Setting up a CNAME record for any one of the domains or subdomains that you've got in a hosting account allows you to redirect it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded domain address will lose all its records - A, MX etc, and will take the records of the domain it is being directed to. In this light, you can't create a CNAME record to direct your domain name to a third-party company and maintain a working e-mail service with the first hosting provider. Additionally, it is important to note that a CNAME record is always a string of words rather than a number as it's frequently confused with the A record of the domain name being forwarded. One of the major uses of a CNAME record is to forward a domain name you own through one provider to the servers of some other provider assuming 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 provider.

CNAME Records in Cloud Hosting

The Hepsia hosting CP, which our company offers with each and every cloud plan, will allow you to create CNAME records for every single domain or subdomain hosted in the account with several clicks. If you're not confident how to go about it, you can check the video tutorial available inside the Control Panel, read the in depth Help article on the subject, or just simply contact us and we will help you 24/7, even though it is not likely that you will experience any problems as all it takes to set up a new CNAME record is to pick a domain/subdomain, input the hostname that you're redirecting to, and save the modification. The new record is going to be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records permits you to have better control over your domain addresses and site content and our system is simple and intuitive enough to allow individuals with no previous experience to create such records effortlessly.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

You'll be able to set up, change and delete CNAME records really easy with all of our semi-dedicated server plans. The accounts are controlled through the custom Hepsia hosting CP, and in one of its sections you will see all records for any domain name or subdomain that you have added in your account. To set up a new record, you just need to choose the hostname that will be forwarded (domain/subdomain), enter where it will be forwarded to, choose the record type, which will be CNAME in this case, and you're going to be all set. Even when you have never used a web hosting service before, our CP is quite easy to use, so you will not have any troubles. We also have a short video and a detailed help article on how to set up a CNAME record, both of which can be found in the same section of Hepsia. With this feature, you could easily use a domain name hosted on our groundbreaking cloud hosting platform for a website created somewhere else, set up a custom webmail login address with any of your domains, and more.