Setting up a CNAME record for any one of the domains or subdomains that you have within a hosting account allows you to direct it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded domain address will lose all of its records - A, MX etc, and will take the records of the domain address it's being pointed to. In this light, you cannot create a CNAME record to forward your domain to a third-party provider and keep a working e-mail service with the first hosting company. 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 major uses of a CNAME record is to forward a domain name you own through one provider to the servers of another provider assuming you have set up a site with the latter. This way, the website will appear under your own domain name, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party company.
CNAME Records in Cloud Hosting
The Hepsia hosting CP, which we offer with each and every Linux cloud hosting, allows you to set up CNAME records for every single domain name or subdomain hosted within the account with just a few mouse clicks. If you're not confident how to go about it, you can check the video tutorial that's available within the CP, read the comprehensive Help article on the subject, or you can simply contact us and we will help you 24/7, although it is not likely that you'll experience any troubles as all it takes to create a new CNAME record is to select a domain/subdomain, enter the hostname that you're pointing to, and save the change. The new record is going to be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records allows you to have better control of your domain names and site content and our system is simple and intuitive enough to allow people who have no previous experience to set up such records with ease.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Managing DNS records usually appears to be a tough task to people with less experience, but the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with each and every Linux semi-dedicated hosting we offer, is very simple to use. If you'd like to create a CNAME record for any purpose, all that you will need to do will be to choose the domain name 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 address or subdomain you are forwarding to. The process is very simple and you can create the record in the DNS Records section of the Control Panel. Within the hour the new record is going to be completely active and within a few hours it'll propagate all over the world. If you're not sure what you should do, we have prepared an in depth help article and a short video tutorial on how to go about creating a CNAME record and they're both situated in that same section of Hepsia. Needless to say, you can also get in touch with us for assistance anytime.