Adding a CNAME Record Set
Scenarios
If you want to map one domain name to another, add a CNAME record set for the domain name.
For more information about each type of record sets, see Record Set Types and Configuration Rules.
Constraints
- You can leave the Name parameter blank when adding a CNAME record set.
- You cannot create a CNAME record set with the same name and resolution line as an NS record set.
Procedure
- Log in to the management console.
- In the service list, choose Network > Domain Name Service.
The DNS console is displayed.
- In the navigation pane on the left, choose Private Zones.
The zone list is displayed.
- Click
on the upper left and select the desired region and project.
- Locate the zone and click Manage Record Sets in the Operation column.
- Click Add Record Set.
The Add Record Set dialog box is displayed.
- Configure the parameters based on Table 1.
Table 1 Parameters for adding a CNAME record set Parameter
Description
Example Value
Name
Prefix of the domain name to be resolved.
For example, if the domain name is example.com, the prefix can be as follows:
- www: The domain name is www.example.com, which is usually used for a website.
- Left blank: The domain name is example.com.
To use an at sign (@) as the domain name prefix, just leave this parameter blank.
- abc: The domain name is abc.example.com, a subdomain of example.com.
- mail: The domain name is mail.example.com, which is usually used for email servers.
- *: The domain name is *.example.com, which is a wildcard domain name, indicating all subdomains of example.com.
Left blank
Type
Type of the record set
A message may be displayed indicating that the record set you are trying to add conflicts with an existing record set.
CNAME – Map one domain to another
TTL (s)
Cache duration of the record set on a local DNS server, in seconds.
The value ranges from 1 to 2147483647, and the default value is 300.
If your service address changes frequently, set TTL to a smaller value.
300
Value
Domain name alias. You can enter only one domain name.
webserver01.example.com
Tag
(Optional) Identifier of the record set. Each tag contains a key and a value. You can add up to 10 tags to a record set.
For details about tag key and value requirements, see Table 2.
example_key1
example_value1
Description
(Optional) Supplementary information about the record set.
The description can contain no more than 255 characters.
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Table 2 Tag key and value requirements Parameter
Requirements
Example Value
Key
- Cannot be left blank.
- Must be unique for each resource.
- Can contain no more than 36 characters.
example_key1
Value
- Cannot be left blank.
- Can contain no more than 43 characters.
example_value1
- Click OK.
- Switch back to the Record Sets tab.
The added record set is in the Normal state.
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