Creating a CNAME record for any of the domain names or subdomains you've got in a hosting account allows you to redirect it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded Internet domain will lose all of its records - A, MX and so on, and will take the records of the domain it is being directed to. In this light, you simply can't create a CNAME record to forward your domain name to a third-party provider and retain a functional email service with the first hosting provider. It is also 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 Internet domain being forwarded. One of the major uses of a CNAME record is to point a domain name which you own through one company to the servers of some other company in case you have created an Internet 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 Website Hosting

You can easily set up CNAME records if you have a Linux website hosting with our company. We're going to supply you with an easy-to-use CP where you can observe all DNS records for the domain addresses and subdomains that are hosted within the account. Creating a CNAME record involves several easy steps - pick the domain/subdomain, choose CNAME as the type, enter the hostname you are forwarding to, after that just click the Save button. The procedure is as simple as that and the new record is going to be active almost immediately. That way, you'll have more control over your domain addresses 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 uncertain about how to set up a new record or you have never done such a task, you will find there's a short video tutorial where you can see the whole process first-hand. If you want to edit or delete an existing CNAME record created for a domain/subdomain hosted on our end, it'll require literally only a mouse click to get it done.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Managing DNS records usually appears to be a hard task to the people with less experience, but the Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with every single semi-dedicated package that we provide, is very easy to use. If you want to set up a CNAME record for any purpose, all you have to do will be to pick the domain address or subdomain that you need, choose the type of record, that will be CNAME in this case, then enter the value i.e. the domain or subdomain you are forwarding to. The procedure 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 completely active and within a few hours it is going to propagate worldwide. If you aren't sure what you need to do, we have prepared a detailed help article and a short video tutorial regarding how to go about creating a CNAME record and they are both located in that very same section of Hepsia. Naturally, you can also get in touch with us for assistance at any moment.