How To Create A CNAME Record In TinyDNS
This article was inspired by Google Analytics. Several people manage to reach my site using the search term, “tinydns cname howto” so I decided to create a short video demonstrating how to do so.
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what’s the point in having a CNAME point to an *IP* address??
Tony,
I personally take advantage of this method to prevent having to remember so many IP addresses. Between the passwords, hostnames, IPs, phone numbers, and other miscellaneous things, assigning a hostname makes life just a little bit easier.
-Guy
you know what a CNAME record is for, right?
excerpt of some tinydns manual: “”" Cfqdn:p:ttl:timestamp:lo
CNAME (“canonical name”) record for fqdn. tinydns-data creates a CNAME record for fqdn pointing to the **domain name** p. “”"
what you should use is an A record: *snip* “”" +fqdn:ip:ttl:timestamp:lo
Alias fqdn with IP address ip. This is just like =fqdn:ip:ttl except that tinydns-data does not create the PTR record. “”"
get it? CNAME is for domain name aliases, A is to assign a domain name to an IP address…
Tony,
I guess it helps if your RTFM
I was unaware a cname record was for pointing fqdn to a domain name, and that a records were for IP addresses. Thanks for sharing. Looks like I’ve got some work to do!
Thanks for the information.
you live and learn…