How to set up Domain Aliases in cPanel?
In earlier versions of cPanel, aliases are called Parked Domains. Parked Domains or Domain Aliases share the same document root. Suppose you have a website abc.com (Parent Domain / Primary Domain) and for which you set up aliases as xyz.com; if you browse xyz.com in the browser, all the content of abc.com will be displayed without changing the URL.
Adding Domain Aliases
1. Log in to cPanel using Username & Password. i.e; (https://yourdomain.com:2083 or https://yourdomain.com/cpanel)
2. Navigate to Domains → Aliases.
3. Enter a domain name in the “Create a New Alias” field.
4. To finalize the addition of Alias → Click on “Add Domain“.
5. Congratulations! You have successfully configured Domain Alias.
Redirecting Domain Aliases
1. Log in to cPanel using Username & Password. i.e; (https://yourdomain.com:2083 or https://yourdomain.com/cpanel)
2. Navigate to Domains → Aliases.
3. Navigate to “Remove Aliases“, where you can find all the lists of added Aliases.
4. Now setup redirection clicks on “Manage Redirection” beside specific Domain Alias.
5. Now, enter the URL to which you would like to redirect selected Domain Alias.
6. Now, to confirm the domain alias redirection → click on “Save“.
7. Congratulations! You have successfully setup Alias redirection.
Removing Domain Aliases
1. Log in to cPanel using Username & Password. i.e; (https://yourdomain.com:2083 or https://yourdomain.com/cpanel)
2. Navigate to Domains → Aliases.
3. Navigate to “Remove Aliases“, where you can find all the lists of added Aliases.
4. Navigate to a specific Domain Alias → Click on “Remove“.
5. On the confirmation screen again, click on “Delete Alias“.
Conclusion
Now that we’ve gone over how to configure domain aliases, set up redirection for domain alias, and remove/delete domain alias in cPanel. You should perform actions as per described step-by-step instructions to create/remove/redirect domain alias in cPanel. We hope that our “How to set up Domain Aliases in cPanel” guide has been informational for you.
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