If you wish to direct a domain name that you have to another domain address or subdomain, one way to do that would be to use a CNAME record. By setting up such a record, the domain being pointed loses all of its records (A, MX, and so forth) and instead, it takes the A record of the Internet domain it is forwarded to. In this way, if you use a web design service by some provider that gives you a subdomain, you can use an actual domain and not only will it be forwarded to the Internet site that you've created, but it'll also appear in the browser address bar at all times. Alternative possible uses of a CNAME record are to direct all the traffic from different subdomains to their main domain name, or to use the webmail service of your hosting company by using webmail.your-doman.com, for example. The latter will work only by setting up a CNAME record for a subdomain due to the fact that such a record set up for the main domain name makes it impossible to use e-mail addresses.

CNAME Records in Cloud Web Hosting

Creating a CNAME record with our Linux cloud web hosting is quite simple. Our in-house built Hepsia CP has a section committed to the DNS records of your domain addresses, so you can set up a new CNAME record for any domain or subdomain hosted in your account in just a few easy steps. You'll find a video tutorial inside the same section in which you can see the process first-hand. This feature offers you various options - if you create a company website on our end, for instance, the employees can use their e-mails with the company domain address, not with the address of our mail server. If you want to create an Internet site through a different provider that offers online web design services, you can easily redirect a domain address hosted here and use it for the site. Last, but not least, if you have a web-based store and you have a billing system for http://your-domain.com and/or an SSL certificate, you'll be able to set up a CNAME record for the www subdomain and direct it to the main domain name, so all your visitors will be forwarded to a secure URL.