Setting up a CNAME record for each of the domains or subdomains you've got in the hosting account will allow you to direct it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded Internet domain will lose all of its records - A, MX etc, and will take the records of the Internet domain it is being pointed to. In this light, you cannot create a CNAME record to redirect your domain name to a third-party company and maintain a working e-mail service with the first hosting provider. Additionally, it is essential to know that a CNAME record is always a string of words and not a number as it is frequently confused with the A record of the domain name being forwarded. One of the primary uses of a CNAME record is to forward a domain name that you own through one provider to the servers of another company when you have created a site with the latter. That way, the website will appear under your own domain, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party provider.

CNAME Records in Cloud Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which we offer with each and every cloud hosting plan, will permit you to create CNAME records for every single domain address or subdomain hosted within the account with only a few mouse clicks. If you're not sure how to go about it, you can check the video tutorial that is available inside the Control Panel, read the detailed Help article on the subject, or just simply contact us and we can assist you 24/7, although it is unlikely you'll experience any problems as all it takes to create a new CNAME record is to select a domain/subdomain, type the hostname you're pointing to, and save the change. The new record will be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records permits you to have better control over your domain addresses and site content and our system is simple and intuitive enough to allow people with no previous experience to create this kind of records effortlessly.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

The Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with each of our semi-dedicated server accounts, allows you to set up a CNAME record with ease. When you want to create a private URL for your emails, to forward a domain to a subdomain within the account or to forward a domain name to another company and use some third-party service which they provide, it will not require more than three clicks to create such a record. All DNS records for the domain names and subdomains hosted inside the semi-dedicated account will be listed in a separate section in the Control Panel, so once you are there, all that you will have to do will be to select the type of the record that you want to create and the hostname for which you are creating it, and then enter the actual record text. For your convenience, you can see a short video within the Control Panel on how to set up a CNAME record or you can refer to the instructions in the help article, that is available in the DNS records section.