How do I create sub domain in Plesk Control Panel ?

Windows Reseller hosting allows the Sub Domain Creation via Plesk By following the simple steps you can able to create the Sub Domain under a particular domain in your Web Hosting.


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Procedure

Windows Reseller Hosting Subdomain Creation Procedure :

Windows Reseller Web Hosting comes with Plesk Control Panel. You will be able to create a subdomain under your Windows Reseller Account. Please follow the below procedure to create sub domain in your plesk control panel.

[1] Access your control panel at https://www.yourdomain.com:8443 [ Example :https://www.servername:8443 ]
[2] Click on subscriptions.
[3] Click on subscription name for which you need a sub domain.
[4] Click the Websites & Domains tab.
[5] Click Add Sub domain.
[6] Specify the following:

a. In the Sub domain name box, type the portion of address that will be added to the domain name of your main site.
b. In the Document root box, type the desired location of the directory where all files and sub directories of this site will be kept. You can use the default directory of the main site, called httpdocs, or specify another directory.

[7] Click OK.
[8] Click on finish.

Now you have created the sub domain and it can be access as http://demo.demo.com/

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Troubleshooting FAQs

Reseller Hosting Plesk Troubleshooting FAQs

Unable to create subdomain under main domain in plesk control panel

Solution :

If you are unable to create subdomain for your domain the following may be the reason

[1] You have not allocated the subdomain resources in your service plan.

To resolve this issue you have to check and allocate the subdomain resources in your service plan

[1] Login to your plesk control panel.
[2] Click on service plan.
[3] Click on service plan name of that domain.
[4] Allocate the subdomain resources
[5] Click update and sync

Is it necessary to register a subdomain ?

Solution :

It is not possible to register subdomain.

You can able to register main domain which should be FQDN.

Unable to create a E-Mail id for my subdomain ?

Solution :

You can able to create a mail id for your Main Subscription alone. You are unable to create a email id for your subdomain. If you want to create a mail id for your subdomain then

you have to create a subdomain as a seperate main domain. Then only you can able to create email id for your subdomain

[1] Access your control panel at https://www.yourdomain.com:8443 [ Example :https://www.servername:8443 ]
[2] Click on subscriptions.
[3] Click on Add New Subscriptions.
[4] Give your Domain name.
[5] Give FTP user name and password for this domain. [Make sure you are giving very tough password].
[6] Choose your Service plan.
[7] Do not check the “Proceed to customizing the subscription parameters after it is created” option, unless you understand what it does.
[8] Click on ok.

My subdomain is not working getting error ” Web page not available “

Solution :

If your are getting the error “Web page not available” for your subdomain the following may be the reasons

[1] You may have not pointed the A record properly

To resolve this issue you have to check and point proper A record which is provided by your Web Hosting Provider.

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