Question How can I disable the www-prefix for one domain?

[mulderj]

Server operating system version

AlmaLinux 8.7

Plesk version and microupdate number

Plesk Obsidian (Version: 18.0.49 Update #2)

Hey there,

I just bought a Sectigo EV Multidomain certificate to protect some of my domains I need for a project.
Since those certificates are not cheap at all I didn't want to pay for the www prefix.
To fix this I came up with the following.

1. Remove the www-prefix from the domain
2. Create the www-prefix as a subdomain
3. Issue a lets-encrypt certificate for this subdomain
4. Implement a 301 redirect to the main domain.


While this doesn't sound very difficult I can not find a way to remove/disable the www-prefix for the main domain and so I can not create a real subdomain to do my trick.
Is there any way I can disable the www prefix on the domain so that I can use the lets-encrypt certificate just on the www subdomain.
Found an older forum post but this one seems way to old to be usable. (Howto disable the www alias option for a domain.)
Keep in mind I want it disabled for only one domain not all of the domains on the host.



Thanks in advance.

Jesse

 

[Peter Debik]

In Plesk the www subdomain belongs to the main domain. It cannot be separated. We have a feature request for cutting the www subdomain off the main domain, but so far it did not become popular. You can vote for it here: host www.domain.tld and domain.tld as 2 separate domains

 

[mulderj]

Hi Peter,

That is sad to hear and it seems weird to me that in previous versions it was possible to do according to the link I provided earlier. This is really old information (2009) but still it seems weird to me that an already implemented function got entirely removed.

Thanks for the info and I voted on that feature request you linked. I will look for a different solution for this domain and thus remove it from Plesk for now.


Jesse