# Route53 A record for apex

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/route53-a-record-for-apex/1004>\
**Category:** Rancher 1.x\
**Created:** [November 19, 2015, 7:06am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/route53-a-record-for-apex/1004 "2015-11-19T07:06:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![willseward](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/willseward/32/1783_2.png) [@willseward](https://forums.suse.com/u/willseward)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2015, 7:06am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/route53-a-record-for-apex/1004/1 "2015-11-19T07:06:51Z")

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According to RFC2181, a CNAME cannot be at the apex of zone. So this setup is not valid:

```
example.com IN CNAME lb.default.example.com
lb.default.example.com IN A x.x.x.x
lb.default.example.com IN A y.y.y.y

```

Is there any way to setup A records for the root of a zone? Like this maybe (depending upon the setup though):

```
example.com IN A x.x.x.x
example.com IN A y.y.y.y
*.example.com IN CNAME lb.default.example.com
lb.default.example.com IN A x.x.x.x
lb.default.example.com IN A y.y.y.y

```

PS: PTR records would be nice also.

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**Author:** ![alena](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/alena/32/50_2.png) [@alena](https://forums.suse.com/u/alena)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 6:05pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/route53-a-record-for-apex/1004/2 "2015-11-25T18:05:21Z")

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> PTR records would be nice also.

Currently we support A non-alias records only; you can file an enhancement request for PTR and Alias Records support on [Issues · rancher/rancher · GitHub](https://github.com/rancher/rancher/issues)