{"id":796,"date":"2022-08-28T05:57:27","date_gmt":"2022-08-28T05:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/5centscdn.net\/help-new\/?p=796"},"modified":"2026-03-12T17:54:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T17:54:32","slug":"how-to-create-aname-record-in-traffic-director-domain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.5centscdn.net\/help\/how-to-create-aname-record-in-traffic-director-domain\/","title":{"rendered":"How to create ANAME record in Traffic Director domain?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An <strong>ANAME<\/strong> record is simply a record that functions like a\u00a0CNAME record but is at the root of your domain. With an <strong>ANAME<\/strong> record, you can point the root of your domain to a hostname or fully qualified domain name (FQDN). ANAMEs\u00a0are also useful for <strong>content delivery networks<\/strong> (CDNs), as they allow for multiple dynamically updated IP addresses to be authoritative for a domain in various regions.<\/p>\n<p>In Traffic director, we can enable some advanced features to these records<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>ANAME record<\/strong>\u00a0usually points to<strong> Hostname<\/strong>. We can add multiple Hostnames to the CNAME record using traffic director. In this case, the system will check other servers and switch to the one that is available in the event of the primary server going down.<\/li>\n<li>Another feature is the\u00a0<strong>Health Check.<\/strong>\u00a0The traffic director will periodically check the status of your server from the specified region.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Geo Proximity<\/strong>\u00a0and<strong>\u00a0IP Filter<\/strong>\u00a0features allow you to direct traffic to the preferred server based on the country, state, or ASN (autonomous system number) of your users.<\/li>\n<li><b>ANAME <\/b>records can be configured with multiple rules.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Follow the steps to create an <strong>ANAME<\/strong>\u00a0record in the\u00a0<strong>5centsCDN<\/strong>\u00a0control panel.<\/p>\n<p>-> Login to<strong> 5centsCDN<\/strong> control panel.<\/p>\n<p>-> Go to <strong>Traffic Director<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>-> Click the <strong>Manage<\/strong> button of your domain name<\/p>\n<p>-> Click the Green Plus button.<\/p>\n<p>-> Select <strong>ANAME<\/strong> from the list.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4515 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.5centscdn.net\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screenshot-from-2022-08-28-11-25-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"695\" height=\"346\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the next window, configure the following settings<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong>\u00a0Provide the hostname(For example<strong>\u00a0www<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<li><strong>TTL:<\/strong>\u00a0Specify the corresponding TTL value. Time to live (TTL) dictates how long your records stay cached. For example, for how long will your A record is cached before retrieving a new copy of the record from DNS servers<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.5centscdn.net\/help\/knowledge-base\/how-to-direct-traffic-based-on-geographic-location\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Geo Proximity<\/strong>:<\/a> Geo Proximity rules allow system administrators to specify the location or the longitude &#038; latitude of their hosted servers (data center locations). Once configured, the traffic director will automatically calculate which server is closest to the end-querying client in real time. Geo Proximity can also be used with Failover and is highly customizable and scalable.\u00a0 If you want to enable this option then configure the settings\n<ul>\n<li>Click the\u00a0<strong>Enable<\/strong>\u00a0button.<\/li>\n<li>Click the\u00a0<strong>Settings Icon.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Provide a name for the location.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Geographical Information \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>You select the geographic details such as country, region, state, province, and city.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>Latitude<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Longitude<\/strong>\u00a0will be calculated based on your location selection.<\/li>\n<li>Click the\u00a0<strong>SET<\/strong>\u00a0button.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.5centscdn.net\/help\/knowledge-base\/what-is-ip-filter-and-how-to-create-rules\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IP Filter<\/a>:\u00a0<\/strong>IP Filters are rules you can apply to your records that if a user meets the requirement(s) of the filter, they will be answered with that record. Otherwise, they will be answered with the World\/Default. Filters can be created for: regions, countries, cities, ASN (Autonomous System Network) of the resolving name server, \/24 IPv4 EDNS client subnet, and \/120 IPv6 EDNS client subnet.<br \/>\n<strong>IP Filter cannot be enabled for the default rule<\/strong>. It should be disabled for the default rule. It is considered worldwide access if it is disabled. You can create another rule in the same record to configure IP Filter.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rule Mode:<\/strong>\u00a0choose the appropriate rule mode.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Standard \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0In standard rule mode, you can point your domain to a Hostname. This method does not allow failure switching between servers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Failover<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0 This rule method allows you to add multiple hostnames. The traffic director will check the status of your server periodically using\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.5centscdn.net\/help\/knowledge-base\/how-to-create-a-health-check-in-traffic-director\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Health Check<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and switch to another server if the primary goes offline based on the failover mode. The failover modes are explained below.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Normal \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Failover will attempt to use the lowest hostname in the queue. This means if the lowest hostname becomes available again then it will switch to the lowest IP address.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Off-<\/strong>\u00a0Failover will turn off after the first and only event has occurred. If the primary hostname becomes available again, it won\u2019t switch back. You have to resave the settings again to use the primary hostname.<\/li>\n<li><strong>One Way-<\/strong>\u00a0Failover will only move further down the queue to the higher hostnames. If the lower one becomes available. It won\u2019t use it. You have to resave the settings again to use the primary hostname.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4514 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.5centscdn.net\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/fail.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"634\" height=\"414\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.5centscdn.net\/help\/knowledge-base\/how-to-setup-round-robin-with-failover\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Round Robin with Failover<\/a>\u2013\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>When using the Standard and Failover methods, the response will be received by a specific hostname at a time. Round Robin with failover mode acts as a load balancer and provides random responses from active hostnames.\u00a0<strong><em>Ensure that your hostnames are enabled for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.5centscdn.net\/help\/knowledge-base\/how-to-create-a-health-check-in-traffic-director\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Health Check<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Click the\u00a0<strong>CREATE<\/strong>\u00a0button.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can check the\u00a0<strong>ping<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0<strong>dig<\/strong>\u00a0command to verify the record pointing to the corresponding hostnames.<\/p>\n<p><em>#<strong>\u00a0ping hostname<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>#\u00a0<strong>dig hostname<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An ANAME record is simply a record that functions like a\u00a0CNAME record but is at the root of your domain. 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