CNAME record

WHAT IS A CNAME RECORD?

CNAME stands for Canonical Name. CNAME records can be used to alias one name to another.

For example, if you have a server where you keep all of your documents online, it might normally be accessed through docs.example.com. You may also want to access it through documents.example.com. One way to make this possible is to add a CNAME record that points documents.example.com to docs.example.com. When someone visits documents.example.comthey will see the exact same content as docs.example.com.

ADD A CNAME RECORD

1. Sign in with https://admin.dotroll.com with your username and password
2. In the top menu bar, click the Domains / My Domains menu.
3. Select the domain name for which you want to make the change and then click on it.
4. In the Manage box on the left, select Manage DNS.
5. At the bottom of the page, click Add.
   • In the first field, you can enter a subdomain name, or leave blank
   • the TTL value can be selected in the second field, but typically the default is 1 hour
   • select CNAME from the next drop-down list.
   • enter the destination host name in the last field.
6. Then click Save Changes.