How to create a domain / subdomain / alias in Plesk

• 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>