This guide applies to the following versions of Parrallels Plesk Panel

  • Parallels Plesk Panel 11 for linux 
  • Parallels Plesk Panel 11 for Windows
  • Parallels Plesk Panel 11.5 for linux
  • Parallels Plesk Panel 11.5 for Windows
  • Parallels Plesk Panel 12 for linux 
  • Parallels Plesk Panel 12 for Windows

 

  1. Login to your Plesk control panel 
  2. Goto to Domains
  3. Choose the domain you want to change the DNS from the list provided 
  4. Click on the down arrow on the domains infomation panel
  5. Click on DNS settings 
  6. Click Add new record
  7. Choose CNAME from the drop down list 
  8. Fill in the Domain name for example mail.test.com
  9. Fill in the Hostname/canonical name of the server you want to point this to
  10. Click OK 
  11. Click update
  12. You have now modifed the DNS, Please allow upto 24 hours for this to take effect due to progation.