Creating a CNAME record for any of the domain addresses or subdomains that you've got in a hosting account will enable you to forward it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded domain name will lose all its records - A, MX etc, and will take the records of the Internet domain it's being directed to. In this light, you cannot create a CNAME record to redirect your domain to a third-party provider and keep a functional 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 and never a number as it's regularly confused with the A record of the domain address being redirected. One of the primary uses of a CNAME record is to point a domain name which you own through one provider to the servers of some other provider if you have set up a site with the latter. That way, the site 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 our company offers with each and every Linux cloud hosting, allows you to create CNAME records for every domain name or subdomain hosted within the account with just a few mouse clicks. If you are not certain how to go about it, you can check out the video tutorial that's available within the Control Panel, read the detailed Help article on the subject, or you can simply contact us and we can help you 24/7, even though it is unlikely that you will experience any difficulties as all it takes to create a new CNAME record is to pick a domain/subdomain, type the hostname you are pointing to, and save the modification. The new record is going to 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 individuals with no previous experience to create such records with ease.