CNAME as different domain name

Question

I've a query with regards to CNAME record, can I have a CNAME as different domain name? Ex. I've a website example.com, can I create a CNAME with example.net? So, irrelevant of what end user types (either example.com or example.net) they should always reach example.com

Answer 1

Two issues collide here. The first is can a CNAME point to a different domain, to which the answer is yes, that is perfectly acceptable.

The second, though, is that in the case of your example, you cannot use a CNAME at all, because you cannot use a CNAME at the apex (aka root) of a domain. foo.example.net can be a CNAME; example.net cannot.

Answer 2

If you're just trying to redirect example.net web site visitors to example.com , that's what you should do. Point example.net A DNS record to example.com's IP address. After that, you have a couple of options;

-Create a new website on your host that accepts example.net visitors and redirect them using HTML/Javascript in your index page , or using your server's redirection capabilities.

-On your single website, check to see if visitors' URL matches example.net and redirect them to example.com using Javascript in your index page.

Pick one.