If you wish to forward a domain name that you have to another domain address or subdomain, one of the ways to do this would be to use a CNAME record. By setting up such a record, the domain address being forwarded loses all its records (A, MX, etc) and instead, it takes the A record of the Internet domain it is redirected to. This way, if you are using a web design service by some company that gives you a subdomain, you can use an actual domain and not only will it be redirected to the Internet site you have set up, but it will also appear in the browser address bar at all times. Alternative possible uses of a CNAME record are to redirect all of the traffic from different subdomains to their main domain name, or to use the webmail service of your hosting provider by using webmail.your-doman.com, for example. The latter will work only by setting up a CNAME record for a subdomain due to the fact that this kind of a record created for the main domain makes it impossible to use email addresses.

CNAME Records in Cloud Hosting

In case you have a cloud hosting plan from our company and you would like to set up a CNAME record, it will take you just a few mouse clicks to get it done. You can access the DNS records for all domain names and subdomains hosted within your account from the Hepsia Control Panel included with each plan and adding a new record is as simple as clicking on a button, picking out the type, which will be CNAME in this case, inputting the actual record value and saving the change. If you have never added such a record before, you will find a Help section with a detailed video tutorial which you can watch, or you can simply contact us and we'll assist you with this task. If you have set up a site using another company, you want to use a private URL for your webmail or you wish to designate a subdomain for use with the services of a different company, such as Google Apps, all it takes is setting up a CNAME record with a couple of mouse clicks in your CP.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Managing DNS records usually appears to be a difficult task to people with less experience, but the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with every single Linux semi-dedicated service which we provide, is quite easy to use. If you wish to set up a CNAME record for any purpose, all that you will need to do will be to choose the domain or subdomain you need, choose the type of record, that 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 quite 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 100 % active and within several hours it's going to propagate all over the world. If you aren't sure what you should do, we've prepared a detailed help article and a short video tutorial regarding how to go about creating a CNAME record and they're both located within that same section of Hepsia. Of course, you can also get in touch with us for assistance whenever you want.