Creating a subdomain in cPanel

 

 

Difficulty Level : Easy

Time Required : 10 min

 

A subdomain is an internet domain which is a part of a primary domain.  For example, example.com is a primary domain and buy.example.com is a subdomain.

While creating a subdomain in cPanel, the following details are required:

• Name of the subdomain
• The domain for which the subdomain is
• Location from its content will be loaded.

 

Note: Some subdomain names are reserved: mail, www, ftp, cpanel, whm, webmail, webdisk. You can use any name except these.

 

INSTRUCTIONS

 

1. Log into cPanel and click on the “Subdomains” icon.
2. In the “Subdomain” field, select the name of the subdomain you want to use. For example, if you choose the name “store”, you subdomain will look like “store.example.com” .
3. Next, select the desired domain you wish to create this subdomain for from the drop down menu to the right of the “Subdomain” field. You may create a subdomain for any addon, parked or subdomain that already exists in your cPanel.
4. When you click on the “Document Root” field, it should automatically populate with a cPanel suggested location from which the subdomain will load it’s content. For instance, if you chose “blog” as your new subdomain, then the “Document Root” field will populate with “/public_html/blog”. This means that the new subdomain will load it’s content from the folder named “blog” from within the “public_html” directory.
5. Once all three fields are set the way you prefer, simply click on the “Create” button to complete the creation of your new subdomain.

 

 

 

NOTE:

If a DNS zone file already exists for this domain on your account, you will receive a warning with the following options:

• Point to another server: This option will allow you to point the domain to a new server.
• Don’t modify DNS: This option will leave the DNS for this domain as it stands. Select this if you do not want to make any changes to DNS.