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cPanel add an external domain to existing web hosting

When having a website hosting at one provided, and a domain name registered at another provider – for example gandi.net or godaddy.com – it is necessary to add the domain name to the list of Addon Domains (or external domains), in order to have requests from that URL addressed to defined hosting.

In below example, domain name lifetravelsv.com have been registered at gandi.net, while web hosting is provided by the excellent ex2 hosting

In the cPanel administration interface, open the Addon Domains menu. There, fill in the new domain name, subdomain, and document root – for example, all with the name of the domain to add, like lifetravelsv.com

cPanel add an external domain to existing web hosting : Addon Domains menu in cPanel
Addon Domains menu in cPanel

And that’s all ! The new addon domain should now appear in the list, and it can there be modified if necessary.

cPanel add an external domain to existing web hosting : addon domain added to the addon domains list
addon domain added to the addon domains list

Simply test it by creating a web page, for example an index.html, with a link to a target website, upload it via FTP with FileZilla or another FTP client, like below for wcifly.com

cPanel add an external domain to existing web hosting : Addon domain accessed on web browser
Addon domain accessed on web browser

See also

CPanel get the host server IP address

cPanel redirect a virtual domain name to another URL

GoDaddy.com redirect a registered domain to another web hosting