Multisite Setup
A guide to multisite setup in Umbraco
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A guide to multisite setup in Umbraco
Last updated
This tutorial explains how to host multiple sites from one project/installation of Umbraco. For practical reasons, we recommend using on Umbraco Cloud projects.
If you are planning to create a multilingual site, please take a look at the tutorial instead.
The best way to handle a multisite solution is to have multiple root nodes in the Content section, where each root node would act as a separate website.
All the websites in your solution will use the same schema. In most cases, this would mean that your content pages on website A will use the same properties as on website B.
At this point, you will have multiple root nodes, each acting as a separate website. To map the hostnames to individual root nodes:
Go to the Content section.
Click ... next to the root node you wish to assign the hostname.
Select Culture and Hostnames.
In the Domains pane, click Add new Domain.
Enter the domain in the Domain field and select the language from the Language drop-down list. If you have a multilanguage solution, you can map different hostnames to specific languages.
Click Save.
Repeat steps 2-6 for each root node in the Content structure.
The sites are now available under the domains you provided.
While such a setup might be handy, it also comes with drawbacks. It is important to keep in mind that having multiple sites on one Umbraco project:
Might increase resource usage.
Could interfere with editors' workflows, especially if there are multiple people working on both websites at once. That is because the solution will still use one database for both websites.
Limit your options in regards to developing new features and making schema changes.
If the project has any issues, this will affect all websites.
Keep in mind the
On Umbraco Cloud-hosted sites we recommend using the functionality - which comes with added benefits, and offers increased stability compared to the multisite solution in a single project.
