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Domains and DNS

Read the explanation, try the exercise, then answer the quiz.

Understand the concept

A domain name is a human-friendly label. DNS records help clients discover where to connect. A CNAME points a hostname at another hostname; DNS resolution is not the same as HTTP content delivery.

For this website, Cloudflare manages the public hostname and directs it through a tunnel. That arrangement avoids publishing a private home address as the website origin.

TRY IT YOURSELF

Practice task

Draw the journey: visitor → DNS → Cloudflare → tunnel → Nginx.

CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING

Quick quiz

What does a CNAME record reference?