Setting up a CNAME record for each of the domain names or subdomains you've got within a hosting account allows you to redirect it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded domain name will lose all of its records - A, MX etc, and will take the records of the Internet domain it is being pointed to. In this light, you can't create a CNAME record to forward your domain to a third-party company and retain a functional email service with the first hosting provider. Also, it is very important to know that a CNAME record is always a string of words rather than a number as it is frequently wrongly identified as the A record of the domain address being redirected. One of the main uses of a CNAME record is to point a domain that you own through one provider to the servers of another company when you have created a site with the latter. This way, the site will appear under your own domain name, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party company.

CNAME Records in Shared Hosting

You can effortlessly create CNAME records provided you have a shared service through our company. We will provide you with an easy-to-use CP which allows you to view all DNS records for the domains and subdomains that are hosted in the account. Setting up a CNAME record requires a few basic steps - choose the domain/subdomain, pick CNAME as the type, enter the hostname you are forwarding to, then just click the Save button. The process is as simple as that and the new record is going to be active almost instantly. That way, you will have more control over your domains and subdomains and over the content they open, you'll be able to set up a private URL for company e-mails, and much more. If you feel unclear about how to create a new record or you have never done such a task, you will find a short video tutorial where you can see the whole process first-hand. If you want to modify or delete an existing CNAME record created for a domain/subdomain hosted on our end, it'll take you literally simply a mouse click to do it.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Managing DNS records usually appears to be a difficult task to those with less experience, but the Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with each semi-dedicated server we offer, is quite easy to use. If you need to set up a CNAME record for any purpose, all you will need to do will be to pick the domain name or subdomain you need, select the type of record, which will be CNAME in this case, then enter the value i.e. the domain name or subdomain you are forwarding to. The procedure is very simple and you can set up the record in the DNS Records section of the Control Panel. Within the hour the new record is going to be fully active and within several hours it'll propagate around the globe. If you're not sure what you should do, we've prepared a comprehensive help article and a short video tutorial concerning how to go about creating a CNAME record and they're both situated in that very same section of Hepsia. Of course, you can also get in touch with us for assistance whenever you want.