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How to create a subdomain in DirectAdmin?

DirectAdmin is a fully-featured control panel through which you can easily create/deploy web projects. Often for staging, testing purposes, you require to create a subdomain and if you have DirectAdmin hosting with KnownHost, then creating a subdomain is the work of just a few clicks. Let’s learn how to create a subdomain in DirectAdmin with just a few clicks!


How to create a Subdomain in DirectAdmin?

1. First, to login into DirectAdmin control panel visit, 

https://your-domain.com:2222 or https://IP-address:2222 or https://server-hostname:2222.

login-into-directadmin

2. Navigate to Account Manager → Subdomain Management.

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3. Enter the subdomain name → Click on ADD SUBDOMAIN.

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4. Congratulations! You have successfully added the subdomain in DirectAdmin.


How to delete a Subdomain in DirectAdmin?

1. First, to login into DirectAdmin control panel visit, 

https://your-domain.com:2222 or https://IP-address:2222 or https://server-hostname:2222.

login-into-directadmin

2. Navigate to Account Manager → Subdomain Management.

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3. Select Sub Domain → Click on Delete.


Conclusion

Now that we’ve gone over how to create a subdomain in DirectAdmin with step-by-step instructions. Using this article, you can add as well as delete the existing subdomain from DirectAdmin.

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