The error is telling you that a DNS entry already exists for the hostname you want the CNAME. A DNS record can only have one record type. Meaning is you have 1.2.3.4 points to test.example.com you cannot have test.example.com also be a CNAME for foo.example.com.
*Mike Plemmons | Senior DevOps Engineer* 614-741-5475 mike.plemm...@crosschx.com www.crosschx.com On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 1:02 PM, Mike Jacobacci <mi...@flowjo.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I am sorry for the simple question, but I am using FreeIPA as our DNS > server and I am trying to figure out how to map a second hostname to a > host... I am unsure how the best way to go do it. I am just trying to > give a server a user friendly name for access and I don't want to change > the system hostname. > > I thought I could just add a CNAME entry for the host record, but it fails > with the following error: > > invalid 'cnamerecord': CNAME record is not allowed to coexist with any > other record (RFC 1034, section 3.6.2) > > Is there an easy way I can do this? > > Cheers, > Mike > > > > -- > Manage your subscription for the Freeipa-users mailing list: > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/freeipa-users > Go to http://freeipa.org for more info on the project >
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