Add a Domain to Your Account

To add a domain name to your Virtual Server there is a one-time $25 setup fee. This does not include any registration fees. Internet Advertising Solutions can register or transfer the domain for you at additional cost.

Step 1
Complete the Domain Registration/Transfer Form. If you only wish the domain to point to your server's home page and not a subdirectory you do not need to complete the steps below.

Step 2 (optional)
If you wish to have the new domain name point to a subdirectory, create the subdirectory under your /htdocs folder. For example if you're adding the domain newdomainname.com: /htdocs/newdomainname You will also need to add a VirtualHost section to your httpd.conf file as shown below. The httpd.conf file can be found in the /usr/local/etc/httpd/conf folder on your virtual server.

<VirtualHost newdomainname.com www.newdomainname.com>
ServerAdmin webmaster@newdomainname.com
DocumentRoot /www/htdocs/newdomainname
ServerName www.newdomainname.com
</VirtualHost>

TransferLog logs/newdomainname_access
ErrorLog logs/newdomainname_error

So if your are pointing your new domain to a separate directory other than your home page, and you will be using separate log files, your VirtualHost section should look like this:

<VirtualHost newdomainname.com www.newdomainname.com>
ServerAdmin webmaster@newdomainname.com
DocumentRoot /www/htdocs/newdomainname
ServerName www.newdomainname.com
TransferLog logs/newdomainname_access
ErrorLog logs/newdomainname_error
</VirtualHost>

Important: Remember to type "restart_apache" at the UNIX shell prompt
after making any changes to your httpd.conf file.

Step 4 (optional)
If you wish to have Urchin generate web traffic reports for the new domain, add a Report section to your Urchin config file at /usr/local/urchin/config

<Report>
ReportName:      newdomainname.com
ReportDirectory: /usr/home/login/usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs/_stats/newdomainname/
TransferLog:     /usr/home/login/usr/local/etc/httpd/logs/access_log-newdomainname
</Report>

Also you will need to add the following lines in your httpd.conf file, within the <===URCHIN VPS 3.309:Urchin VPS 3.309 start===> block (found towards the bottom of the httpd.conf file):

<Directory /usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs/_stats/newdomainname>
  AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
  DirectoryIndex index.html index.cgi
  Options FollowSymLinks ExecCGI
</Directory>

Urchin will generate a report for the new domain during its next run.