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Should I use 'cname' for a subdomain when adding www , or just the 'a' record.

Posted March 4, 2020 886 views
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The subdomain is holding a PHPmyadmin app.
should Type: www be used with hostname: db.domain.com

and can it also be used with type: www hostname: domain.com

Thank you, have read conflicting options

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alexdo March 4, 2020

Hello, @BRIANCoach

If you need to add a www for your domain - domain.com you can do both, e.g adding a CNAME record for www or just create an A record for db.domain.com

If you want to have a db.domain.com accessible with www as well, e.g www.db.domain.com you can setup an A record in the control panel.

Hope this helps!

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Alex

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