There are lots of ways to redirect a domain address to another domain or subdomain and one of them is by creating a CNAME record. In case you own a domain and you've set up a site through some on-line service which supplies you with a service subdomain, you can easily link the two by creating a CNAME record for your-domain.com that points to subdomain.provider.com. What you will achieve with this is that www.your-domain.com is going to be in the browser address bar while it opens the already mentioned website from the servers of the third-party company. It is important to know that if you set up a CNAME record, any other records your domain may have will stop functioning, so you cannot have both a CNAME record directing to one company and working email addresses with a different one. The CNAME record is always an alpha string, not a number, and frequently additional configuration may be required with the other provider.
CNAME Records in Cloud Hosting
You can easily create CNAME records provided you have a Linux cloud service from our company. We'll provide you with an easy-to-use CP where you could view all DNS records for the domains and subdomains that are hosted in the account. Setting up a CNAME record requires a few basic steps - choose the domain/subdomain, choose CNAME as the type, enter the hostname you are forwarding to, then just click the Save button. The procedure is as elementary as that and the new record will be active almost immediately. That way, you're going to have more control over your domain names and subdomains and over the content they open, you can create a private URL for company emails, and much more. If you feel unsure about how to set up a new record or you have never done such a task, you will find a short video tutorial where you can see the whole process first-hand. If you decide to modify or delete an existing CNAME record created for a domain/subdomain hosted on our end, it'll take you literally just a mouse click to do it.
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 semi-dedicated server that we provide, is very easy to use. If you'd like to create a CNAME record for any purpose, all you have to do will be to select the domain address or subdomain you need, choose the type of record, that will be CNAME in this case, then input the value i.e. the domain address or subdomain you are forwarding to. The process is very simple and you can create the record in the DNS Records section of the CP. Within the hour the new record is going to be completely active and within a couple of hours it'll propagate worldwide. If you aren't sure what you need to do, we've prepared an in depth help article and a short video tutorial regarding how to go about creating a CNAME record and they're both located in that same section of Hepsia. Of course, you can also get in touch with us for assistance at any time.