How to create a toplevel forward with CNAME flattening?

[membersound]

Hi,

I registered a toplevel *.de domain (at netcup). I don’t have a webserver, and simply want to link my domain to a static webpage on sites.google.com

Now I thought the CNAME flattening could provide me a redirect to my static google page just by DNS records? I’d prefer not having to buy a webserver for this simple task.

I’m able to change the DNS server to cloudflare at my domain company. Which records would I have to set so that I could take advantage of the flattening, if it’s the proper solution at all?

Thanks for any help

[sdayman]

That doesn’t sound like a Forward. More like a CNAME delivery from another source. However, root-level CNAMES aren’t RFC compliant, which is why those who do this use the ‘www’ hostname instead.

You can configure the root domain to forward to the ‘www’ subdomain.

Redirect example.com to www.example.com

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