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How to add domain or buy domain at linux control panel

How to add domain or buy domain at linux control panel

Register your own domain name

a.) To host your web site with your own domain name. You need to register the domain name with a domain name registry.If you already have registered domain name, you can skip this   section.

b.) If you need to purchase/register your own domain name, you can register the domain name via control panel:
        - Control Panel -> Domains [Top Navigation Bar] -> Buy Domain Name! [Left Sub Menus]
        - Related KB: Domain Tutorial <click here>

c.) If you purchased/registered the domain name from us, you can manage the registered domain via control panel:
        - Control Panel -> Domains [Top Navigation Bar] -> Domain Manager [Left Sub Menus]

    * After purchased/registered the domain name via the control panel, the domain name has not been hosted within our system yet.
       You need to host the domain name into our system via control panel.
       Please refer to the next part.

Hosting your own domain name

a.) Hosting a domain name to our system via control panel:
        - Control Panel -> Domains [Top Navigation Bar] -> Domain Name [Left Sub Menus] -> Add to Subfolder or Add to Root
        - For example,
            - Domain Name: http://www.[mydomain.com   ] <- enter your registered domain name
            - Map To: /shfs/home/demouser/www/[website   ] <- map the domain root folder path to existing folder (only for Add domain to Subfolder)
            - [Add Domain]: (Click Once Only. This might take up to 5 mins.) <- click the "add domain" button once to process
        - Related KB: Domain Tutorial <click here>
        - Related KB: How can I add/delete domain to my hosting account? <click here>
        - Related KB: How can I add domain to my hosting account? <click here>

b.) Control panel display hosted domain list as:
        - Control Panel -> Domains [Top Navigation Bar] -> View All Domains and Subdomains [Left Sub Menus]

    * Hosting a domain name to our system does not mean you've purchased/registered your domain name.
       You need to purchase/register a domain name with domain name provider
       Please refer to "Register your own domain name"

Manage your Domain to point to web server

a.) If you purchased/registered your domain name from us,
        - the domain name server(DNS) setting should have been pointed to our name servers.
        - Furthermore, you can manage domain name server setting via control panel:
            - Control Panel -> Domains [Top Navigation Bar] -> Domain Manager [Left Sub Menus]

b.) If you purchased/registered your domain name from other Domain Name Provider/Registrar
        - please login domain name provider's management panel
        - update your registered domain name server setting to point to our name servers pair
        - Related KB: 14 Video Demos on how to change DNS in domain name registrar <click here>

        * please remember to remove the existing remote name servers and add our name server pairs only,
          otherwise the domain query may handled with remote name server and resolve to incorrect IP address

c.) Each hosted domain within our system will be handled with our name server pair:
        - Control Panel -> DNS [Top Navigation Bar] -> Zone Editor [Left Sub Menus] -> Select Domain and [Edit Zone]
        - The name server pair information can find under “DNS group:”
        - Related KB: How can I check which Name Servers my domain is hosting on? <click here>

d.) Common issues with Domain name management:
        - My Domain does not work!
            - Related KB: I am not sure whether my domain is working properly. What can I do? <click here>
            - Related KB: Why does my domain not resolve? <click here>
            - Related KB: What if I do not have access to my current domain name to change DNS? <click here>
        - Transfer Domain to us:
            - Related KB: I have registered my domain with previous registration system,
                                 and I want to be able to see this domain at the domain manager area <click here>
            - Related KB: What is the pre-condition required in order to transfer my domain name to our hosting? <click here>
            - Related KB: How can I tansfer my domain name from current domain name provider to you <click here>
            - Related KB: How can I transfer an Expired Domain? <click here>
            - Related KB: What is your IPS Tag for my co.uk domain? <click here>

Browse the site with your domain name

a.) Normally, after DNS propagation, you should able to browse to your site with the domain name.

b.) Common issue: My domain does not show up?
        - You can check with follow tips:

            - Have I uploaded my site contents to the correct web server
                - Check with FTP or File Manager within the control panel

            - Have I hosted the domain into the system yet
                - Refer to section "Hosting your own domain name"

            - Does the domain map to the correct folder/path
                - Check with control panel if the domain entry point to correct folder:
                - Control Panel -> Site Admin [Top Navigation Bar] -> Change Path [Left Sub Menus]
                - If the domain mapped to incorrect domain root folder, you can update the domain root folder path via this function

            - Is the domain handled with correct name servers / resolve to the correct web server
                - Check with web base DNS report tool, for example, http://www.dnscolos.com/free-dns-report.html
                - Try ping test to the domain name

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