Overview
How to manage Add-on Domains in cPanel with this article, you will get to know more about Add-on domains allow you to control multiple domains from a single account. An add-on domain links a new domain name to a directory in your account and then stores its files in that directory.
Create an add-on domain
in the first part of how to manage Add-on Domains in cPanel, you will learn how to create an add-on domain
- Log in to your cPanel account.
- The Control Panel home page will appear, at the Domain menu, click on the Add-on Domains icon.
- Enter the new add-on domain's name in the New Domain Name text box. When you enter the domain name, cPanel automatically populates the Subdomain and Document Root text boxes.
- To create multiple add-on domains with the same username and different extensions (for example,
example.com
andexample.net
), manually enter a unique username in the Subdomain text box. -
To choose a document root other than the automatically populated value, manually enter the directory name in the Document Root text box.
Create an FTP account associated with the Add-on domain
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- cPanel automatically populates the FTP Username text box. To select a different FTP account username, manually enter the desired username.
- Enter and confirm the new password in the appropriate text boxes.To create an FTP account for the new add-on domain, select the Create an FTP account associated with this Add-on Domain checkbox.
If you select this checkbox, additional settings will appear:
- Click Add Domain.
To add files to the add-on domain’s home directory, click File Manager.
When you create an add-on domain in the cPanel interface, the system automatically creates a subdomain. To alter or delete the subdomain after you create it, you may alter or delete the information that the add-on domain's website displays.
Also, when you create an add-on domain, parked domain, subdomain, or main domain, the system will attempt to automatically secure that domain with the best-available existing certificate.
Search add-on domains
To search the list of add-on domains, do the following steps:
- Enter the search criteria into the Search box.
- Click Go.
The interface lists results that match your search criteria.
Enable or disable add-on domain redirection
To disable or enable redirection of an add-on domain, perform the following steps:
- Click Manage Redirection for the add-on domain that you wish to manage.
- To redirect the domain, enter the link to which you wish to redirect the add-on domain.
- Click Save, or, to disable the redirection, click Disable Redirection.
Remove an add-on domain
To remove an add-on domain, perform the following steps:
- Click Remove for the add-on domain that you wish to remove.
- Click Yes.