There are many ways to point a domain to a different domain or subdomain and one of them is by creating a CNAME record. When you own a domain and you've created a site through some on-line service which provides you with a service subdomain, you can easily link the two by creating a CNAME record for your-domain.com that points to subdomain.provider.com. What you will achieve by doing this is that www.your-domain.com will be in the browser address bar while it opens the already mentioned site from the servers of the third-party company. It is essential to know that if you create a CNAME record, any other records your domain address may have will stop working, so you cannot have both a CNAME record directing to one provider and working e-mail address with another. The CNAME record is always an alpha string, not a number, and in some cases further configuration may be needed with the other provider.

CNAME Records in Cloud Hosting

You can easily create CNAME records in case you have a Linux cloud hosting through our company. We will provide you with an easy-to-use CP that enables you to view all DNS records for the domain addresses and subdomains that are hosted within the account. Setting up a CNAME record includes a number of easy steps - pick the domain/subdomain, pick CNAME as the type, type in the hostname you are redirecting to, then simply click on the Save button. The procedure is as simple as that and the new record will be active almost immediately. That way, you're going to have more control over your domains and subdomains and over the content they open, you can set up a private URL for company e-mails, and more. If you feel unsure about how to create a new record or you have never done such a task, you will find a short video tutorial where you can see the whole process first-hand. If you choose to change or delete an existing CNAME record created for a domain/subdomain hosted on our end, it will take you literally only a click to get it done.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Managing DNS records usually appears to be a challenging task to people with less experience, but the Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with every Linux semi-dedicated hosting that we offer, is quite easy to use. If you need to set up a CNAME record for any purpose, all that you have to do will be to pick the domain name or subdomain you need, select the type of record, which will be CNAME in this case, then input the value i.e. the domain or subdomain you are forwarding to. The process is quite simple and you can create the record in the DNS Records section of the CP. Within the hour the new record is going to be fully active and within several hours it'll propagate around the globe. If you are not sure what you have to do, we have prepared a comprehensive help article and a short video tutorial on how to go about creating a CNAME record and they are both located within that same section of Hepsia. Of course, you can also get in touch with us for assistance at any moment.