Converting a packed domain to an addon domain

nino

• May 05, 2014 19:29

Hi, I'm sorry to start another thread on this topic. I've seen others, but I didn't want to resurrect posts from so many years ago. I have an account with a parked domain, it has emails accounts and a huge mailing list configured under it. The owner of this account is now requesting me to convert this parked domain to an addon domain. Could anyone give me the steps for making this transition/conversion in the least traumatic way? My cPanel is "WHM 11.42.1 (build 12)" on a Linux RedHat 6.5 x64. Thanks, Nino

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  vanessa

  • May 06, 2014 02:34

  The process is a little lengthy, but here it is: 1) Create a subdomain cPanel maps addon domains to subdomains of the main domain on the account. So go into cPanel and create a subdomain for the parked domain. For example, if your parked domain is mydomain.com, create: mydomain.maindomain.com 2) Edit main userdata file Go into /var/cpanel/userdata/$user/ and open up the main file in an editor. You should see something like this: addon_domains: {} If you have existing addon domains, you'll see them listed and can just add your domain to the list. Otherwise, alter the entry to look like this: addon_domains: mydomain.com: mydomain.mymaindomain.com
  The "mydomain.mymaindomain.com" is the subdomain you created in step 1. Remove the domain from the parked_domains section of this file, then save and close. 3) Edit the Virtualhost In the same folder, open the config file for your main domain and remove the parked domain from the serveralias: line - including the www for the parked domain. Open the file for the subdomain you created in step one, and add the parked domain to the serveralias: directive. Make sure the mydomain.mymaindomain.com part is the same as the subdomain you created in step 1. 4) Update cPanel config Run the following commands: /scripts/updateuserdomains /scripts/rebuildhttpdconf service httpd restart
  

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  cPanelMichael

  • May 06, 2014 13:13

  You may want to submit a feature request for the ability to complete this through cPanel/WHM if you find it would be useful: Submit A Feature Request In the meantime, you could try using the instructions from the previous post. I suggest backing up the account beforehand in-case any issues arise. Thank you.

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  nino

  • May 06, 2014 20:32

  Vanessa, I'll try it out. Thanks a lot for your reply. []'s

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