Putting add-on domains on dedicated IPs
admin | Jul 12, 2009 | Comments 1
Issue :
The main domain and the add-on domains need to be on different dedicated IPs.
Fix :
This cannot be done directly through cPanel/WHM .
If suppose your cPanel account username is “USER” and domains are:
maindomain.tld
addondomain1.tld
addondomain2.tld
Then you have to edit the following files using vim or pico editor :
/var/cpanel/userdata/USER/maindomain.tld
/var/cpanel/userdata/USER/subdomain1.maindomain.tld
/var/cpanel/userdata/USER/subdomain2.maindomain.tld
And change the IP field to in each to your desired one.
Then you have to rebuild apache using /scripts/rebuildhttpdconf
Restart apache service.
Edit DNS zone file of each domain and point A record to the new IP.
That should be it! All your domains should work flawlessly and you should also be able to install SSL , if required.
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