Pointing a subdomain to Skip2

There are two primary deployment methods for our CDN, either with Skip2 acting as the DNS hosting provider or not. If you wish to use Skip2 for your entire domain, including subdomains and managing DNS records, you should see Changing Your Domain Nameservers (opens in a new tab). If you only want to use Skip2 for one or multiple subdomains, without using our DNS services, continue reading.

For Root/Apex Domains

If you intend to use Skip2 for a root domain (e.g. skip2.net), then you have two options:

Create an ALIAS/ANAME record

By default, root domain records cannot be a CNAME. This is due to a limitation in the standards. See RFC1034 (opens in a new tab).

ALIAS/ANAME records are a workaround provided by many DNS providers and allow you to create a root domain record that points to another FQDN instead of an IP address.

Create an ALIAS record:

Type: ALIAS/ANAME

Create an A record

If you aren't able to create an ANAME record for your root domain, you can request Anycast IP addresses for your websites. Once you receive them, you can implement them as follows:

Type: A

For Subdomains

If you intend to use Skip2 for a subdomain (e.g. blog.skip2.net), use the following method:

Create a CNAME record (Preferred Method)

For subdomains (e.g. docs.skip2.net), you can create a CNAME record pointing to our platform:

Type: CNAME