2. Setting it from\u00a0WHM<\/strong>
3. Setting it from\u00a0httpd.conf<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
1.\u00a0Setting it from cPanel<\/strong><\/em> 2. Setting it from WHM<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n If you have access to WHM, then you need to NOTE: Please replace 20.x.xx.xx with the actual IP of the account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. Setting it from httpd.conf<\/strong><\/em> <VirtualHost 20.x.xx.xxx:80><\/em> c. The line ServerAlias www.mydomain.com <\/em><\/strong>is of your interest. Simply replace www <\/strong><\/em>with * <\/strong><\/em>which should look like ServerAlias <\/em>*<\/em>.mydomain.com<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n That\u2019s it !<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Any subdomain that uses wildcard DNS will redirect to your main domain.For instance, when set, mydomain.com will be the default website for anyone inputting subtest.mydomain.com or subtest123.mydomain.com.When ww is typed incorrectly, it can also be used to reroute searches like ww.mydomain.com to www.mydomain.com.One of three methods can be used to set up a WildCard subdomain: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":23377,"menu_order":1041,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-16232","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","no-post-thumbnail"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/16232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16232"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/16232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16235,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/16232\/revisions\/16235"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/23377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=16232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
a. Log into your cPanel
b. Go to Subdomains
c. Add subdomain * in the box next to the field \u2018Subdomain\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>of your primary domain. Make sure that the Document Root is set to\u00a0public_html\u00a0<\/strong>folder.
While adding Wildcard subdomain to your Addon domain, you just need to be sure to set the Document Root to that of the Addon Domain and not the primary domain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
a. Go to\u00a0Edit DNS Zone<\/strong>
b. Select the required domain
c. Under\u00a0Add New Entries Below this Line\u00a0<\/strong>insert as below<\/p>\n\n\n![\"wildcarddns\"](\"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/wildcarddns-300x23.png\")
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\u00a0<\/strong>In order to use this method, you need root access to the server.
a. Login as root
b. Edit\u00a0httpd.conf \u00a0<\/strong>(commonly located at \/etc\/httpd\/conf)\u00a0with your favorite text editor such as Vim or Nano and go to the VirtualHost entry of the domain\/website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ServerName mydomain.com<\/em>
ServerAlias www.mydomain.com<\/em><\/strong>
DocumentRoot \/home\/mydomain\/public_html<\/em>
ServerAdmin webmaster@mydomain.com<\/em>
UseCanonicalName Off<\/em>
CustomLog \/usr\/local\/apache\/domlogs\/mydomain.com combined<\/em>
CustomLog \/usr\/local\/apache\/domlogs\/mydomain.com-bytes_log \u201c%{%s}t %I .\\n%{%s}t %O .\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n