If you wish to point a domain that you have to some other domain or subdomain, one way to do that would be to use a CNAME record. By setting up such a record, the domain being forwarded loses all its records (A, MX, and so on) and instead, it takes the A record of the domain it is redirected to. This way, if you use a web design service by some company that gives you a subdomain, you can use an actual domain and not only will it be pointed to the Internet site you have set up, but it'll also be displayed in the web browser address bar at all times. Some other possible uses of a CNAME record are to redirect all of the traffic from different subdomains to their main domain, or to use the webmail service of your hosting provider by using webmail.your-doman.com, for instance. The latter will work only by creating a CNAME record for a subdomain since this type of a record set up for the main domain renders it impossible to use email addresses.

CNAME Records in Cloud Hosting

In case you have a cloud hosting plan through our company and you would like to create a CNAME record, it will take you only a few mouse clicks to make it happen. You can access the DNS records for all domain names and subdomains hosted inside your account from the Hepsia Control Panel included with each plan and adding a new record is as basic as clicking on a button, selecting the type, which will be CNAME in this case, entering the actual record value and saving the change. In case you have never added this sort of record before, we have a Help section with a detailed video tutorial that you can watch, or you can simply contact us and we will assist you with this task. If you have set up an Internet site using another provider, you want to use a private URL for your webmail or you want to designate a subdomain for use with the services of a different provider, for example Google Apps, all it takes is creating a CNAME record with a few mouse clicks in your Control Panel.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

You'll be able to create, modify and delete CNAME records easily with all of our semi-dedicated server plans. The accounts are handled via the custom Hepsia hosting Control Panel, and in one of its sections you'll see all records for every domain name or subdomain that you have added in your account. To set up a new record, you just have to choose the hostname which will be forwarded (domain/subdomain), input where it is going to be forwarded to, select the record type, which will be CNAME in this case, and you're going to be all set. Even if you haven't used a web hosting service before, our CP is incredibly easy to use, so you'll not have any issues. We also have a short video and an in-depth help article on how to set up a CNAME record, both of which are located in the same section of Hepsia. With this function, you could easily use a domain address hosted on our cutting edge cloud hosting platform for an Internet site created elsewhere, set up a custom webmail login address with any of your domain names, and more.