# DNS question

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/dns-question/266235>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [May 25, 2023, 5:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dns-question/266235 "2023-05-25T17:00:53Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 6:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dns-question/266235/3 "2023-05-25T18:32:42Z")

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> [@supermathie](#):
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> Or, you can CNAME your community hostname to the apex domain name.

So the A record for `example.com` would point to the IP of the discourse server and the CNAME would have `community.example.com` be an alias of `example.com`?

Wouldn’t that put the discourse server at [example.com](http://example.com)? Sorry just trying to get this straight in my brain

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