: How can I alias a subdomain to an external site using DNS? I have a site hosted on Linode. I use Linode's DNS (with Apache) for things like mail, blog.mysite.com-type subdomains, etc. I want

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I would use an A record in the DNS.

Say you have site linode.com at 10.0.0.1 and site strikingly.com at 10.0.0.3, the DNS entry would be something like that for www:

A 10.0.0.1
www A 10.0.0.3


Then on that server (10.0.0.3) you need to accept the mysite.com name in Apache. If that's the default website, then you're set. If that's just one of the websites, but not the default, make sure to have an entry such as:

<VirtualHost>
# Handle mysite.com ServerName mysite.com ...
</VirtualHost>


With a CNAME, it will work too if you have a domain with the correct IP address. So say you define a sub domain strikingly.mysite.com and set that to the strikingly IP address:

strikingly A 10.0.0.3
www CNAME strikingly


The good thing with using a CNAME is that if the IP changes, you can change it in one location and all the other references get changed automatically. It's like having a DNS variable...

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