What does the @ in CNAME do?
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Hi, I'm still bashing the "www." vs no "www." prefix for my website.
I was wondering what the @ actually does?
As you can see, Railway has found both domains (see screenshot), but using https://warno-armory.com results in
ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED
(where as https://www.warno-armory.com does not).
Is having the @ in front of my Railway domain related to my issue?![](https://utfs.io/f/330b3f30-8bcc-4cef-b9e4-c7f37d05707a-1nq2cb.png)
![](https://utfs.io/f/70988bd2-fb68-41e7-8075-27cc2a509f8b-1nq2cb.png)
![](https://utfs.io/f/cf17e2a1-1a62-4e08-bcb0-065347412288-1nq2cb.png)
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This is the error I'm getting:
![](https://utfs.io/f/223af07e-8834-47ed-9feb-224d218c899a-1nq2cb.png)
(Sorry if this is a stupid question, I'm new to this whole hosting thing. I've worked as a Java/Spring dev in fintech for 6 years now, and I never had to handle any domains.)
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Thanks for letting me know @TUWM .
My domain provider looks a bit different.
I managed to get it to work SOMEWHAT by adding an A record from the non-www to my railway.app. This link is https but unsecure beause the cert is bad.
![](https://utfs.io/f/0d683240-b51c-44c4-920b-54e3ab6dcbdf-1nq2cb.png)
Other than that, I don't have the same types as you:
![](https://utfs.io/f/4fa8b2cb-147d-40c2-8847-359435682bbd-1nq2cb.png)
Unknown User•2y ago
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Just checkdomain.net.
Turns out this does the trick.
![](https://utfs.io/f/ac351ee3-d40d-4ddf-8c65-f612784cd89e-1nq2cb.png)