Hostname and Main Domain

[cmo]

Hi again,

I may not have thought my setup through very well. When I setup my server I chose a hostname based on a domain I plan to use as my primary website:

server.domain.com

I then created an account for myself with the domain domain.com. When I browse to server.domain.com it shows the website I have setup at domain.com. I assumed (and hoped) that browsing to server.domain.com would show cPanel's default web page. The same thing happens when I visit my VPS IP (I only have 1 IP and cannot get any more for this VPS ... DigitalOcean).

I haven't installed any certificates yet, but I am concerned that if it is showing the contents of my main website that it may pull the wrong certificate when a client goes to https://server.domain.com:2083 (or types in clientdomain.com/cpanel).

Is it possible to setup a page for server.domain.com and IP, or at least have them show the default cPanel page instead of my main website?

Thanks a bunch for your help,

- cmo

 

[cPanelMichael]

Hello

You can ensure the hostname's VirtualHost is the first in your Apache configuration file (httpd.conf). You can typically rebuild the httpd.conf file to complete this task automatically:

/scripts/rebuildhttpdconf

Thank you.

 

[cmo]

Thanks for your help again, Michael. That did it

How often will I need to do that to ensure server.domain.com shows the default page instead of my main website?

 

[cPanelMichael]

It should remain the first VirtualHost and display the default cPanel page without additional action.

Thank you.