I have my app hosted on railway, I am finding it impossible to add the DNS record from railway in other to point my domain I got from vercel to my app. Railway provided the record that looks something like this: “@” - CNAME - dfbx9kxe.up.railway.app, I get an error message in vercel domain record fo…

If I’m understanding correctly, it should look something like: For www.yourdomain.com : Type: CNAME Name: www Value: your-railway-app-url For yourdomain.com (apex domain): Type: ALIAS Name: @ (or leave empty) Value: your-railway-app-url ALIAS records are specifically designed to handle apex dom…

Hello, Instead of using @ as name, you can keep the field blank (which does the same job) to add DNS records.

@swarnava , thanks for replying. I forgot to mention that the field doesn’t take blank input, It shows this same message when I try to leave it blank: “Please specify a name or use an ALIAS Record instead, if you’re attempting to set a CNAME value for the apex domain.”

I think you need to set it on your www instead of the apex domain

@neversitdull I have a setup for my www already which is working fine, but visitors will need to enter the www. before being directed my site which is not a good experience. I want visitors to be directed to my site even by typing mysitename.com , but currently this doesn’t work.

Keep us updated! :pray: It might be too soon for this meme, but I had to share: [DNS Issue Meme]

@pawlean , Lol. DNS strikes again! Guess we’re back to square one, zero days and counting! :joy: It’s working perfectly now, thank you!

So glad that worked out for you :smiley: See you around the community!

Can not add CNAME with @ name to DNS record

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princeyeaboah (Princeyeaboah) February 12, 2025, 6:11pm 7

@pawlean, you are correct.
I was able to add the row to the domain record in vercel, now am going to wait for it to propagate.
I appreciate your help.

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