A name has more than one CNAME record.

ZONE_MULTIPLE_CNAME · Severity: Error

• ErrorZONE_MULTIPLE_CNAME

  A name has more than one CNAME record.

  A name can be an alias for exactly one other name (RFC 2181 section 10.1). Several CNAME records for one name are refused by zone loaders.

  Recommendation: Keep one CNAME record for the name.

Reported by

• Zone file checker

Available through the API

• Zone file checker API

Related findings

• Error ZONE_MULTIPLE_SOA The zone has more than one SOA record.
• Error ZONE_CNAME_AT_APEX The zone apex has a CNAME record.
• 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.
• Warning ZONE_NO_DEFAULT_TTL Records without a TTL appear before any $TTL line.

All findings