If you want to forward a domain that you have to some other domain or subdomain, one of the ways to do this would be to use a CNAME record. By setting up such a record, the domain name being redirected loses all of its records (A, MX, etc) and instead, it takes the A record of the domain it is directed to. That way, if you use a web design service by some provider that gives you a subdomain, you can use an actual domain name and not only will it be pointed to the Internet site that you've set up, but it'll also be displayed in the browser address bar at all times. Alternative possible uses of a CNAME record are to forward all the targeted traffic from various subdomains to their main domain, or to use the webmail service of your hosting company by using webmail.your-doman.com, for instance. The latter will work only by creating a CNAME record for a subdomain because this type of a record set up for the main domain address makes it impossible to use email addresses.

CNAME Records in Cloud Hosting

You can easily set up CNAME records provided you have a Linux cloud hosting package with our company. We'll provide you with an easy-to-use CP where you could see all DNS records for the domains and subdomains that are hosted within the account. Creating a CNAME record includes a number of basic steps - choose the domain/subdomain, choose CNAME as the type, type in the hostname you are pointing to, and then just click the Save button. The process is as simple as that and the new record is going to be active almost right away. That way, you'll have more control over your domains and subdomains and over the content they open, you can create a private URL for company e-mails, and a lot more. If you feel unclear about how to create a new record or you have never done such a task, you will find a short video tutorial where you could see the whole process first-hand. If you want to change 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.