I have www.mydomain.com
pointed at an Azure Website.
www.mydomain.com --- CNAME --- mydomain.azurewebsites.net
When I visit www.mydomain.com
, everything works fine. This is good.
Problem is, mydomain.com
doesn't work. Azure only allows the www subdomain.
In some nameservers, I use a FWD Record to forward the root to the www, and this works fine. My current name server (zoneedit.com) does not have this FWD Record.
Is there a DNS Record that we can use to forward the root domain to the www subdomain?
Best Answer
Unfortunately, this is a well-known shortcoming of the DNS protocol. There is no record type defined within the DNS standards that will allow you to alias the apex of a domain. Many people assume that
CNAME
records can be used to accomplish this but there are technical reasons why they cannot.Many DNS providers implement custom (read: fake) DNS record types to try and address this shortcoming. Behind the scenes, these fake records implement custom behavior in that company's software using a combination of synthesized
A
records and webserver redirection to accomplish your desired goal.FWD
is one of these, much like theWebForward
that Michael directed you to in the comments.