Adding Or Deleting CNAME Records On BigRock

Adding Or Deleting CNAME Records On BigRock

BigRock, just like other web hosting service providers, has the option to manage domains. With this comes the ability to add or delete CNAME records. CNAME or Canonical Name acts as pointer towards the IP address. This allows visitors to the website to access the site with the CNAME records and not have to to access the website through Internet Protocol (IP) address. IP addresses are a bunch of numbers that are very difficult to remember, and this makes it very inconvenient for those who wanted to access the website. That is why the CNAME records are so beneficial for visitors trying to find your website or blog.  In this article, we will show you provide the process for adding or deleting CNAME records on BigRock.

Related reading:  Be sure to check our our BigRock Review for more information on BigRock web hosting.

Adding Or Deleting CNAME Records On BigRock

Adding Or Deleting CNAME Records On BigRock

The following steps below will walk you through the process of adding or deleting CNAME records on BigRock web hosting:

Adding CNAME Record On BigRock

Before you could modify or delete any CNAME record you have you will need to have a CNAME record in the firstplace so let us learn first how to add a CNAME record. To be be able to add CNAME record follow the steps below:

STEP 1: Open a browser and go to the URL of the login page to your BigRock account and input the credentials.

Step1 BigRock Login 

STEP 2: After you managed to successfully login, the page should redirect you to the main page where you get to see the “List of Orders” which is the list of domains that you have purchased from BigRock. Choose the domain you would like to modify the CNAME records with and click on the link of the chosen domain.

Step2 List Of Orders

STEP 3: Once you chosen the domain you wish to modify the CNAME records with. A menu tab should load and look for the “DNS Management” section and look for the “Manage DNS” and open it.

Step3 DNS Management 

STEP 4: An entire page should load after opening Manage DNS which there are variety of DNS related buttons from above to filter for, find the “CNAME Records” and click it.

After clicking the “CNAME Records” you shall find a page with the “List if CNAME Records” and you should be able to see a new button called “Add CNAME Record”.

Step4 Find CNAME Record

STEP 5: Once you are ready to add a new CNAME record click on the “Add CNAME Record” and it should redirect you to new page.

Input the necessary information in order to create a new CNAME record from the text field given to you.

Note: In the “Value” textfield you will find two radio buttons click on the bottom one and input the information you need there. And the page should automatically give a TTL  value so do not alter it.

Step5 Add CNAME Record

After you are done click on the “Add Record” and you should be done. You have now managed to add a new CNAME record for BigRock.

Deleting CNAME Record On BigRock

Now that we learned how to add a CNAME record on BigRock let us learn how to delete CNAME record for whatever the reason you may have. Follow the steps below.

STEP 1: Open a browser and go to the URL of the login page to your BigRock account and input the credentials.

Step1 BigRock Login 

STEP 2: After you managed to successfully login, the page should redirect you to the main page where you get to see the “List of Orders” which is the list of domains that you have purchased from BigRock. Choose the domain you would like to modify the CNAME records with and click on the link of the chosen domain.

Step2 List Of Orders

STEP 3: Once you chosen the domain you wish to modify the CNAME records with. A menu tab should load and look for the “DNS Management” section and look for the “Manage DNS” and open it.

Step3 DNS Management

STEP 4: An entire page should load after opening Manage DNS which there are variety of DNS related buttons from above to filter for, find the “CNAME Records” and click it.

Step4 Find CNAME Record

STEP 5: Click on the desired CNAME you’d like to delete, to do so click on the link of it from the “List of CNAME Records” under the name and it should redirect you the page just like the image below.

Step5 Delete CNAME Record

From here find the “Delete Record” button and click it. And wait for the server to process the request and we are done. We have also now managed to delete a CNAME record.

Summary

We hope this article on adding or deleting CNAME records on BigRock has been helpful. This is not something you will have to do a lot. Once you have this completed, you shouldn’t have to worry about it anymore (unless you want to add another CNAME record on your web hosting account. If you have any questions, please be sure to leave us a comment below.

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Ryan Jacob

Ryan Jacob has 9 years of rich experience in Integrated Marketing Communications and Server Management. He has lead teams of professionals in his career and built online and offline reputation of organizations.

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