There are several ways to redirect a domain name to an alternative domain or subdomain and one of them is by setting up a CNAME record. In case you own a domain and you've created a website using some on-line service that provides you with a service subdomain, you can easily link the two by setting up a CNAME record for your-domain.com that points to subdomain.provider.com. What you'll achieve as a result is that www.your-domain.com will be in the browser address bar while it opens the already mentioned Internet site from the servers of the third-party company. You should know that if you create a CNAME record, any other records your domain name may have will stop functioning, so you can't have both a CNAME record pointing to one provider and functioning e-mail address with a different one. The CNAME record is always an alpha string, not a number, and often additional configuration may be needed with the other provider.

CNAME Records in Cloud Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which we offer with each and every Linux cloud hosting, will permit you to set up CNAME records for any domain or subdomain hosted within the account with several clicks. If you are not certain how to go about it, you can check out the video tutorial that is available in the CP, read the in depth Help article on the subject, or you can simply contact us and we can assist you 24/7, even though it is not likely that you'll experience any troubles as all it takes to create a new CNAME record is to choose a domain/subdomain, type the hostname you are redirecting to, and save the change. The new record will be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records allows you to have better control over your domain names and site content and our system is simple and user-friendly enough to allow people who have no previous experience to create such records with ease.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Managing DNS records usually appears to be a tough task to the people with less experience, but the Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with each Linux semi-dedicated hosting we provide, is very simple to use. If you wish to set up a CNAME record for any purpose, all that you have to do will be to choose the domain name or subdomain that you need, choose the type of record, that will be CNAME in this case, then input the value i.e. the domain name or subdomain you are forwarding to. The procedure is quite simple and you can set up the record in the DNS Records section of the Control Panel. Within the hour the new record is going to be fully active and within a couple of hours it will propagate around the world. If you're not sure what you should do, we've prepared a detailed help article and a short video tutorial on how to go about creating a CNAME record and they are both located within that very same section of Hepsia. Needless to say, you can also get in touch with us for help anytime.