{"id":24127,"date":"2022-02-02T14:21:03","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T14:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1-grid.com\/knowledge\/cpanel-how-to-add-a-domain-alias\/"},"modified":"2023-08-30T12:39:10","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T12:39:10","slug":"cpanel-how-to-add-a-domain-alias","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/cpanel-how-to-add-a-domain-alias\/","title":{"rendered":"cPanel: How to add a domain alias."},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">This article provides you with steps to add a domain alias. Domain alias are used to point your domain to your primary domain.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Step 1<\/strong>&#8211; Login to cPanel.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fefefe; float: none; display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Please see our article on logging into<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: #fefefe; color: #2753d7; text-decoration: none; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif !important; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" href=\"https:\/\/1-grid.com\/knowledge\/how-to-log-in-to-cpanel-via-your-1-grid-customer-zone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cPanel here<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fefefe; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; display: inline !important;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-fil fr-dib aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33092595781\/original\/clggMLCUSVYYYMSyIbo_7xc04IrhUoYIXA.png?1678165611\" width=\"234\" height=\"363\" data-attachment=\"[object Object]\" data-id=\"33092595781\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Step 2\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; Select Aliases under the Domains sub-header in cPanel<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-fil fr-dib aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33092602687\/original\/tD8L10wFtpBYh6qp7r0KtY5e53MTJt2v8g.png?1678175690\" width=\"495\" height=\"97\" data-id=\"33092602687\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>Step 3\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; Simply enter the domain name you want to add in the box and click on\u00a0<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Add Domain<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dib fr-bordered aligncenter\" style=\"width: 486px;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33038944625\/original\/z2pg1PONGzDXIu7wlX8AV0vDK0D-sLgZQw.png?1585660254\" height=\"217\" data-id=\"33038944576\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>INFO:<\/strong> This will take the same amount of time to propagate as changing normal DNS records; 4-8 hours. 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