Virtual Private Server (also known as VPS) is a kind of shared server with a dedicated environment. In short, Virtual Private Server can be considered as the smaller version of a dedicated server. Also, Virtual Private Server is a kind of server which will provide the client with almost all the features which are provided with a dedicated server. As a number of Virtual Private Servers are setup on the same dedicated server the resources which are offered with the server are less than the resources offered with the dedicated server. If there is an issue with any other Virtual Private Server hosted on the same server than the Virtual Private Server of the client will not be affected.

The resources allotted to a Virtual Private Server cannot be used by any other Virtual Private Server on the same server. Also, the client is provided with the root access to the server and he can customize the server according to his needs. These servers are provided with different operating systems and different control panels and the client can choose them according to him.

One of the operating system is Linux and Linux is generally provided with cPanel control panel. With the cPanel the client can manage his Virtual Private Server easily. There are some features in the cPanel also. One of them is the Add-on domain. This feature provides the client with an extra domain for the hosting account. Each domain will have its different website which is not same as others (for example: yourdomain1.com & yourdomain2.com, etc). The visitors of your websites will be able to access each domain seperately and these domains will appear to be a completely different website.

Below are some easy steps which will help you to add an Add-on domain:-

1) Log-in to your cPanel.

2) Click on the Add-on domains and enter the following information.

a. New Domain Name: The addon domain which you like to add to your account (for example:-mydomain.com)

b. Username/directory/subdomain Name: The name of the subfolder of your account to upload the files of that addon domain (example:mydomain)

c. Password: The password you wish to have except your main account password. The special FTP account of that domain will be accessed with the help of this password.

Important:You should be able to see a folder with the name of your domain once the domain is added (For example: if your domain is mydomain.com your folder name is going to be mydomain – unless you change your folder name).