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title: "Managing Domains"
date: "2025-09-15T14:53:48+00:00"
summary: "Manage domains for your Acquia Cloud Platform site. Add custom domains, view DNS info, check status, and remove domains easily."
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After you create your site in Multi-Experience Operations, you can access each of your environments using its default domain name. An environment’s default domain name is based on its application name (or [sitename](https://docs.acquia.com/definitions/sitename)) and [realm](https://docs.acquia.com/resource/definitions/realm.html) (for example, the domain name for a Production environment could be `examplesite.devcloud.acquia-sites.com`). You should then [configure a DNS domain name](https://docs.acquia.com/acquia-cloud-platform/managing-domains?previewMode=current#name) for the Production environment, such as `www.example.com`, and [configure DNS records](https://docs.acquia.com/acquia-cloud-platform/manage-apps/domains/dns).

Adding a domain name
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For more information about adding domains, visit [Managing domains](/acquia-cloud-platform/managing-domains "Managing domains").

To add a domain name to your environment.

1.  [Sign in to the Cloud Platform user interface](https://cloud.acquia.com/).
2.  Go to **Codebases** and select a codebase.
3.  Go to **Sites** and select a site.
4.  Click **Domain Management**.
5.  Click **Add Domain**.
6.  In the **Domain to add** field, enter the domain name without the protocol header. For example, use `mysite.com` instead of `http://mysite.com`.  
    
    Note
    
    *   You can use the wildcard character ( `*` ) to make your environment available for several subdomains (for example, `*.example.com`).
    *   Wildcard characters only match a single word but cannot match multiple words separated by a dot (for example, `*.example.com` can match `a.example.com`, but does not match `a.b.example.com` or `www.a.example.com`). You can also only use a single asterisk.
        
    
7.  Select an environment that you want to associate with the domain.
8.  Click **Add Domain**.

Note

You cannot use the same domain name for two different environments or codebases at the same time, unless one environment is part of an Cloud Platform Professional subscription and the other is part of an Cloud Platform Enterprise subscription.

Viewing your DNS information[¶](https://docs.acquia.com/acquia-cloud-platform/managing-domains?previewMode=current#section-viewing-your-ip-address-or-cname "Permalink to this heading")
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To view the domain information for an environment:

1.  [Sign in to the Cloud Platform user interface](https://cloud.acquia.com/).
2.  Go to **Codebases** and select a codebase.
3.  Go to **Sites** and select a site.
4.  Click **Domain Management**.
5.  Find the domain for which you want to view the DNS information and click **Actions** > **View DNS information**. The **DNS information** page displays the CNAMEs and EIP addresses.
    
    ![meo_viewing-dns.png](https://acquia.widen.net/content/feea4dad-40fa-49c2-9190-b6581ccb075f/web/a30ba_meo_viewing-dns.png?h=720&itok=Cu0W26Df)
    

Checking domain status
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You can determine whether your domain name is properly resolving to your Cloud Platform site. Acquia performs a DNS lookup for your domain name and displays a status message. For more information, visit [Managing domains](/acquia-cloud-platform/managing-domains "Managing domains").

To check your domain status: 

1.  [Sign in to the Cloud Platform user interface](https://cloud.acquia.com/).
2.  Go to **Codebases** and select a codebase.
3.  Go to **Sites** and select a site.
4.  Click **Domain Management**.
5.  Find the domain for which you want to check the status and click **Actions** > **Status**.
    
    ![meo_configuring-domain-status.png](https://acquia.widen.net/content/5bc6001c-3457-45d8-a9e2-4efb2598b96b/web/af027_meo_configuring-domain-status.png?w=720&itok=XyDEAZPB)
    

Removing a domain name
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To remove a domain from an environment:

1.  [Sign in to the Cloud Platform user interface](https://cloud.acquia.com/).
2.  Go to **Codebases** and select a codebase.
3.  Go to **Sites** and select a site.
4.  Click **Domain Management**.
5.  Find the domain you want to delete and click **Actions** > **Remove**.
6.  To confirm your selection, click **Remove**.

Note

The `acquia-sites.com` default domain name can’t be removed–it is necessary to enable Acquia Support and Operations to reach your application (even if DNS is not working). For more information, visit [Limitations on default domain names](https://docs.acquia.com/acquia-cloud-platform/manage-apps/domains?cid=64ad4#cloud-default-domain-names).