CNAME
CNAME means Canonical name. This record is used to define multiple domain names for a single system.
If several services are running on a single system and every service needs its domain, the CNAME record is used for that.
For example, if a web server and FTP server are running on the same system, there has to be created CNAMEs for both of them.
System name - system1.abc.com
Web server - www.abc.com
FTP server - ftp.system1.com
The most common use of the CNAME is to provide access to a single web server using the standard "www.domain.com" and "domain.com" (with and without "www"). In the case of renaming a domain, this setup can be used also to redirect the old name of the webserver to the new one.
To avoid circular references, the CNAME should always point to a real hostname and never to another CNAME.
In Cloudimage, to add CNAMEs you should contact our support team.
ALIAS
The Alias in the Scaleflex system is used to shorten the URLs.
For example, if an alias _sample_ is set to http://sample.li , the URLs will look like:
without Alias - //doc.cloudimg.io/v7/http://sample.li/boat.jpg?width=800
with Alias - //doc.cloudimg.io/v7/_sample_/boat.jpg?width=800
In Cloudimage, you can add Aliases from the Admin panel -> Image Settings -> Domains tab:
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