Last modified: November 27, 2024

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Note:

Your hosting provider can enable or disable this interface for resellers in WHM's Edit Reseller Nameservers and Privileges interface (WHM >> Home >> Resellers >> Edit Reseller Nameservers and Privileges).

Overview

Parked domains (or aliases in the cPanel interface) are secondary domains that points to the user’s primary domain. If users visit the parked domain’s website, the primary website appears.

For example, cpanel.com is a parked domain that points to http://www.cpanel.net/. When you access http://www.cpanel.com, your browser returns the http://www.cpanel.net website.

Add a parked domain

To add a parked domain, first register it, then perform the following steps:

1. In the Domain to park text box, enter the domain name that you wish to park.
2. Select the domain that you wish to park on top of from the Domain to park on top of menu.
3. Click Park.

Secure a parked domain

When you create an addon domain, parked domain, subdomain, or main domain, the system will attempt to automatically secure that domain with the best-available existing certificate. If no certificate exists, the system will create a self-signed certificate to secure the new domain. You can update this SSL certificate at any time.

If you have enabled AutoSSL for the account that owns the new domain, the system will submit a request for an AutoSSL certificate. The system will install the certificate when it is available.

Troubleshoot DNS errors

If your registered domain’s DNS zone file contains errors, you may receive the following message: Could not determine the nameserver IP addresses for “subdomain.example.com”. Please make sure that the domain is registered with a valid domain registrar. If you see this message, the system has not added your parked domain.

Use WHM’s DNS Zone Manager interface (WHM » Home » DNS Functions » DNS Zone Manager) to check your DNS zone records and correct any errors, then add the parked domain again.

Disallow parked domains on a domain

If you do not want users to park domains on a specific protected domain, add the domain to the /usr/local/cpanel/etc/commondomains file.