CNAME Records

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Setting up a CNAME record for any one of the domain addresses or subdomains you have in the hosting account allows you to redirect it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded domain name will lose all its records - A, MX and so forth, and will take the records of the Internet domain it's being redirected to. In this light, you can't set up a CNAME record to direct your domain name to a third-party provider and maintain a functional email 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 because it is frequently wrongly identified as the A record of the domain being redirected. One of the primary uses of a CNAME record is to point a domain name you own through one company to the servers of some other company in case you have created an Internet site with the latter. This way, the Internet site will appear under your own domain name, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party company.

CNAME Records in Cloud Website Hosting

The Hepsia hosting CP, which we provide with each and every Linux cloud website hosting plan, will allow you to set up CNAME records for every domain address or subdomain hosted in the account with only a few mouse clicks. If you aren't certain how to go about it, you can check the video tutorial that is available in the CP, read the in depth Help article on the subject, or just simply contact us and we can help you 24/7, even though it is not likely you'll experience any troubles as all it takes to create a new CNAME record is to pick a domain/subdomain, type the hostname that you're redirecting to, and save the modification. The new record will be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records enables you to have better control of your domain names and website content and our system is simple and user-friendly enough to allow individuals with no previous experience to set up such records easily.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Managing DNS records usually appears to be a challenging task to those with less experience, but the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with each and every Linux semi-dedicated plan that we provide, is quite easy to use. If you wish to set up a CNAME record for any purpose, all that you need to do will be to pick the domain or subdomain you need, choose the type of record, that will be CNAME in this case, then input the value i.e. the domain name or subdomain you are forwarding to. The procedure is very easy and you can create the record in the DNS Records section of the Control Panel. Within the hour the new record will be completely active and within a couple of hours it's going to propagate around the world. If you're not sure what you need to do, we've prepared a comprehensive help article and a short video tutorial concerning how to go about creating a CNAME record and they're both situated in that same section of Hepsia. Naturally, you can also get in touch with us for assistance anytime.