Setting up a CNAME record for any one of the domains or subdomains that you've got within a hosting account allows you to point it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded domain name will lose all of its records - A, MX etc, and will take the records of the domain it is being redirected to. In this light, you cannot create a CNAME record to point your domain name to a third-party provider and maintain a functional email service with the first hosting provider. Also, it is essential to know that a CNAME record is always a string of words and never a number as it's regularly wrongly identified as the A record of the domain being redirected. One of the major uses of a CNAME record is to point a domain name which you own through one provider to the servers of another company when you have set up a website with the latter. In this way, the Internet 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 cloud plan, will enable you to set up CNAME records for every domain address or subdomain hosted in the account with several clicks. If you're not absolutely sure how to go about it, you can check out the video tutorial that's available within the Control Panel, read the in depth Help article on the subject, or simply contact us and we will help you 24/7, though it is not likely that you will experience any difficulties as all it takes to set up a new CNAME record is to pick a domain/subdomain, enter the hostname that you're redirecting to, and save the modification. The new record will be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records enables you to have better control over your domain addresses and website content and our system is simple and intuitive enough to allow people who have no previous experience to set up such records easily.