Setting up a CNAME record for each of the domain names or subdomains that you have in the hosting account will enable you to direct it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded domain name will lose all of its records - A, MX and so on, and will take the records of the domain it's being directed to. In this light, you cannot set up a CNAME record to direct your domain name to a third-party provider and maintain a working email service with the first hosting company. Additionally, it is important to note that a CNAME record is always a string of words and never a number as it's frequently confused with the A record of the domain name being forwarded. One of the primary uses of a CNAME record is to direct a domain you own through one provider to the servers of some other company in case you have set up an Internet site with the latter. 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 from our company and you wish to set up a CNAME record, it'll take you just a few mouse clicks to get it done. You can access the DNS records for all domain names and subdomains hosted in your account through the Hepsia CP offered with each and every plan and adding a new record is as simple as clicking on a button, choosing the type, which is CNAME in this case, entering the actual record value and saving the modification. If you've never added this type of record before, you will discover a Help section with a detailed video tutorial that you can watch, or you can simply contact us and we'll help you with this task. If you have created an Internet site via another company, you want to use a private URL for your webmail or you wish to designate a subdomain to be used with the services of a different provider, like Google Apps, all it takes is creating a CNAME record with a few mouse clicks within your Control Panel.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
If you have a semi-dedicated server through our company and you wish to create a CNAME record, it will take just a couple of clicks to complete this task. The plans are managed using our in-house built Hepsia hosting CP in which you will discover a section committed to the DNS records of the domains and subdomains hosted inside the account. To create a CNAME record, you'll simply have to select the record type and the hostname (domain or subdomain), input where the latter will be pointed to and save the modification. The new record will be active almost immediately in our system and will propagate worldwide within a few hours. Changing or deleting an existing CNAME record inside the account is equally simple and easy and takes a click. In the event you experience any problems, you can go through our detailed help article, watch the short video on the subject that we have added in the CP, or you can just contact us for help.