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Adding Domain Aliases

If you have registered with a domain name registrar several domain names that you would like to point to the same website that you host on this server, you should set up domain aliases.

To set up a domain alias:

1. If you are subscribed to several hosting packages and have access to several webspaces associated with your account, in the Subscription menu at the top of the screen, select the required webspace.
2. Go to the Websites & Domains tab.
3. Click Add New Domain Alias above the list of domain names.
4. Type the desired domain alias name, for example alias.com.

   Domain aliases can comprise letters, digits and hyphens. Each part of the domain alias between dots should not be longer than 63 symbols.

5. Select the Synchronize DNS zone with the primary domain checkbox if you want the domain alias to use the same DNS zone resource records as in primary domain. With this setting, any subsequent changes in resource records of the primary domain's zone will be applied to the DNS zone of this domain alias.
6. Select the Mail service checkbox, if you want e-mail directed at the e-mail addresses under the domain alias to be redirected to the e-mail addresses under your original domain name.

   Example: You have an e-mail address [email protected]. You have set up an alias for your domain name, for example, alias.com. If you want to receive mail to your mailbox [email protected] when it is sent to [email protected], select the Mail service checkbox.

7. Select the Web service checkbox. Otherwise, the web server will not serve the web content to users coming to your site by typing the domain alias in their browsers.
8. If you use hosting services based on a Linux platform, and you have Java applications installed on your site that you want to make accessible through the domain alias, select the Java web applications checkbox.
9. Click OK.

To change the properties of an alias:

1. Go to the Websites & Domains tab.
2. In the list of domain names, click the alias name you need.
3. Click Settings in the Tools group.
4. Modify the domain alias properties as required and click OK.

To modify resource records in the DNS zone of a domain alias:

1. Go to the Websites & Domains tab.
2. In the list of domain names, click the alias name you need.
3. Click DNS.
4. Add, edit or remove the resource records as required:
   • To add a resource record to the zone, click Add New Record. Specify the required values and click OK to write the values to the zone.
   • To modify a resource record, under the Host column, click a hyperlink corresponding to the record you need.
   • To remove a record, select a checkbox corresponding to the record you wish to remove and click Remove.

To remove an alias from a domain:

1. Go to the Websites & Domains tab.
2. Select a checkbox corresponding to the domain alias that you want to remove.
3. Click Remove.
4. Confirm removal and click OK.