What CName do I use for forwarding?

[poshnsass]

Hi - what CName do I use if my domain is with GoDaddy as the registrar but I am using Cloudflare to forward to an https (which godaddy can’t do)? I did update the nameservers at GoDaddy to the Cloudflare nameservers so I think I did that correctly but am confused about the CName field here at Cloudflare. TIA!

[domjh]

Hi @poshnsass,

If it’s a redirect you want to do, a CNAME isn’t what you are looking for. You will need a DNS record and a page rule to handle the redirect.

Redirecting One Domain to Another

This tutorial covers redirecting one domain to another. For this, we will be redirecting domainA.com to domainB.com. The following settings need to be configured under the domain you are redirecting from, in this example, this is domainA.com Step 1, The DNS Record: The first thing you will need is a DNS record for @, www and any other subdomains you want to redirect, set to . This can point to any IP address as the redirection page rule will execute first. I would recommend pointing…

[poshnsass]

Hi @domjh - Thank you, is this what I do even if the first domain(the one I am forwarding) is just being parked?

[poshnsass]

Oh never mind the other response, I kinda followed those instructions and seems to be working! Thanks again!

[domjh]

Glad you got it working No problem!