Setting up a CNAME record for any of the domain names or subdomains you have within a hosting account will permit you to forward 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 address it's being directed to. In this light, you simply can't create a CNAME record to direct your domain to a third-party provider and retain a working email service with the first hosting provider. Additionally, it is important to note that a CNAME record is always a string of words and not a number because it is frequently confused with the A record of the domain address being forwarded. One of the primary uses of a CNAME record is to direct a domain address that you own through one company to the servers of another provider assuming you have set up an Internet site with the latter. In this way, the website will appear under your own domain name, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party provider.

CNAME Records in Cloud Hosting

In case you have a cloud hosting plan through our company and you wish to set up a CNAME record, it will take you only a few mouse clicks to make it happen. You can access the DNS records for all domain addresses and subdomains hosted inside your account from the Hepsia CP included with every single plan and adding a new record is as simple as clicking on a button, selecting the type, which is CNAME in this case, entering the actual record value and saving the modification. In case you have never added this sort of record before, you will discover a Help section with a detailed video tutorial which you can watch, or you can just contact us and we will aid you with this task. If you have created an Internet site via another provider, you want to use a private URL for your webmail or you want to designate a subdomain to be used with the services of a different company, for instance Google Apps, all it takes is creating a CNAME record with a few mouse clicks in your CP.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Managing DNS records usually appears to be a tough task to the people with less experience, but the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with each and every semi-dedicated hosting that we provide, is extremely simple to use. If you wish to set up a CNAME record for any purpose, all you will need to do will be to select the domain or subdomain you need, select the type of record, which will be CNAME in this case, then type in the value i.e. the domain name or subdomain you are forwarding to. The procedure is very easy 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 100 % active and within several hours it'll propagate around the globe. If you're not sure what you need to 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 within that same section of Hepsia. Of course, you can also get in touch with us for assistance anytime.