Setting up a CNAME record for any one of the domain names or subdomains that you have in a hosting account allows you to redirect it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded Internet domain will lose all its records - A, MX and so forth, and will take the records of the domain address it's being redirected to. In this light, you can't set up a CNAME record to forward your domain name to a third-party company and keep a functional email service with the first hosting company. Additionally, it is very important to know that a CNAME record is always a string of words and never a number as it is frequently wrongly identified as the A record of the domain being redirected. One of the main uses of a CNAME record is to direct a domain name you own through one provider to the servers of another provider if you have created an Internet site with the latter. This way, the website 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 provide with each and every Linux cloud hosting package, allows you to create CNAME records for any domain name or subdomain hosted inside the account with several clicks. If you aren't sure how to go about it, you can check out the video tutorial available within the CP, read the detailed Help article on the subject, or just simply contact us and we will help you 24/7, although it is unlikely that you will experience any troubles as all it takes to set up a new CNAME record is to pick a domain/subdomain, type in 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 permits you to have better control of your domain names and website content and our system is simple and intuitive enough to allow individuals with no previous experience to create this kind of records effortlessly.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
You're going to be able to create, modify and delete CNAME records really easy with any of our semi-dedicated server plans. The accounts are controlled through the custom Hepsia hosting Control Panel, and in one of its sections you will see all records for every domain name or subdomain that you've added in your account. To set up a new record, you have to choose the hostname which will be forwarded (domain/subdomain), input where it is going to be forwarded to, select the record type, that'll be CNAME in this case, and you are going to be all set. In case you have never used a web hosting service before, our Control Panel is extremely intuitive to use, so you will not have any problems. We also have a short video and a detailed help article concerning how to set up a CNAME record, both of which are available in the exact same section of Hepsia. With this feature, you can easily use a domain hosted on our cutting edge cloud hosting platform for an Internet site created someplace else, create a custom webmail login address with any of your domain addresses, and much more.