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DNS CNAMEs Using @ As The Host Value

Posted on September 4, 2014

Hi folks,

I’ve got my primary domain setup with an A record like so:

A          @        12.34.56.78

And I’d like to add some subdomains, which I’ve tried to do like so:

CNAME      www      @
CNAME      docs     @

The assumption I’m working with is that since the ‘@’ is setup as an A record, I should be able to use it as the target of a CNAME record?

However, it’s not working. Any help is greatly appreciated.

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