# Setup CNAME with my custom domain for my Discourse site

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**Created:** [1월 25, 2016, 10:35오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setup-cname-with-my-custom-domain-for-my-discourse-site/38480 "2016-01-25T22:35:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![lrossouw](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lrossouw/32/121275_2.png) [@lrossouw](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lrossouw)\
**Post date:** [1월 25, 2016, 10:53오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setup-cname-with-my-custom-domain-for-my-discourse-site/38480/2 "2016-01-25T22:53:43Z")

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You have [server.example.com](http://server.example.com) with ip 162.243.12.227.

You want it to host your forum on that server so now your CNAME will be:  
`forum.example.com CNAME server.example.com.`

I.e. you say point forum to server. Server points to the IP.

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