Creating a CNAME record for any of the domain addresses or subdomains you have within a hosting account will enable you to redirect it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded domain will lose all of its records - A, MX and so on, and will take the records of the Internet domain it's being redirected to. In this light, you cannot set up a CNAME record to direct your domain to a third-party provider and retain a functional email service with the first hosting provider. It is also very important to know that a CNAME record is always a string of words rather than a number because it is commonly mistaken for the A record of the Internet domain being redirected. One of the main uses of a CNAME record is to point a domain name which you own through one company to the servers of another provider if you have set up a website with the latter. In this way, the site will appear under your own domain, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party company.

CNAME Records in Shared Hosting

The Hepsia hosting CP, which we offer with each and every Linux shared hosting, will allow you to set up CNAME records for any domain address or subdomain hosted inside the account with just a few clicks. If you're not certain how to go about it, you can check out the video tutorial that is available inside the Control Panel, read the in depth Help article on the subject, or just simply contact us and we can help you 24/7, though it is unlikely you'll experience any issues as all it takes to create a new CNAME record is to choose a domain/subdomain, type the hostname you're forwarding to, and save the modification. The new record is going to be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records allows you to have better control of your domains and website content and our system is simple and user-friendly enough to allow people who have no previous experience to create this kind of records effortlessly.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

You're going to be able to set up, modify and delete CNAME records very easy with all of our semi-dedicated server plans. The accounts are managed using the custom Hepsia hosting CP, and in one of its sections you'll see all records for any domain or subdomain that you have added in your account. To set up a new record, you simply have to select the hostname that'll be forwarded (domain/subdomain), type in where it is going to be forwarded to, select the record type, that will be CNAME in this case, and you're going to be ready. Even if you haven't used a web hosting service before, our Control Panel is incredibly easy to use, so you will not have any troubles. We also have a short video and an in-depth help article on how to create a CNAME record, both of which could be found in the exact same section of Hepsia. With this function, you could easily use a domain name hosted on our innovative cloud hosting platform for a site created somewhere else, set up a custom webmail login address with any of your domain addresses, and much more.