Creating a CNAME record for any one of the domain addresses or subdomains you've got in the hosting account will allow you to forward it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded domain will lose all of its records - A, MX and so forth, and will take the records of the domain name it is being redirected to. In this light, you can't set up a CNAME record to direct your domain to a third-party company and keep a functional email service with the first provider. It's also essential to know that a CNAME record is always a string of words and not a number as it's frequently mistaken for the A record of the domain address being redirected. One of the main uses of a CNAME record is to direct a domain you own through one company to the servers of some other company assuming you have set up a website with the latter. That way, the website will appear under your own domain address, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party company.

CNAME Records in Cloud Hosting

The Hepsia hosting CP, which we offer with each and every cloud hosting, will allow you to set up CNAME records for every domain name or subdomain hosted within the account with just a few clicks. If you are not certain how to go about it, you can check out the video tutorial available in the CP, read the in depth Help article on the subject, or you can simply contact us and we will help you 24/7, although it is unlikely you'll experience any troubles as all it takes to create a new CNAME record is to pick a domain/subdomain, type the hostname you are redirecting to, and save the change. The new record will be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records enables you to have better control over your domain addresses and site content and our system is simple and user-friendly enough to allow individuals with no previous experience to create this sort of records effortlessly.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with each of our semi-dedicated server accounts, will allow you to create a CNAME record easily. In case you want to create a private URL for your e-mails, to point a domain name to a subdomain within the account or to forward a domain address to another provider and use some third-party service which they provide, it will not require more than 3 clicks to create this type of record. All DNS records for the domain addresses and subdomains hosted within the semi-dedicated account will be listed in a separate section in the Control Panel, so when you're there, all that 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 enter the actual record text. For your convenience, you can watch 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.