CNAME record doesn't connect

DNS & Network
#1

Hi,

round about one week ago I added a CNAME record pay.ranala.com and it appears at my Cloudflare DNS management:
http://cloud.ranala.com/c9e716

The DNS lookup is fine also:

But the CNAME lookup says ‘DNS record not found’:

What did I do wrong ?

Thanks
Rainer

#2

That first image is an “A” record, not a CNAME. A CNAME is supposed to point somewhere else, so your DNS here should have a CNAME line that says “pay” and then a target hostname.

#3

Thanks @sdayman

To clarify, which image do you mean ? The first image link (http://cloud.ranala.com/c9e716) unfortunately isn’t displayed as an image for me, only the two following. Please click the link and you can see the CNAME record I created with Cloudflare.

Or did I misunderstand you ?

#4

This image has that hostname showing as “A” records, not CNAMEs. “A” records are not CNAMEs.
42%20PM

Since you didn’t post a picture of your Cloudflare DNS records, it could just be that you did add it as a CNAME, but set it to :orange:. Try setting it to :grey: instead.

#5

Thanks a lot @sdayman

switching to the grey symbol DNS only worked for me.
:grinning:

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