Setting up a CNAME record for each of the domain addresses or subdomains that you've got in a hosting account allows you to point it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded Internet domain will lose all its records - A, MX etc, and will take the records of the domain address it's being pointed to. In this light, you simply can't set up a CNAME record to direct your domain to a third-party provider and retain a functional e-mail service with the first hosting provider. Also, it is essential to know that a CNAME record is always a string of words and not a number as it is regularly confused with the A record of the domain name being redirected. One of the primary uses of a CNAME record is to direct a domain that you own through one provider to the servers of another company in case you have set up an Internet site with the latter. In this way, the Internet site will appear under your own domain, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party provider.

CNAME Records in Shared Hosting

You can effortlessly set up CNAME records if you have a shared hosting service through our company. We will provide you with an easy-to-use CP which allows you to see all DNS records for the domains and subdomains that are hosted in the account. Creating a CNAME record involves a few simple steps - choose the domain/subdomain, choose CNAME as the type, type in the hostname you are pointing to, then simply click the Save button. The procedure is as elementary as that and the new record is going to be active almost instantly. That way, you will have more control over your domain addresses and subdomains and over the content they open, you can create a private URL for company emails, and more. If you feel unsure about how to create a new record or you have never done such a task, you will find there's a short video tutorial in which 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 will take you literally simply a click to do it.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Managing DNS records usually seems to be a tough task to those with less experience, but the Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with every semi-dedicated server we offer, is very simple to use. If you need to create a CNAME record for any purpose, all that you 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 input the value i.e. the domain address or subdomain you are forwarding to. The process is quite easy and you can set up the record in the DNS Records section of the CP. Within the hour the new record will be fully active and within a couple of hours it's going to propagate around the world. If you're not sure what you should do, we have prepared a detailed help article and a short video tutorial concerning how to go about creating a CNAME record and they're both located in that very same section of Hepsia. Of course, you can also get in touch with us for assistance anytime.