Creating a CNAME record for each of the domain names or subdomains you have in the hosting account will allow you to point 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 address it's being directed to. In this light, you simply can't set up a CNAME record to direct your domain to a third-party provider and retain a functional 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's generally confused with the A record of the domain address being redirected. One of the primary uses of a CNAME record is to point a domain that you own through one provider to the servers of another provider if you have set up an Internet site with the latter. In this way, the site will appear under your own domain address, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party provider.

CNAME Records in Shared Hosting

If you have a shared hosting plan from our company and you want to create a CNAME record, it'll take you just a few clicks to get it done. You can access the DNS records for all domain addresses and subdomains hosted within your account through the Hepsia CP included with every single plan and adding a new record is as basic as clicking on a button, choosing the type, that will be CNAME in this case, typing the actual record value and saving the change. If you've never added such a record before, you will find a Help section with a detailed video tutorial which you can watch, or you can simply contact us and we'll help you with this task. If you have set up a website through another provider, you want to use a private URL for your webmail or you wish to designate a subdomain to be used with the services of a different provider, like Google Apps, all it takes is creating a CNAME record with a few mouse clicks inside your Control Panel.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Managing DNS records usually appears to be a tough task to those with less experience, but the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with every Linux semi-dedicated hosting which we offer, is extremely easy to use. If you would like to set up a CNAME record for any purpose, all you will have to do will be to pick the domain name or subdomain you need, pick the type of record, which will be CNAME in this case, then enter the value i.e. the domain address or subdomain you are forwarding to. The process is quite easy and you can create the record in the DNS Records section of the Control Panel. Within the hour the new record will be 100 % active and within several hours it will propagate worldwide. If you aren't sure what you need to do, we've 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 moment.