Addon Domains

Overview

Addon domains allow you to control multiple domains from a single account. An addon domain links a new domain name to a subdirectory of your account's public_html (document root) directory, and then stores its files in that subdirectory.

Create an addon domain

To create an addon domain, perform the following steps:

1. Enter the new addon domain's name in theNew Domain Name text box.
2. Enter the directory that you wish to contain the addon domain’s files in the document roottext box.
3. Enter and confirm the new password in the appropriate text boxes.
4. Click Add Domain.
5. To add files to the addon domain’s home directory, click File Manager.

Modify Addon Domain

Modify the document root for an addon domain

To modify the document root for an addon domain, perform the following steps:

1. Click the notepad icon () next to the addon domain that you wish to manage.
2. Enter the new file path to the addon domain's document root in the available text box.
3. Click Change.

Enable or disable addon domain redirection

To disable or enable redirection of an addon domain, perform the following steps:

1. Click the Manage Redirection link next to the addon domain that you wish to manage.
2. To redirect the domain, enter the link to which you wish to redirect the addon domain in the available text box.
3. Click Save.

• To disable the redirect, click Disable Redirection.

Remove an addon domain

To remove an addon domain, perform the following steps:

1. Click the Removelink next the addon domain that you wish to remove.
2. Click Yes.

Email accounts in addon domains

You can create email accounts for addon domains. To learn how to set up an email account for an addon domain, read our Email Accountsdocumentation.

When you remove the addon domain, its email accounts will no longer appear in the cPanel interface. However, the contents for this email account still exist in the home/username/mail directory.

• If you add the domain back to the same account as the primary domain, an addon domain, or a parked domain, the email accounts reappear in the cPanel interface.
• If you move the domain to a different account, you mustadd the email accounts manually and move the contents of the email account manually. The email accounts must follow the same name and domain format that they previously followed.

Search addon domains

To search the list of addon domains, perform the following steps:

1. Enter the search criteria into the Search
2. Click Go.

The interface lists results that match your search criteria.

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