Creating a CNAME record for any one of the domain names or subdomains that you have within a hosting account will enable you to forward it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded domain address will lose all of its records - A, MX etc, and will take the records of the domain address it is being pointed to. In this light, you cannot create a CNAME record to forward your domain to a third-party provider and keep a working e-mail service with the first provider. Also, it is essential to know that a CNAME record is always a string of words rather than a number because it is often wrongly identified as the A record of the domain address being redirected. One of the main uses of a CNAME record is to direct a domain name which you own through one company to the servers of some other company if you have created an Internet site with the latter. That way, the website will appear under your own domain name, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party provider.

CNAME Records in Cloud Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which our company offers with each and every Linux cloud hosting, allows you to set up CNAME records for any domain address or subdomain hosted within the account with only a few mouse clicks. If you aren't certain how to go about it, you can check out the video tutorial that is available inside the CP, read the comprehensive Help article on the subject, or just simply contact us and we can help you 24/7, although it is not likely that you'll experience any troubles as all it takes to create a new CNAME record is to select a domain/subdomain, type in the hostname you are redirecting to, and save the change. The new record is going to be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records permits you to have better control over your domain addresses and website content and our system is simple and intuitive enough to allow people who have no previous experience to set up such records easily.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Managing DNS records usually appears to be a hard task to the people with less experience, but the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with every Linux semi-dedicated server which we offer, is extremely simple to use. If you wish to set up a CNAME record for any purpose, all you need to do will be to choose the domain or subdomain you need, select 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 simple and you can create the record in the DNS Records section of the CP. Within the hour the new record will be 100 % active and within several hours it's going to propagate around the world. If you aren't sure what you have to do, we have prepared an in depth help article and a short video tutorial regarding how to go about creating a CNAME record and they are both situated in that same section of Hepsia. Needless to say, you can also get in touch with us for assistance at any time.