Unable to add CNAME record for subdomain

[nomadicmun]

I am getting error “DNS Validation Error (Code: 1004)” while trying to add my subdomain on cloudfare. Main domain is working fine. Please suggest workaround.

[MarkMeyer]

Please follow the guide within the editor. This has been discussed hundreds of times.

Community Tip - Fixing Code 1004: DNS Validation Error

Error Try the suggestions in this Community Tip to help you fix Code 1004 errors when working on the Cloudflare dashboard. Background A Code 1004 error while working on the Cloudflare dashboard indicates that Cloudflare was unable to complete a requested action. This is a different issue than “Error 1004: Host Not Configured to Serve Web Traffic” or “Error 1004: DNS is still propagating”. Those errors appear to visitors to your website if the origin IP cannot be resolved through your DNS reco…

[nomadicmun]

I am sorry … but I could not find anything related to subdomain in this topic.

[domjh]

Hi @nomadicmun,

If you can’t find a solution to your issue, please post a screenshot of the record you are trying to add and the error message shown.

[nomadicmun]

Hello @domjh,

Here is the screenshot of the record I am trying to add. And the error msg is “DNS Validation Error (Code: 1004)”.

[domjh]

That looks to me like you are trying to point a CNAME record to itself, bangla.nomadicmun.com points to bangla.nomadicmun.com, that is just a loop and won’t work, you wither need the CNAME pointing somewhere else, or use an A record pointing to your server’s IP.

[nomadicmun]

Yes… A record helped to fix the problem. Thanks!!!

[domjh]

No problem, glad you got it sorted!