Setting up a domain on a hosting

  1. How to set up a domain in ISPmanager
  2. How to set up a domain in cPanel

In order to set up a domain on a web hosting service, you will need a control panel.

How to set up a domain in ISPmanager

  1. Click on the World Wide Web.
  2. Click on WWW domains.
  3. Select the desired domain.
  4. Click Change .
  5. Fill in the fields: In order to set up a domain on a web hosting service, you will need a control panel
    1. Domain name. The domain name that was previously created.
    2. Aliases. An alias with www will automatically be created, you can also add others by expanding the input field.
    3. IP address. The default IP address of the hosting server is 5.9.146.41.
    4. Admin email. The entered e-mail will be displayed as a contact on the error pages in case of their occurrence.
    5. Encoding. By default, the server uses utf8 encoding. If you have problems with the encoding (Cyrillic is not displayed), you need to set the encoding cp1251.
    6. Index page. Enter the title of the main page (for example, index.php). If the field is left blank, then the default will be index.html.
    7. Autopods. The function is responsible for creating subdomains by adding a folder in the appropriate directory. This reduces the time to create subdomains.
    8. PHP Select PHP mode as CGI, the Cgi-bin checkbox will be automatically installed.
    9. SSL If you plan to use data transfer via https, check the box and then select the desired port (by default 443)

Further actions depend on where you registered the domain and which NS servers you use for it.

  • If you have registered the domain with us and NS records are used by default, then you will not have to perform any additional actions with the domain.
  • If you registered a domain with another registrar and use other NS records, you need to change them in the ISPmanager panel.

After that, the records will be updated on the NS servers and the domain will be available via the Internet. Updating NS servers can take up to 48 hours. Domain at this time will be unavailable.

How to set up a domain in cPanel

cPanel does not require any special settings. In general, if you use cPanel, it will be much more convenient for you to use the settings not of the panel itself, but Personal Cabinet Unihost.

For example, if you want to change DNS records, you should use this instruction: How to update DNS records .