 2 A recors.
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15. Point t.[yourdomain] and preview.t.[yourdomain] to the system ip address in yoru account.

Point t.[yourdomain] and preview.t.[yourdomain] to the system ip address in yoru account.
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16. Click here

Click here
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17. It will look like this.

It will look like this.
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www.flexibletracking.com

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18. Click back and refresh the page. If you don't see resolves, wait 30 minutes, click edit and re-save the record to force a system ip check.

Click back and refresh the page. If you don't see resolves, wait 30 minutes, click edit and re-save the record to force a system ip check.
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19. Once you have the green Resolves notice, click Deploy to push your account Live

Once you have the green Resolves notice, click Deploy to push your account Live
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20. Click Confirm to complete the process.

Click Confirm to complete the process.
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21. Once you have all green on your domains, you can test the preview link in Tag Manager.

Once you have all green on your domains, you can test the preview link in Tag Manager.
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22. Click here

Click here
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23. Click here

Click here
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