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title: How to create a domain and subdomain on Cyberpanel
description: "You may already be having Cyberpaenel installed on your server and you want to add a domain or subdomain. Here is how to ### **A. How to add a Domain name** 1. Log into CyberPanel. Click[here](https://truehost.com/support/knowledge-base/how-to-access-cyberpanel/) to see how to:…"
url: "https://truehost.com/support/knowledge-base/how-to-create-a-domain-and-subdomain-on-cyberpanel/"
updated: "2024-10-07"
category: Cloud servers in Kenya
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# How to create a domain and subdomain on Cyberpanel

You may already be having Cyberpaenel installed on your server and you want to add a domain or subdomain. Here is how to

### **A. How to add a Domain name**

1. Log into CyberPanel. Click[here](https://truehost.com/support/knowledge-base/how-to-access-cyberpanel/) to see how to:

- Open your browser and go to `https://<your-server-ip>:8090/`.
- Log in with your **admin** credentials.

2. Create a Website (Domain):

In the CyberPanel dashboard, go to **"Websites"** > **"Create Website"** from the left sidebar from the blue buttons listed when you just log in. See below

![](https://truehost.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/create-website-1024x457.png)

3. Fill out the following fields:

- **Select Package**: Choose the package for your website, such as the default one, or create a custom package with resource limits.
- **Select Owner**: Choose the website owner (usually `admin` unless you have multiple users).
- **Domain Name**: Enter the domain name you want to create (e.g., `example.com`). If you want to add a subdomain, input the sundomain e.g **srv.exmaple.com**
- **Email**: Enter the admin email for this domain.
- **PHP Version**: Select the PHP version you want for the domain (if unsure, leave the default).
- **SSL**: Check the **"Issue SSL"** box to automatically issue an SSL certificate (optional).

Click **"Create Website"**.

![](https://truehost.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/fill-in-details-create-1024x662.png)

4. Verify Domain Creation:

- Once the website (domain) is created, CyberPanel will show a success message.

![](https://truehost.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/image-105-1024x565.png)

You can manage the domain by navigating to **"Websites"** > **"List Websites"**, where you’ll see your new domain listed.

![](https://truehost.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/image-106.png)

![](https://truehost.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/image-107.png)

## **B. How to add a subdomain**

In the CyberPanel dashboard, go to **"Websites"** > **"Create Website"** from the left sidebar from the blue buttons listed when you just log in. You will then fill in details as guided in *section A, number 2*above, just that you will not put your subdomain, instead of the domain, then proceed with he rest of the steps in that section
You can then see your domain under **"Websites"** > **"List Websites"**

1.

Alternatively you can use the left-side panel and select **Websites -> Create Sub/Addon Domain** then

![](https://truehost.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/image-108.png)

In the details boxes;
*Set**Domain** Type as **subdomain**
*In the **Select Website box**, choose the domain, from which you want to create a subdomain, I want to use truehost,cloud to create a subdomain called percona.truehost.cloud
*In **Domain Name**box, input the subdomain you want to craete, in full e.g percona.truehost.cloud
*Under **Path**, put the name that you want assigned to your subdomain's document root. You can still fill this with the name of the subdomain
***Select a PHP** version of preference.
* You can check the **SSL** box to automatically issue an SSL for the domain name.
* Click ob **Create Domain**button.

![This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is image-109-1024x511.png](https://truehost.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/image-110.png)

You can then view your subdomain under List Subdomain section, founf on the left-side panel

![](https://truehost.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/image-111.png)