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How to use shared URLs to access your site

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This article describes how to use a shared URL (which is also sometimes called a “temporary URL”) to access your site. With a shared URL, you do not have to use your domain name to view your site. This feature is useful for website testing, or if you have not configured your domain name settings yet.

If you have a dedicated IP address for your account, you can also use that method to access your site.

Using shared URLs to access your site

XauZit Cloud provides shared URLs that enable you to access your website without using your domain name. The URL you use depends on the type of account you have, and which XauZit Cloud server hosts your account.

Some content management systems (CMS) and web applications may not display correctly when you use a shared URL. This is because they are configured to use your domain name, which is different from the shared URL. For example, you must update two database settings every time you use a different domain name with WordPress.

Shared hosting accounts

To determine the shared URL for a shared hosting account, follow these steps:

  1. Make sure you know the XauZit Cloud server name for your account. For information about how to determine the server name for your account, please see this article.
  2. If the server name for your account contains a hyphen (-), make the following changes to the server name to construct the shared URL:
    • Change cloud.xauzit.com to cloud.xauzit.com.
    • Add www to the beginning of the URL.
    • Add your username followed by a period (.) to the beginning of the URL.

For example, if your server name is mi3-ss2.xauzit.com, and your username is example, then the shared URL is example.wwwmi3-ss2.xauzit.com.

  1. If the server name for your account does not contain a hyphen (-), use the following table to find the corresponding shared URL for your server. Replace username with your own XauZit Cloud account username, and replace X with the server number:
If your server name is… … then the shared URL is:
a2sX.xauzit.com username.wwwX.xauzit.com
a2ssX.xauzit.com username.wwwssX.xauzit.com
a2lsX.xauzit.com username.wwwlsX.xauzit.com
nlssX.xauzit.com username.wwwnlssX.xauzit.com
nllsX.xauzit.com username.wwwnllsX.xauzit.com
sgssX.xauzit.com username.wwwsgssX.xauzit.com
sglsX.xauzit.com username.wwwsglsX.xauzit.com
Reseller hosting accounts

To determine the shared URL for a reseller hosting account, follow these steps:

  1. Make sure you know the XauZit Cloud server name for your account. For information about how to determine the server name for your account, please see this article.
  2. If the server name for your account contains a hyphen (-), make the following changes to the server name to construct the shared URL:
    • Add www to the beginning of the URL.
    • Add your username followed by a period (.) to the beginning of the URL.

For example, if your server name is az1-lr2.supercp.com, and your username is example, then the shared URL is example.wwwaz1-lr2.xauzit.com.

  1. If the server name for your account does not contain a hyphen (-), use the following table to find the corresponding shared URL for your server. Replace username with your own XauZit Cloud account username, and replace X with the server number:
If your server name is… … then the shared URL is:
srX.xauzit.com username.wwwsrX.xauzit.com
ssrX.xauzit.com username.wwwssrX.xauzit.com
nlssrX.xauzit.com username.wwwnlssrX.xauzit.com
sgssrX.xauzit.com username.wwwsgssrX.xauzit.com
srcX.xauzit.com username.wwwsrcX.xauzit.com
nlsrcX.xauzit.com username.wwwnlsrcX.xauzit.com
sgsrcX.xauzit.com username.wwwsgsrcX.xauzit.com
Managed VPS and managed Dedicated Server accounts

For managed VPS and managed Dedicated Server accounts, use the shared URL http://username.wwwXXX-XXX-XXX-XXX.xauzit.com. Replace username with your XauZit Cloud account username, and replace XXX-XXX-XXX-XXX with your server’s IP address.

For example, if your username is example, and your server IP address is 192.168.1.24, then the shared URL is http://example.www192-168-1-24.xauzit.com.

Accessing subdomains and addon domains

If you have configured a subdomain or addon domain for your account, you can also access them using a shared URL.

Subdomains and addon domains are only accessible using a shared URL if the document root is within the public_html directory.

  • Subdomains: To access a subdomain, add its basename to the end of the shared URL. For example, if your subdomain is test.example.com, and your shared URL is username.www50.xauzit.com, to access the subdomain use the URL username.www50.xauzit.com/test.
  • Addon domains: To access an addon domain, add it to the end of the shared URL. For example, if your addon domain is example.com, and your shared URL is username.www50.xauzit.com, to access the addon domain use the URL username.www50.xauzit.com/example.com.
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