Creating a CNAME record for any one of the domain names or subdomains that you've got in 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 and so on, and will take the records of the domain address it is being directed to. In this light, you simply can't set up a CNAME record to redirect your domain to a third-party provider and maintain a working e-mail service with the first hosting company. It is also essential to know that a CNAME record is always a string of words rather than a number as it's often mistaken for the A record of the domain address being forwarded. One of the major uses of a CNAME record is to direct a domain address which you own through one provider to the servers of another provider assuming you have created a website with the latter. This way, the site will appear under your own domain address, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party provider.

CNAME Records in Cloud Web Hosting

You can easily create CNAME records in case you have a cloud web hosting through our company. We'll supply you with an easy-to-use Control Panel where you could observe all DNS records for the domains and subdomains that are hosted inside the account. Creating a CNAME record involves a few simple steps - select the domain/subdomain, choose CNAME as the type, type in the hostname you are pointing to, and then just click on the Save button. The procedure is as elementary as that and the new record is going to be active almost immediately. That way, you'll have more control over your domain addresses and subdomains and over the content they open, you can set up a private URL for company emails, and more. If you feel uncertain about how to set up 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 choose to edit or delete an existing CNAME record created for a domain/subdomain hosted on our end, it will take you literally simply a mouse click to do it.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

The Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with every single one of our semi-dedicated server accounts, allows you to create a CNAME record effortlessly. If you want to create a private URL for your e-mails, to point a domain name to a subdomain inside the account or to forward a domain address to another provider and use some third-party service that they provide, it won't take you more than three clicks to create this sort of record. All DNS records for the domain names and subdomains hosted within the semi-dedicated account are going to be listed in a separate section in the Control Panel, so when you are there, all that you will have to do will be to select the type of the record that you want to set up and the hostname for which you are creating it, and then input the actual record text. For your convenience, you can see a short video within the CP on how to set up a CNAME record or you can follow the instructions in the help article, that is available in the DNS records section.