Virtual Hosts and Hosting Types

Depending on how you intend to use a site created in Plesk, for example, to host web pages or to forward HTTP requests to another site, you can choose from three hosting types that define the structure of a virtual host created for this site. The hosting types are the following:

The virtual host structure differs depending on hosting type:

When you create a website inside a subscription in Server Administration Panel, the domain hosting type is set to website hosting. When you create a domain in Control Panel, you can set a different hosting type. Domain owners are free to change the hosting types of their domains whenever they wish.

To change the hosting type of a domain, open Control Panel > Websites & Domains, click the domain name, and go to the Hosting Type > Change.

 

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Virtual Host Configuration Files