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Add section for domain apex #913

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Expand Up @@ -57,6 +57,13 @@ because the DNS RFC does not permit CNAMEs for apex domains. Because of how
ALIAS/CNAME flattening is implemented, apex domains can not take advantage of
[Global Server Load Balancing](/network-edge/gslb).

### Apex Domain

It is possible to reserve your apex domain, sometimes referred to as a domain apex (i.e. `example.com`), using the ngrok dashboard or API.
However, you will need to create a `CNAME` record in place of your `A` record, which not all DNS providers support.
If you are trying to reserve your apex domain because you need to create endpoints for multiple subdomains, you should
use a wildcard domain instead.

### Wildcard Domains

You may also create a wildcard domain on your ngrok account. For example,
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