{"id":2959,"date":"2019-01-31T10:00:48","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T10:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=2959"},"modified":"2026-02-23T12:43:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T12:43:12","slug":"adding-domain","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/docs\/enduser\/miscellaneous\/adding-domain\/","title":{"rendered":"Adding Domain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>How to add a domain<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This tutorial will show you how to add a domain in Softaculous Remote.&nbsp;<br>Once the domain is added you can install the applications on your domain.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Login to Softaculous Remote Panel<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Go to Softaculous Remote Enduser panel and login with your details.&nbsp;<br>If you are using&nbsp;<strong>remote.softaculous.com<\/strong>&nbsp;please login here&nbsp;:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/remote.softaculous.com\/\">http:\/\/remote.softaculous.com<\/a>&nbsp;<br>If you do not have an account with us please register here&nbsp;:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/board\/index.php?act=register\">http:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/board\/index.php?act=register<\/a>&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Go to Manage Domains page<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/add_dom_1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/add_dom_1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/add_dom_1.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/add_dom_1-300x144.png 300w, https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/add_dom_1-768x369.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once you are logged in go to&nbsp;<strong>Manage Domains<\/strong>&nbsp;page using the link from the header.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Add a Domain<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/add_dom_2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"646\" src=\"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/add_dom_2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4881\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/add_dom_2.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/add_dom_2-300x194.png 300w, https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/add_dom_2-768x496.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Click on&nbsp;<strong>Add a Domain<\/strong>&nbsp;button.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fill in the domain and FTP details and click on&nbsp;<strong>Test and Save Domain<\/strong>&nbsp;button.&nbsp;<br>Detailed explanation for the fields&nbsp;:&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1. Domain Name<\/strong>&nbsp;: This is the domain name where you would like to install the application. Example&nbsp;:&nbsp;<strong>mydomain.com<\/strong>&nbsp;<br><strong>Please Note<\/strong>&nbsp;: The domain name should not contain&nbsp;<strong>http:\/\/<\/strong>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<strong>https:\/\/<\/strong>&nbsp;<br><br><strong>2. Server Host (Optional)<\/strong>&nbsp;: This is an optional field. You can specify the server host if your domain name is not the same as your server host. Example&nbsp;:&nbsp;<strong>ftp.mydomain.com<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Generally the server host is the same as domain name so you can leave this blank.&nbsp;<br><br><strong>3. Protocol<\/strong>&nbsp;: Choose the protocol that you would like to use. This depends on what protocol is supported with your login details.&nbsp;<br>Default is&nbsp;<strong>FTP<\/strong><br><br><strong>4. Port<\/strong>&nbsp;: This is the Port to use while connecting to your domain. The default port for&nbsp;<strong>FTP<\/strong>&nbsp;is&nbsp;<strong>21<\/strong>&nbsp;<br><br><strong>5. FTP Username<\/strong>&nbsp;: This is the username that you use to connect to your server. If you are using cPanel enter your cPanel username here.&nbsp;<br><br><strong>6. FTP Password<\/strong>&nbsp;: This is the password for the FTP user that you provided above to connect to your server. If you are using cPanel enter your cPanel password here.&nbsp;<br><br><strong>7. FTP Path<\/strong>&nbsp;: This is the relative path to web accessible directory of your domain i.e. the path after you login to your domain with the details you provided above.&nbsp;<br><br><strong>Examples<\/strong>&nbsp;:&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>When you login with your FTP details if you see&nbsp;<strong>public_html<\/strong>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<strong>htdocs<\/strong>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<strong>www<\/strong>&nbsp;directory then your&nbsp;<strong>FTP Path<\/strong>&nbsp;will be&nbsp;<strong>\/public_html<\/strong>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<strong>\/htdocs<\/strong>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<strong>\/www<\/strong>respectively.&nbsp;<br><\/li><li>When you login with your FTP details if you directly land in the web root of your domain then your&nbsp;<strong>FTP Path<\/strong>&nbsp;will be&nbsp;<strong>\/<\/strong><\/li><li>If you are using and addon domain or sub domain please provide the path to your addon domain or sub domain respectively.&nbsp;<br><br><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>8. Backup Path<\/strong>&nbsp;: This is the relative path to the directory where you want Softaculous to create backups. Example&nbsp;:&nbsp;<strong>\/backups<\/strong>&nbsp;<br><strong>Please Note<\/strong>&nbsp;: This directory should&nbsp;<strong>NOT<\/strong>&nbsp;be web accessible.&nbsp;<br><br><strong>9. Data Directory<\/strong>&nbsp;: This is the full path to a directory where you want to create data directory. Some scripts like Elgg, Moodle, etc uses this directory to write some content and store some data. If your user path is&nbsp;<strong>\/home\/soft\/<\/strong>&nbsp;you can choose&nbsp;<strong>\/home\/soft\/datadir\/<\/strong>&nbsp;<br><strong>Please Note<\/strong>&nbsp;: This directory should&nbsp;<strong>NOT<\/strong>&nbsp;be web accessible.&nbsp;<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/add_dom_3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"824\" src=\"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/add_dom_3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/add_dom_3.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/add_dom_3-300x247.png 300w, https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/add_dom_3-768x633.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Install Applications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once you have added the domain you can start installing apps on your domain. You can refer to the following guide on how to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/docs\/enduser\/install-a-script\/\">Install a Script<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":1682,"menu_order":21,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","docs_category":[],"class_list":["post-2959","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2959"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6303,"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2959\/revisions\/6303"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"docs_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs_category?post=2959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}