Creating a CNAME record for each of the domains or subdomains you've got in the hosting account will allow you to direct it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded domain name will lose all of its records - A, MX and so forth, and will take the records of the domain name it's being directed to. In this light, you cannot create a CNAME record to forward your domain to a third-party provider and retain a working email service with the first provider. Additionally, it is important to note that a CNAME record is always a string of words and not a number because it is commonly confused with the A record of the Internet domain being redirected. One of the main uses of a CNAME record is to forward a domain which you own through one company to the servers of another company in case you have set up a site with the latter. That way, the site will appear under your own domain, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party provider.

CNAME Records in Cloud Website Hosting

The Hepsia hosting CP, which our company offers with each and every Linux cloud website hosting service, will enable you to create CNAME records for any domain name or subdomain hosted inside the account with just a few mouse clicks. If you're not sure how to go about it, you can check out the video tutorial available inside the CP, read the comprehensive Help article on the subject, or just simply contact us and we can assist you 24/7, even though it is unlikely that you'll experience any difficulties as all it takes to set up a new CNAME record is to pick a domain/subdomain, type the hostname you are forwarding to, and save the modification. The new record is going to be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records allows 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 set up such records with ease.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

You'll be able to set up, modify and delete CNAME records really easy with all of our semi-dedicated server plans. The accounts are managed via the custom Hepsia hosting Control Panel, and in one of its sections you'll see all records for any domain or subdomain which you have added in your account. To set up a new record, you just need to choose the hostname which will be forwarded (domain/subdomain), type where it is going to be forwarded to, pick the record type, that will be CNAME in this case, and you're going to be ready. Even when you have never used a web hosting service before, our CP is quite intuitive to use, so you'll not have any issues. We also have a short video and an in-depth help article regarding how to create a CNAME record, both of which can be found in the same section of Hepsia. With this function, you can easily use a domain name hosted on our cutting edge cloud hosting platform for a website created someplace else, set up a custom webmail login address with any of your domains, and much more.