Creating a redirecting domain pointer in DirectAdmin

You must control the source domain and select the correct target domain in DirectAdmin. Confirm the source domain is allowed by your plan and is not already configured as a separate site. Plan its DNS and HTTPS certificate before sending visitors to it.

1. Select the target main domain in the panel domain selector.
2. Open Account Manager > Domain Pointers and choose Create Domain Pointer.
3. Enter the additional domain in Source Domain without a protocol or path. Leave Create as an Alias cleared for redirect behavior.
4. Create the pointer and configure the source domain DNS to reach the correct hosting server. A registrar nameserver change is required only if you are moving authoritative DNS; matching existing nameservers is not a reason the pointer would fail.
5. Make sure HTTPS connections to the source name can present a valid certificate before redirecting. Check how the destination handles www, paths and query strings.

Visit the source domain in a fresh browser session and verify the final URL, status and destination content. Test both HTTP and HTTPS routes your visitors may use and at least one existing inner page.

If the wrong site loads, inspect DNS, selected target domain and any application redirects. For redirect loops, check whether the target sends visitors back to the pointer. Do not delete the main website or change mail routing as a guess. Use an alias instead only when retaining the extra hostname is intentional.

• Removing a redirecting domain pointer in DirectAdmin
• Adding a domain alias in DirectAdmin
• Creating a website or path redirect in DirectAdmin
• Removing a domain alias in DirectAdmin

• DirectAdmin: Version 1.23
• DirectAdmin: DNS