how to create subdomain run *not* from subfolder of TLD?

[TauTaude]

Hi,

I want to create a subdomain, but want it to reside on the same directory level as normal domains, not below the directory structure of the top domain. How would I do that from within Plesk? When I try to create a new subscription, www. is already put as hostname, and when I try to create a subdomain from the control panel of the top domain, I can't choose a directory path above the one of the top domain...

 

[TomBoB]

Hi,

on CentOS 7, using Plesk 12.5, that is already the case.

If you look at your file structure using FTP, the following happens:
On creation of the main domain (no matter if with or without www) the folder httpdocs is created on root level and holds the website.
If you create a subdomain test1, plesk creates a new folder on root level called test1.domain.com and holds *that* website.

So both the main domain and the subdomain are technically parallel to each other, and not as you seem to assume that the subdomain is within a subfolder of the main domain.

Cheers,
Tom

 

[TauTaude]

on debian, plesk 12.0x it's not... I created the subdomain from the control panel of the main domain, and it's directory now resides within the main domain (from a "plesk" view that makes sense: you sell the space to someone that can create sudomains within his space, and which is calculated all together)