Setting up a CNAME record for any one of the domain names or subdomains that you've got in the hosting account will allow you to point it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded domain will lose all its records - A, MX etc, and will take the records of the domain it's being pointed to. In this light, you simply can't set up a CNAME record to point your domain to a third-party provider and maintain a working e-mail service with the first provider. Additionally, it is very important to know that a CNAME record is always a string of words and never a number because it is regularly mistaken for the A record of the domain name being forwarded. One of the main uses of a CNAME record is to direct a domain name you own through one company to the servers of some other company assuming you have set up a site with the latter. This way, the site will appear under your own domain name, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party provider.
CNAME Records in Cloud Web Hosting
The Hepsia hosting CP, which we offer with each and every Linux cloud web hosting, will permit you to set up CNAME records for every single domain or subdomain hosted inside the account with several clicks. If you are not confident how to go about it, you can check out the video tutorial that is available inside the CP, read the in depth Help article on the subject, or you can simply contact us and we can help you 24/7, though it is not likely that you'll experience any difficulties as all it takes to set up a new CNAME record is to pick a domain/subdomain, input the hostname you are forwarding to, and save the change. The new record will be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records permits you to have better control over your domain addresses and website content and our system is simple and user-friendly enough to allow people who have no previous experience to create this sort of records easily.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Managing DNS records usually appears to be a challenging task to the people with less experience, but the Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with each Linux semi-dedicated hosting we offer, is extremely simple to use. If you need to set up a CNAME record for any purpose, all you have to do will be to pick the domain address or subdomain you need, choose the type of record, that will be CNAME in this case, then enter the value i.e. the domain address or subdomain you are forwarding to. The procedure is very simple and you can create the record in the DNS Records section of the CP. Within the hour the new record will be completely active and within a couple of hours it is going to propagate all over the world. If you're not sure what you have to 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 are both located within that same section of Hepsia. Needless to say, you can also get in touch with us for help anytime.