# Cluster endpoint using other than xip?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cluster-endpoint-using-other-than-xip/76156>\
**Category:** Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE)\
**Created:** [February 23, 2017, 6:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cluster-endpoint-using-other-than-xip/76156 "2017-02-23T06:13:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![YuWatanabe](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yuwatanabe/32/13259_2.png) [@YuWatanabe](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/YuWatanabe)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 6:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cluster-endpoint-using-other-than-xip/76156/1 "2017-02-23T06:13:31Z")

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[Document](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/cloud-enterprise/current/ece-administering-endpoints.html) show example of endpoint using **CNAME** as an example.

However, this is an example for AWS environment and is not for other public clouds such as Microsoft Azure. Is there a way to use CNAME instead of IP address?

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**Author:** ![uricohen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/uricohen/32/9776_2.png) [@uricohen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/uricohen)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 11:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cluster-endpoint-using-other-than-xip/76156/2 "2017-02-23T11:29:06Z")

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Hi @YuWatanabe

The CNAME needs to correspond to a wildcard DNS record that resolves to the IP of a proxy or a load balancer that fronts the proxy. It's not tied to a specific cloud environment. So for example, if you've set a wildcard DNS record of the form `*.yourdomain.com`, the CNAME should be set to `yourdomain.com`. Then cluster host names would be of the form `<cluster id>.yourdomain.com` and thus will route properly to the proxy.

HTH  
Uri

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2017, 11:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cluster-endpoint-using-other-than-xip/76156/3 "2017-03-09T11:29:14Z")

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