DNS help for domain root

[ribena75]

What is the name of the domain?

thefridays.cc

What is the error number?

ERR_CONNECTION_CLOSED

What is the error message?

This site can’t be reached thefridays.cc unexpectedly closed the connection. Try: Checking the connection Checking the proxy and the firewall Running Windows Network Diagnostics ERR_CONNECTION_CLOSED

What is the issue you’re encountering

CNAME for www works but @root flattened CNAME does not

What steps have you taken to resolve the issue?

Searching the internet and posting here

What feature, service or problem is this related to?

DNS records

What are the steps to reproduce the issue?

Visit https://www.thefridays.cc then try https://thefridays.cc

Screenshot of the error

[sjr]

You aren’t using the Cloudflare proxy so requests go direct to Google…
https://cf.sjr.dev/tools/check?ec5b03b82ac54291ae8b69ce521be324#dns

Using http://thefridays.cc returns a 404 from Google, likely you haven’t configured your apex domain to be answered by Google.

Either fix at the Google end, or you can redirect thefridays.cc to https://www.thefridays.cc using Cloudflare as here…

Redirect example.com to www.example.com using Single/Dynamic Redirects

Background: Redirect example.com to www.example.com (root/apex to www subdomain) using Single Redirects (also called Dynamic Redirects). Looking for the opposite? Redirect www.example.com to example.com using Single/Dynamic Redirects Prerequisites Guide: Navigate to your website in Cloudflare, and then to DNS → Records. Magic link. [image] Add a new record. The type should be AAAA (IPv6 type), the name should be @ (shorthand for your domain name), the IPv6 Address/value should be 100…

[ribena75]

Thanks so much for this, got it sorted with the redirect.