How to create a domain / subdomain / alias in Plesk

Note: Some resellers / customers may not see these options in their control panel due to permission limitations defined in service plan / subscription settings. Visit this KB article for details.

• In Power User view:

  • Go to Websites & Domains and click Add Domain / Add Subdomain / Add Domain Alias.

• In Service Provider view:

  Note: To create a domain for a customer / reseller, go to Customers or Resellers > <customer / reseller_name> > Add Domain.

  • Domain

    Go to Domains and click Add Domain.
    In this way, creating a domain will also create a new subscription. This domain will be the main domain of this subscription.

    Go to Subscriptions > example.com and click Add Domain.
    In this way, a new domain will be created inside an existing subscription as an additional domain.

  • Subdomain

    Go to Domains and click Add Subdomain.

  • Domain Alias

    Go to Domains and click Add Domain Alias.

  
  
  
  

• Domain

  • To create a domain with a new subscription, use the plesk bin subscription utility. To learn more about this utility and its options, go to its documentation page - subscription for Linux / subscription.exe for Windows Server.

    Run the following command to show the help page:

    # plesk bin subscription --help

    Example
    The following command creates the domain example.com and a subscription of the same name for the Plesk customer John Doe whose login is john_doe, associated with the service plan Default Domain, assigned to the IP address 203.0.113.2, with the system user john and the password password:

    # plesk bin subscription --create example.com -owner john_doe -service-plan "Default Domain" -ip 203.0.113.2 -login john_doe -passwd "password"

  • To create an additional domain within a subscription, use the plesk bin site utility. To learn more about this utility and its options, go to its documentation page - site for Linux / site.exe for Windows Server.

    Run the following command to show the help page:

    # plesk bin site --help

    Example
    The following command creates the additional domain example.net under the subscription example.com with document root directory /example.net (Full path /var/www/vhosts/example.com/example.net):

    # plesk bin site --create example.net -webspace-name example.com -www-root /example.net

• Subdomain

  To create a subdomain, use the plesk bin subdomain utility. To learn more about this utility and its options, go to its documentation page - subdomain for Linux / subdomain.exe for Windows Server.

  Run the following command to show the help page:

  # plesk bin subdomain --help

  Example
  The following command creates the new subdomain subdomain.example.com for the main domain example.com with document root directory /subdomain.example.com (Full path /var/www/vhosts/example.com/subdomain.example.com):

  # plesk bin subdomain --create sub -domain example.com -www-root /subdomain.example.com

• Domain alias

  To create a domain alias, use the plesk bin domalias utility. To learn more about this utility and its options, go to its documentation page - domalias for Linux / domalias.exe for Windows Server.

  Run the following command to show the help page:

  # plesk bin domalias --help

  Example
  The following command creates the domain alias example.net for the domain example.com with default settings:

  # plesk bin domalias --create example.net -domain example.com

• Domain

  To learn how to create to create domains with a new subscription using Plesk XML API, visit this documentation page:

  • XML API Guide - Creating a Subscription

  Example
  The following command creates the domain example.com and a subscription of the same name, assigned to the IP address 203.0.113.2, with the system user john and the password password:

  CONFIG_TEXT: <packet>
    <webspace>
      <add>
        <gen_setup>
          <name>sample.com</name>
          <ip_address>203.0.113.2</ip_address>
        </gen_setup>
        <hosting>
          <vrt_hst>
            <property>
              <name>ftp_login</name>
              <value>john_doe</value>
            </property>
            <property>
              <name>ftp_password</name>
              <value>password</value>
            </property>
            <ip_address>203.0.113.2</ip_address>
          </vrt_hst>
        </hosting>
      </add>
    </webspace>
  </packet>

   

  To learn how to create additional domains withing a subscription using Plesk XML API, visit this documentation page:

  • XML API Guide - Creating a Site

  The following command creates the additional domain example.net under the subscription example.com, id of which is 3, with document root directory /example.net (Full path /var/www/vhosts/example.com/example.net):

  CONFIG_TEXT: <packet>
    <site>
      <add>
        <gen_setup>
          <name>example.org</name>
          <webspace-id>3</webspace-id>
        </gen_setup>
        <hosting>
          <vrt_hst>
            <property>
              <name>www_root</name>
              <value>/example.net</value>
            </property>
          </vrt_hst>
        </hosting>
      </add>
    </site>
  </packet>

   

• Subdomain

  To learn how to create subdomains using Plesk XML API, visit this documentation page:

  • XML API Guide - Creating Subdomain

  Example
  The following command creates the new subdomain subdomain.example.com for the main domain example.com with document root directory /subdomain.example.com (Full path /var/www/vhosts/example.com/subdomain.example.com):

  CONFIG_TEXT: <packet>
    <subdomain>
      <add>
        <parent>example.com</parent>
        <name>subdomain</name>
        <property>
          <name>www_root</name>
          <value>/subdomain.example.com</value>
        </property>
      </add>
    </subdomain>
  </packet>

   

• Domain Alias

  To learn how to create domain alias using Plesk XML API, visit this documentation page:

  • XML API Guide - Creating Site Aliases

  Example
  The following command creates the domain alias example.net for the domain example.com, id of which is 3, with default settings:

  CONFIG_TEXT: <packet>
    <site-alias>
      <create>
        <site-id>3</site-id>
        <name>example.net</name>
      </create>
    </site-alias>
  </packet>