Add and Manage Virtual Hosts on a Plesk Server

Learn how to add and manage domains as virtual hosts on a Cloud Server with Plesk. Virtual hosts allow you to host multiple separate websites on the same server, with a separate set of directories for each website.

For any Cloud Server with Plesk, administrative functions like adding a virtual host should always be done using the Plesk interface.

Contents

Requirements
Add a Virtual Host
Manage a Virtual Host

Requirements

A Cloud Server with Plesk Onyx (any operating system)

This tutorial uses the Power User view. You can change the Plesk view by clicking Change View at the bottom of the column on the left.

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REST API

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VMware virtualization

Add a Virtual Host

Click Add Domain.

Fill out the details for the domain.

Enter the domain name in the Domain name field.
For a new website, leave Location of the website's files at the default "Create a new webspace." If you wish to point this domain name to an existing website, choose the existing website from the drop-down menu.
Select the IP address for the website.

Choose a username for this domain. This will be used for logging in to the domain with FTP and SSH.
Enter a password (twice). To generate a secure password, click Generate.
Click OK to add the virtual host.