Creating a CNAME record for any of the domain addresses or subdomains that you have within a hosting account will permit you to redirect it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded domain will lose all its records - A, MX and so on, and will take the records of the domain it's being pointed to. In this light, you cannot set up a CNAME record to direct your domain to a third-party provider and maintain a working email service with the first hosting provider. Also, it is essential to know that a CNAME record is always a string of words rather than a number as it is frequently mistaken for the A record of the domain name being forwarded. One of the primary uses of a CNAME record is to direct a domain address you own through one company to the servers of some other company assuming you have set up an Internet site with the latter. This way, the website will appear under your own domain, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party company.

CNAME Records in Cloud Hosting

You can easily create CNAME records in case you have a Linux cloud hosting service through our company. We'll provide you with an easy-to-use CP that enables you to view all DNS records for the domain addresses and subdomains which are hosted inside the account. Creating a CNAME record includes a number of simple steps - select the domain/subdomain, choose CNAME as the type, type in the hostname you are redirecting to, and then just click on the Save button. The process is as elementary as that and the new record is going to be active almost immediately. That way, you are going to have more control over your domains and subdomains and over the content they open, you can create a private URL for company emails, and more. If you feel uncertain about how to set up a new record or you have never done such a task, we have a short video tutorial where you can see the whole process first-hand. If you choose to modify or delete an existing CNAME record created for a domain/subdomain hosted on our end, it'll require literally simply a click to get it done.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

The Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with each of our semi-dedicated server accounts, will permit you to set up a CNAME record effortlessly. In case you want to create a private URL for your e-mails, to redirect a domain name to a subdomain in the account or to forward a domain name to another company and use some third-party service which they provide, it won't require more than 3 clicks to set up this sort of record. All DNS records for the domains and subdomains hosted within the semi-dedicated account are going to be listed in a separate section in the CP, so when you are there, all you will have to do will be to choose the type of the record that you want to create and the hostname for which you are creating it, and then type in the actual record text. For your benefit, you can see a short video within the Control Panel concerning how to create a CNAME record or you can follow the instructions in the help article, that's available in the DNS records section.