A CNAME (Canonical name) record, is basically an alias or nickname for another domain. It is often used instead of an A record to point different hostnames to the same location. The difference between the record types is that an A record always points to an IP address, while a CNAME always points to another name.
A CNAME is often used to point a subdomain on your domain to an external service, like for example Office 365 or Blogger.
Create a CNAME record on your domain
- Log into the One.com control panel.
- Click DNS settings on the Advanced settings tile.
- Go to DNS records.
- Under create new record, click CNAME.
- Enter the following details:
- The subdomain (required) that will become the alias, for example, www.
- The domain name that you want to create the alias of, it can't be an IP address.
- Optionally enter a TTL, or leave it empty to default to 3600 seconds. - Click Create record to save your settings.
Example: In the screenshot below we are making blog.one-example.guide a into an alias of ghs.google.com. So we can serve our Blogger blog on our own domain. The TTL is left empty, meaning it will default to 3600.
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