ykg
CDCloudflare Developers
•Created by ykg on 8/12/2024 in #general-help
CNAME Flattening
Hello.
I'm looking for some clarification on something. I will outline my issue below. Originally I was going to piggy back onto a "SSL Handshake failed" 525 error thread:
"I'm piggy-backing onto this because I want to avoid creating a new post if possible. I was seeing this issue as well for my root domain. I see that my root had an A record with "ABCD.com" and a CNAME record with www and the content field being "parking.namecheap.com".
I deleted the A record and now I get the following up top in the "Recommended steps to complete setup..."
Add an A, AAAA, or CNAME record for your root domain so that ABCD.com will resolve.
my question: can I simply convert the CNAME record to an A record or does that CNAME need to stay there as 'parking.namecheap.com'"
... So I answered my own question and I was able to convert the "www" CNAME record to an A record and now my root will resolve.
Now my question is this. When I try to create a CNAME record with "ABCD.com" I get the CNAME flattening info bubble, but yes, the notice about needing a CNAME record for my root domain does go away.
Am I doing something incorrectly? How or why was the previous situation flipped but I didn't get any notice of CNAME flattening?
Thanks in advance for any insight and clarification on this scenario.16 replies