The zone apex has a CNAME record.

ZONE_CNAME_AT_APEX · Severity: Error

• ErrorZONE_CNAME_AT_APEX

  The zone apex has a CNAME record.

  A CNAME cannot exist next to other data (RFC 1034 section 3.6.2), and the apex always has SOA and NS records. Use an ALIAS or flattening feature of your DNS provider, or A and AAAA records, instead.

  Recommendation: Remove the CNAME at the apex and publish A and AAAA records.

Reported by

• Zone file checker

Available through the API

• Zone file checker API

Related findings

• Error ZONE_CNAME_WITH_OTHER_DATA A name has a CNAME and other records at the same time.
• Warning ZONE_DIRECTIVE_IGNORED The zone file uses $INCLUDE or $GENERATE, which were not read.
• Warning ZONE_DUPLICATE_RECORD The same record appears more than once in the zone.
• Error ZONE_MULTIPLE_CNAME A name has more than one CNAME record.
• Error ZONE_MULTIPLE_SOA The zone has more than one SOA record.
• Warning ZONE_NO_DEFAULT_TTL Records without a TTL appear before any $TTL line.

All findings