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Discussion on: DNS Record Crash Course for Web Developers

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Talz Cloning

Hi Chris,

Thanks for this. Actually for #5 you can do this at root level without breaking DNS specification dates from 1987. Cloudflare introduced CNAME Flattening feature, very useful if you’ve looking for a way to make your root domain work on a hosted service like AWS and Heroku.

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Chris Achard

Is that what they call a "virtual" CNAME, or something else? I think I read about that, but thought it was a different option (on Cloudflare) than just a normal CNAME? (could be wrong though - I haven't setup Cloudflare before)

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Talz Cloning

a CNAME as an A record, explanation over here CNAME Flattening