RRSet of type CNAME with DNS name foo.com. is not permitted at apex in zone bar.com

Question

I own foo.com and bar.com. I am managing both in Route53. foo.com hosts my site, and I\'d like to direct traffic from bar.com

Answer 1

You should use the DNAME instead of a CNAME. A CNAME record is only able to redirect the label to another label.

When you talk about redirecting domain names instead of labels, you should use DNAME

$ORIGIN bar.com
           IN      DNAME   foo.com

This also means that every A, NS and any more records should be deleted. This have to be configured in the foo.com domain.