Setting up a CNAME record for each of the domain names or subdomains you've got in the hosting account will permit you to redirect it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded domain address will lose all its records - A, MX and so on, and will take the records of the Internet domain it's being directed to. In this light, you cannot set up a CNAME record to direct your domain to a third-party company and maintain a functional e-mail service with the first hosting company. Additionally, it is important to note that a CNAME record is always a string of words and never a number as it's regularly wrongly identified as the A record of the Internet domain being redirected. One of the primary uses of a CNAME record is to direct a domain address that you own through one provider to the servers of another company assuming you have set up a site with the latter. By doing this, the Internet site will appear under your own domain name, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party company.

CNAME Records in Cloud Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which we offer with each and every cloud service, will allow you to create CNAME records for every single domain name or subdomain hosted within the account with only a few mouse clicks. If you are not certain how to go about it, you should check the video tutorial that's available within the CP, read the comprehensive Help article on the subject, or just simply contact us and we can assist you 24/7, though it is not likely that you'll experience any problems as all it takes to set up a new CNAME record is to select a domain/subdomain, type the hostname you're redirecting to, and save the change. The new record is going to be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records allows you to have better control over your domain names and website content and our system is simple and intuitive enough to allow people with no previous experience to set up such records with ease.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you have a semi-dedicated server from our company and you want to set up a CNAME record, it will take just a few clicks to complete this task. The plans are handled using our in-house built Hepsia hosting Control Panel in which you will find a section dedicated to the DNS records of the domains and subdomains hosted within the account. To create a CNAME record, you will only have to pick the record type and the hostname (domain or subdomain), input where the latter is going to be redirected to and save the modification. The new record will be active almost right away in our system and will propagate worldwide within a few hours. Editing or deleting an existing CNAME record in the account is just as simple and takes a click. In case you experience any troubles, you can go through our in-depth help article, watch the short video on the subject that we have added in the CP, or you can simply contact us for assistance.