diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2ce3418..e9cbc4c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Versions
 
-* v1.0.0 -- {{ yyyy-mm-dd }}
-  - initial creation
+* 1.0.0 -- 2023-03-24
+  - initial creation with cname
 
diff --git a/cname/availabilty_zones.tf b/cname/availabilty_zones.tf
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..00a240c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cname/availabilty_zones.tf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../common/availabilty_zones.tf
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diff --git a/cname/data.tf b/cname/data.tf
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..995624d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cname/data.tf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../common/data.tf
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cname/defaults.tf b/cname/defaults.tf
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..a5556ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cname/defaults.tf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../common/defaults.tf
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cname/main.tf b/cname/main.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..29c414f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cname/main.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+locals {
+  account_id          = var.account_id != "" ? var.account_id : data.aws_caller_identity.current.account_id
+  account_environment = data.aws_arn.current.partition == "aws-us-gov" ? "gov" : "ew"
+
+  base_tags = {
+    "boc:tf_module_version" = local._module_version
+    "boc:created_by"        = "terraform"
+  }
+}
+
+locals {
+  name_parts              = split(".", var.name)
+  host_name               = var.name_parts[0]
+  zone                    = trimprefix(var.name, format("%v.", local.host_name))
+  private_zone            = local.account_environment == "gov" ? true : var.private_zone
+  rr_type                 = uppercase(var.type)
+  default_enable_ptr      = lookup(local._defaults.enable_ptr, var.type, false)
+  default_heritage_prefix = lookup(local._defaults.heritage_prefix, var.type, "") != "" ? format("%v.", lookup(local._defaults.heritage_prefix, var.type)) : ""
+  is_cname                = var.type == "cname"
+  base_heritage_tags = [
+    format("heritage=%v", local._defaults.heritage_label),
+    format("%v/account_id=%v", local._defaults.heritage_label, data.aws_caller_identity.current.account_id),
+    format("%v/region=%v", local._defaults.heritage_label, local.region),
+    format("%v/create_time=%d", local._defaults.heritage_label, time_static.timestamp.unix)
+  ]
+  heritage_tags = [for k, v in var.heritage_tags : format("%v/%v", local._defaults.heritage_label, k)]
+}
+
+
+# if the zone grab fails here, it either doesn't exist or it is not associated with this VPC
+data "aws_route53_zone" "zone" {
+  name         = local.zone
+  private_zone = local.private_zone
+}
+
+resource "time_static" "timestamp" {}
+
+resource "aws_route53_record" "entry" {
+  count   = local.is_cname ? 1 : 0
+  zone_id = data.aws_route53_zone.zone.zone_id
+  name    = var.name
+  type    = local.rr_type
+  ttl     = var.ttl
+  records = var.values
+}
+
+
+resource "aws_route53_record" "entry_heritage" {
+  count   = var.enable_heritage ? 1 : 0
+  zone_id = data.aws_route53_zone.zone.zone_id
+  name    = format("%v%v", aws_route53_record.entry.name)
+
+  type    = "TXT"
+  ttl     = var.ttl
+  records = [join(",", concat(local.base_heritage_tags, local.heritage_tags))]
+}
diff --git a/cname/prefixes.tf b/cname/prefixes.tf
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..7e265d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cname/prefixes.tf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../common/prefixes.tf
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diff --git a/cname/variables.common.availability_zones.tf b/cname/variables.common.availability_zones.tf
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..dca20a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cname/variables.common.availability_zones.tf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../common/variables.common.availability_zones.tf
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diff --git a/cname/variables.common.tf b/cname/variables.common.tf
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..7439ed8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cname/variables.common.tf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../common/variables.common.tf
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diff --git a/cname/variables.tf b/cname/variables.tf
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..72202b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cname/variables.tf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../common/variables.tf
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cname/version.tf b/cname/version.tf
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..b83c5b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cname/version.tf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../common/version.tf
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cname/versions.tf b/cname/versions.tf
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..41bb22f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cname/versions.tf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../common/versions.tf
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/common/defaults.tf b/common/defaults.tf
index 8247df4..1c5717f 100644
--- a/common/defaults.tf
+++ b/common/defaults.tf
@@ -1,4 +1,21 @@
 locals {
   _defaults = {
+    enable_ptr = {
+      cname = false
+      a     = false
+      aaaa  = false
+      txt   = false
+      host  = true
+      ptr   = true
+    }
+    heritage_label = "terraform"
+    heritage_prefix = {
+      cname = "_txt"
+      a     = ""
+      aaaa  = ""
+      txt   = "_txt"
+      host  = ""
+      ptr   = ""
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/common/entries.tf b/common/entries.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1335672
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/entries.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+data "aws_route53_zone" "lakefront" {
+  name         = var.vpc_domain_name
+  private_zone = true
+}
+
+resource "aws_route53_record" "lakefront_cname" {
+  zone_id = data.aws_route53_zone.lakefront.zone_id
+  name    = format("%v.%v", local.app_shortname, data.aws_route53_zone.lakefront.name)
+  type    = "CNAME"
+  ttl     = "900"
+  records = [format("%v.execute-api.%v.amazonaws.com", data.aws_api_gateway_rest_api.lakefront.id, local.region)]
+}
+
+resource "time_static" "lakefront_txt" {}
+
+resource "aws_route53_record" "lakefront_txt" {
+  zone_id = data.aws_route53_zone.lakefront.zone_id
+  name    = format("_txt.%v", aws_route53_record.lakefront_cname.name)
+
+  type = "TXT"
+  ttl  = "900"
+  records = [format("heritage=terraform,terraform/account_id=%v,terraform/region=%v,terraform/terraform/create_time=%d",
+  data.aws_caller_identity.current.account_id, local.region, time_static.lakefront_txt.unix)]
+}
+
+variable "zone" {
+  description = "DNS Zone into which to create the record.  By default, it will extract this from the name"
+  type        = string
+  default     = null
+}
+
+variable "name" {
+  description = "FQDN DNS name to create.  If the zone (everything after the first dot) does not exist or is not associated to the VPC, this creation will fail."
+  type        = string
+}
+
+variable "record_type" {
+  description = "Type of DNS record to create: cname, a, aaaa, ptr, txt, host (ptr and a and/or aaaa)"
+  type        = string
+  default     = "host"
+
+  validation {
+    condition     = contains(["cname", "a", "aaaa", "ptr", "txt", "host"], lowercase(var.record_type))
+    error_message = "The record type must be one of: cname, a, aaaa, ptr, txt, or host"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/common/variables.tf b/common/variables.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba81cb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/variables.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# variable "zone" {
+#   description = "DNS Zone into which to create the record.  By default, it will extract this from the name"
+#   type        = string
+#   default     = null
+# }
+
+variable "name" {
+  description = "FQDN DNS name to create.  If the zone (everything after the first dot) does not exist or is not associated to the VPC, this creation will fail."
+  type        = string
+
+  validation {
+    condition     = length(split(".", var.name)) > 1
+    error_message = "Invalid name, must use FQDN with a hostname and domain name"
+  }
+}
+
+variable "record_type" {
+  description = "Type of DNS record to create: cname, a, aaaa, ptr, txt, host (ptr and a and/or aaaa)"
+  type        = string
+  default     = "host"
+
+  validation {
+    condition     = contains(["cname", "a", "aaaa", "ptr", "txt", "host"], var.record_type)
+    error_message = "The record type must be one of: cname, a, aaaa, ptr, txt, or host"
+  }
+}
+
+variable "enable_ptr" {
+  description = "Flag to enable or disable creation of a PTR record.  Used for type ptr and host"
+  type        = bool
+  default     = null
+}
+
+variable "enable_heritage" {
+  description = "Flag to enable or disable creation a TXT record for heritage.  For CNAMEs, it uses a prefix of _txt on the name"
+  type        = bool
+  default     = true
+}
+
+variable "heritage_tags" {
+  description = "Map of key/value pairs to set into the heritage. These should be static so as not to update the heritage TXT record frequently"
+  type        = map(string)
+  default     = {}
+}
+
+variable "private_zone" {
+  description = "Flag indicating public or private zone.  Assumes private by default, and can set public only for non-gov region"
+  type        = bool
+  default     = true
+}
+
+variable "ttl" {
+  description = "DNS RR Time To Live (ttl).  Default 900s (15m)."
+  type        = number
+  default     = 900
+}
diff --git a/common/version.tf b/common/version.tf
index a0cd862..fa2705b 100644
--- a/common/version.tf
+++ b/common/version.tf
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 locals {
-  _module_version = "0.0.0"
+  _module_version = "1.0.0"
 }
diff --git a/common/versions.tf b/common/versions.tf
index 4ba10ce..fc5afe7 100644
--- a/common/versions.tf
+++ b/common/versions.tf
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 terraform {
+  required_version = ">= 1.0"
   required_providers {
     aws = {
       source  = "hashicorp/aws"
-      version = ">= 3.66.0"
+      version = ">= 4"
     }
   }
-#  required_version = ">= 0.13"
 }