What is a CNAME (canonical name) record? A CNAME record, or canonical name record, serves as an alias within the Domain Name System (DNS), redirecting one domain name to another. It allows multiple domain names to resolve to the same IP address and simplifies the process of managing vari...
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What is a CNAME? ACNAMEis simply an alias for a host record. The CNAMEs allow you to have more than one DNS name for each host record. The CNAME points to the parameter A. So if you change your IP address in the parameter A, all your CNAME records follow the new IP address of ...
A canonical name (CNAME) is a type ofDomainName System (DNS) database record that indicates that a domain name is the nickname or alias for another domain name. Also referred to as the "true name," the CNAME is especially important when multiple services run from a single IP address. Th...
A Canonical NAME, also known as a CNAME or a CNAME record, is a Domain Name System record. It is used to establish that a domain name is a nickname for another domain. Using a set of rules, the canonical name of a host computer is translated into the actual domain name, which is ...
CNAME is an abbreviation of “Canonical Name”. This term is typical when referring to a “CNAME record” in a Domain Name System (DNS). It maps an alias domain to its true domain name. More About CNAME Record A CNAME record typically represents asubdomainand is used instead of anA reco...
CNAME records can be used to alias one name to another. CNAME stands for Canonical Name.A common example is when you have both example.com and www.example.com pointing to the same application and hosted by the same server. To avoid maintaining two different records, it’s common to create...
A CNAME Record (Canonical Name Record) is a type of DNS Record that shows one domain as an alias for another domain — the so-called canonical domain. This is efficient when you run multiple services, with different ports, but from a single IP Address. For example, if you wish to ...
The difference between a CNAME record and an ALIAS record is not in the result, but in how they resolve the target DNS record when queried.
A is the host record, and is the most common type of DNS record. It maps the domain or host name to the IP address. CNAME is a Canonical Name record that's used to create an alias from one domain name to another domain name. If you had different domain names that all accessed the...