DNS issue - Want to have CNAME instead of a A record
 

Hello,

I need to point aaa.com to bbb.com in DNS. I know it is possible to add subdomains for aaa.com to point to bbb.com (or its sub-domains) but in this case I need to have aaa.com point to bbb.com.

I used the following in zone file of aaa.com but it didnt work
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@ IN CNAME bbb.com.
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Can someone enlighten me on this ?

Hi,

You cannot use CNAME to alias a domain. There is the DNAME RR that does exactly this

Regards

Hi,

I checked the link and understood that DNAME can be used to create alias for subdomains as against a CNAME which can be used to create alias for a single name.

But I am unable to understand how can I use this to point aaa.com to bbb.com :(

Using DNAME you can do a wildcard alias from *.aaa.com to *.bbb.com.
For the plain zone itself you still need an A record

Thanks Bathory,

Will try.