Creating a CNAME record for any one of the domain addresses or subdomains that you have in the hosting account will enable you to direct it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded domain name will lose all its records - A, MX etc, and will take the records of the Internet domain it's being redirected to. In this light, you cannot set up a CNAME record to direct your domain to a third-party provider and retain a functional email service with the first hosting provider. Additionally, it is important to note that a CNAME record is always a string of words and never a number because it is often wrongly identified as the A record of the domain being redirected. One of the main uses of a CNAME record is to direct a domain name you own through one provider to the servers of some other company if you have set up a site with the latter. In this way, the website will appear under your own domain, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party provider.

CNAME Records in Shared Web Hosting

You can effortlessly create CNAME records provided you have a shared web hosting from our company. We are going to supply you with an easy-to-use CP that enables you to observe all DNS records for the domains and subdomains which are hosted in the account. Setting up a CNAME record involves a few simple steps - pick the domain/subdomain, pick CNAME as the type, enter the hostname you are redirecting to, then just click the Save button. The process is as simple as that and the new record is going to be active almost immediately. This way, you're going to have more control over your domain addresses and subdomains and over the content they open, you'll be able to set up a private URL for company emails, and more. If you feel unsure about how to set up a new record or you have never done such a task, you will find a short video tutorial where 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'll require literally just a mouse click to make it happen.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Managing DNS records usually seems to be a tough task to people with less experience, but the Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with each and every Linux semi-dedicated hosting service which we provide, is extremely easy to use. If you need to create a CNAME record for any purpose, all you will need to do will be to pick the domain address or subdomain you need, pick the type of record, which will be CNAME in this case, then type the value i.e. the domain or subdomain you are forwarding to. The process is quite simple and you can create the record in the DNS Records section of the Control Panel. Within the hour the new record will be completely active and within a few hours it is going to propagate worldwide. If you are not sure what you should do, we've prepared an in depth help article and a short video tutorial on how to go about creating a CNAME record and they're both situated in that very same section of Hepsia. Naturally, you can also get in touch with us for help at any moment.