Can I use same domain in multiple hostnames?

Posted December 17, 2013

I’m considering segregating my servers by function Can I create the following setup?

appserver1.mydomain.com appserver2.mydomain.com dbserver.mydomain.com mail.mydomain.com

Any special dns considerations?

erickr

Submit an answer

You can type!ref in this text area to quickly search our full set of tutorials, documentation & marketplace offerings and insert the link!

These answers are provided by our Community. If you find them useful, show some love by clicking the heart. If you run into issues leave a comment, or add your own answer to help others.

robb • December 17, 2013

No problem doing that. They’ll be CNAME’s if pointing to the same machine, otherwise A’s.

Try DigitalOcean for free

Click below to sign up and get $100 of credit to try our products over 60 days!