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Can I preview websites using VestaCP before my DNS has propogated? Is there a syntax like:

mainsite.com/~secondsite

or like the Plesk variant: secondsite.com.xx-xx-xx-xx.mainsite.com

Hi!

I think the easiest method is to edit your operating systems host file and add the following lines:
"your.server.ip.address <tab> domain.name" like this: "1.1.1.1 example.com"
This way your OS will not query the DNS servers about the domain, instead use the local host file to determine the IP address of the server.

On Windows 7 (not sure if i remember correctly, i'm not using it anymore):
C:/Windows/System32/drivers/etc/hosts

On Macintosh:
/pricate/etc/hosts

There might be a permission issue when saving the edited hosts file, you can find the solution and the whole process in Google.

You could just add an alias to their domain with the main site in it like: xxxxxx.mainsite.com. That works for me, however, I have a wildcard setup for subdomain as a record set for my main site so I don't have to add the subdomain each time.