Setting up a CNAME record for any one of the domain names or subdomains that you have in the hosting account will permit you to point it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded Internet domain will lose all its records - A, MX and so forth, and will take the records of the domain address it's being redirected to. In this light, you can't set up a CNAME record to point your domain name to a third-party company and retain a working e-mail service with the first hosting provider. It's also important to note that a CNAME record is always a string of words and not a number because it is commonly confused with the A record of the domain name being redirected. One of the major uses of a CNAME record is to direct a domain which you own through one company to the servers of another company if you have created an Internet site with the latter. This way, the Internet site will appear under your own domain, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party provider.

CNAME Records in Cloud Hosting

You can effortlessly create CNAME records in case you have a Linux cloud hosting package through our company. We will supply you with an easy-to-use CP where you could see all DNS records for the domain names and subdomains that are hosted within the account. Setting up a CNAME record requires a number of basic steps - choose the domain/subdomain, pick CNAME as the type, type in the hostname you are forwarding to, then just click on the Save button. The procedure is as elementary as that and the new record is going to be active almost immediately. This way, you're going to have more control over your domains and subdomains and over the content they open, you could create a private URL for company e-mails, and a lot more. If you feel uncertain about how to set up a new record or you have never done such a task, you will find there's a short video tutorial in which you can see the whole process first-hand. If you want to edit or delete an existing CNAME record created for a domain/subdomain hosted on our end, it will take you literally only a click to get it done.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Managing DNS records usually seems a tough task to those with less experience, but the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with every Linux semi-dedicated hosting package we offer, is very easy to use. If you'd like to create a CNAME record for any purpose, all you need to do will be to choose the domain name or subdomain you need, select the type of record, that will be CNAME in this case, then type the value i.e. the domain address or subdomain you are forwarding to. The procedure is very easy and you can create the record in the DNS Records section of the Control Panel. Within the hour the new record is going to be 100 % active and within a few hours it will propagate all over the world. If you are not sure what you need to do, we have prepared an in depth help article and a short video tutorial concerning how to go about creating a CNAME record and they are both located within that very same section of Hepsia. Naturally, you can also get in touch with us for help at any time.