DNS CNAMEs Using @ As The Host Value

September 4, 2014 2.1k views
AJB
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AJB

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.

2 comments
  • stevendbrady September 5, 2014

    I’m having the same issue. I filed a trouble ticket this morning and they confirmed there’s an issue and it’s been escalated to the engineering team. I would hope that one the issue is fixed, it would be fixed for everyone, but you may want to file a ticket just in case.

  • AJB September 6, 2014

    Ah, good to know. I’ve actually move on from DO DNS already to AWS Route53, which offers much more than simple DNS routing. I’ll just have to trust that this was a bug on DOs side since I’m not going to rig it all up on DO again now.

    Good to know I’m not crazy though.

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asb MOD September 5, 2014

Hi!

If you’re still having issues with DNS propagation, please go ahead and open a support ticket so that the team is aware of the situation. The previous issue with the DNS service should be resolved.

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