There are several ways to point a domain to a different domain or subdomain and one of them is by setting up a CNAME record. In case you own a domain name and you have set up a website through some online service that provides you with a service subdomain, you can easily link the two by creating a CNAME record for your-domain.com that redirects to subdomain.provider.com. What you will achieve in this way is that www.your-domain.com is going to be in the Internet browser address bar while it opens the already mentioned site 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 working, so you cannot have both a CNAME record directing to one provider and functioning email addresses with another. The CNAME record is always an alpha string, not a number, and frequently additional configuration may be needed with the other provider.

CNAME Records in Cloud Hosting

The Hepsia hosting CP, which we offer with each and every Linux cloud package, will enable you to set up CNAME records for every domain address or subdomain hosted in the account with only a few mouse clicks. If you aren't certain how to go about it, you can check the video tutorial that is available in the Control Panel, read the comprehensive Help article on the subject, or just simply contact us and we can help you 24/7, though it is unlikely you'll experience any issues as all it takes to create a new CNAME record is to choose a domain/subdomain, input the hostname that you're pointing to, and save the modification. The new record will be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records allows 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 effortlessly.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with each of our semi-dedicated server accounts, allows you to create a CNAME record with ease. Whether you want to create a private URL for your emails, to forward a domain to a subdomain inside the account or to forward a domain name to another company and use some third-party service which they provide, it won't take you more than 3 mouse clicks to create such a record. All DNS records for the domain names and subdomains hosted in the semi-dedicated account are going to be listed in a separate section in the CP, so when you are there, all you will have to do will be to choose the type of the record that you want to create and the hostname for which you are creating it, and then type in the actual record text. For your benefit, you can watch a short video in the CP concerning how to create a CNAME record or you can refer to the instructions in the help article, that is available in the DNS records section.