Is it possible to have the root domain on one web hosting and a sub-domain on another?

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I have a shared web-hosting with CompanyA and another shared hosting with CompanyB. I own one domain called example.com. I want to host example.com on CompanyA and sub.example.com on CompanyB. Is this possible? I am using cloudflare as my DNS.

If it is possible, how can I do this on cloudflare? A little confused as I have shared hosting and not a VPS

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 08 '20 at 22:44

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Yes, this is possible. You would set the A record in DNS for example.com to resolve to the IP address of company A, and create another A record for sub.example.com with the IP address for company B.

answered Oct 08 '20 at 22:44

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I tried this and when I visit `sub.example.com` it says SSL handshake failed – Paul Oct 08 '20 at 23:51
@Paul then perhaps sub.example.com does not have a correct ssl certificate for sub.example.com? – Hagen von Eitzen Oct 09 '20 at 00:44
@HagenvonEitzen Making SSL flexible in cloudflare fixed it – Paul Oct 09 '20 at 00:56
Please do not forget to accept the answer if it helped you. – Daniel Oct 12 '20 at 07:02

Is it possible to have the root domain on one web hosting and a sub-domain on another?

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