Problem with CNAME records.
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I'm running into a problem while creating a CNAME record for my domain. When I attempt to create the record, the DNS manager returns the following:
Record conflict - CNAMES must be unique
I'm trying to add a CNAME resembling "test.example.com" and it should point to another hostname, let's say "localhost". Here's a rough example of what my records currently look like:
@ A 127.0.0.1
www A 127.0.0.1
test A 127.0.0.1
dev A 127.0.0.1
@ AAAA ::1
mail MX 127.0.0.1
@ TXT "v=spf1 include:example.com ~all"
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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It looks like the conflict lies with the A record with the hostname "test". CNAME records cannot share the same hostname with other records, as they are meant to point to a different domain, so you will need to change one or the other in order to add a CNAME to our DNS manager.