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Overview

The site command is used to create, manage, delete, and configure websites on your Webinoly server. Syntax: 
site <domain> <option> <argument>

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Site Creation Options

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-html

Create a static HTML site. Example: 
site example.com -html
With subfolder: 
site example.com -html -subfolder=/blog

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-php

Create a PHP site without WordPress or MySQL. Example: 
site example.com -php
With subfolder: 
site example.com -php -subfolder=/app

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-mysql

Create a PHP site with MySQL database (no WordPress). Example: 
site example.com -mysql
Custom database configuration: 
site example.com -mysql=[setupmysql,setupwp,dbhost,dbname,dbuser,dbpass,extdbuser,extdbpass]
Parameters:
  • setupmysql: true/false - Setup MySQL database
  • dbhost: Database host (e.g., localhost or remote IP)
  • dbname: Database name
  • dbuser: Database username
  • dbpass: Database password (use “random” for auto-generated)
  • extdbuser: External database admin user
  • extdbpass: External database admin password
Example with custom values: 
site example.com -mysql=[true,false,localhost,mydb,dbuser,random,root,rootpass]

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-wp

Create a WordPress site. Example: 
site example.com -wp
Custom WordPress configuration: 
site example.com -wp=[setupmysql,setupwp,dbhost,dbname,dbuser,dbpass,dbpref,extdbuser,extdbpass]
Parameters:
  • setupmysql: true/false - Setup MySQL database
  • setupwp: true/false - Install WordPress
  • dbhost: Database host
  • dbname: Database name
  • dbuser: Database username
  • dbpass: Database password (use “random” for auto-generated)
  • dbpref: WordPress table prefix (default: wp_)
  • extdbuser: External database admin user
  • extdbpass: External database admin password
Example with custom values: 
site example.com -wp=[true,true,localhost,wpdb,wpuser,random,wp_,root,rootpass]
With subfolder: 
site example.com -wp -subfolder=/blog
With environment type: 
site example.com -wp -env=staging

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-empty

Create an empty site for custom Nginx configuration. Example: 
site example.com -empty
Blank mode (no default configuration): 
site example.com -empty=blank
With empty sites, add your custom Nginx configuration to:
  • /var/www/example.com/*-nginx.conf

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-parked

Create a parked domain that points to another site. Example: 
site parked-domain.com -parked=main-domain.com

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-proxy

Create a reverse proxy site. Example: 
site example.com -proxy=http://localhost:3000
With dedicated configuration: 
site example.com -proxy=http://backend-server:8080 -dedicated-reverse-proxy

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-forward

Create a domain forward/redirect. Example: 
site old-domain.com -forward=https://new-domain.com

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Site Management Options

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-on

Enable a disabled site. Example: 
site example.com -on

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-off

Disable a site without deleting it. Example: 
site example.com -off

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-delete

Delete a site completely. Example: 
site example.com -delete
Delete subfolder: 
site example.com -delete -subfolder=/blog

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-delete-all

Delete all sites on the server. Example: 
site -delete-all
Force deletion without confirmation: 
site -delete-all=force

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-list

List all sites on the server. Example: 
site -list

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-info

Display detailed information about a site. Example: 
site example.com -info
With subfolder: 
site example.com -info -subfolder=/blog

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SSL/TLS Options

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-ssl

Manage SSL certificates for sites. Enable SSL (Let’s Encrypt): 
site example.com -ssl=on
Disable SSL: 
site example.com -ssl=off
Renew all certificates: 
site -ssl=renew
Force renewal for specific site: 
site example.com -ssl=force-renewal
Force renewal for all sites: 
site -ssl=force-renewal-all
Custom SSL certificate: 
site example.com -ssl=on -ssl-crt=/path/to/cert.crt -ssl-key=/path/to/cert.key
Wildcard certificate: 
site example.com -ssl=on -wildcard
Add subdomain to existing wildcard: 
site sub.example.com -ssl=on -add-to-wildcard=example.com
Test certificate (staging): 
site example.com -ssl=on -test-cert
Manual certificate (DNS challenge): 
site example.com -ssl=on -manual
Ignore SSL errors during renewal: 
site example.com -ssl=on -ignore-ssl
Revoke certificate: 
site example.com -ssl=off -revoke

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-force-redirect

Force www or non-www redirects. Force www: 
site example.com -force-redirect=www
Force non-www (root): 
site example.com -force-redirect=root
Disable forced redirects: 
site example.com -force-redirect=off

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Cache Management

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-cache

Manage FastCGI cache for WordPress sites. Enable cache: 
site example.com -cache=on
Disable cache: 
site example.com -cache=off
Enable with custom valid time: 
site example.com -cache=on -cache-valid=30d
Enable with WordPress cache plugin support: 
site example.com -cache=on -wp-cache-plugins
Custom cache configuration: 
site example.com -cache=on -skip-cache=/cart,/checkout
site example.com -cache=on -skip-cookie-cache=comment_author,wordpress_logged_in
site example.com -cache=on -query-string-cache=utm_source,utm_medium
site example.com -cache=on -query-string-never-cache=nocache
site example.com -cache=on -query-string-cache-default=ignore
Reset cache configuration: 
site example.com -cache=on -reset

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WordPress Specific Options

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-multisite-convert

Convert WordPress single site to Multisite. Subdomain multisite: 
site example.com -multisite-convert=subdomain
Subdirectory multisite: 
site example.com -multisite-convert=subdirectory

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-clone-from

Clone a site from an existing site. Clone site: 
site new-site.com -clone-from=existing-site.com
Clone with subfolder: 
site new-site.com -clone-from=existing-site.com -subfolder=/blog
Clone subfolder to new site: 
site new-site.com -clone-from=existing-site.com -subfolder=/source-folder
Overwrite existing site: 
site existing-site.com -clone-from=source-site.com -overwrite=on

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-replace-content

Search and replace content in WordPress database. Replace URLs: 
site example.com -replace-content -from=http://old-domain.com -to=https://new-domain.com
With subfolder: 
site example.com -replace-content -from=oldtext -to=newtext -subfolder=/blog

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-env

Set WordPress environment type. Available environments:
  • production - Production environment
  • staging - Staging environment
  • development - Development environment
  • local - Local environment
Example: 
site example.com -env=staging
With subfolder: 
site example.com -env=development -subfolder=/blog

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Redirection Management

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-redirection

Manage URL redirections. Add redirection: 
site example.com -redirection -from=/old-path -to=/new-path
With HTTP status code: 
site example.com -redirection -from=/old-path -to=/new-path -http-code=301
With regex: 
site example.com -redirection -from=/old-(.*) -to=/new-$1 -regex
Delete redirection: 
site example.com -redirection -from=/old-path -delete
Delete all redirections: 
site example.com -redirection -delete-all
List redirections: 
site example.com -redirection -list

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Arguments

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-root

Specify custom root directory. Example: 
site example.com -php -root=/custom/path

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-root-path

Specify custom subdirectory within htdocs. Example: 
site example.com -php -root-path=public
This creates the root at /var/www/example.com/htdocs/public

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-subfolder

Operate on a subfolder within a site. Example: 
site example.com -wp -subfolder=/blog

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-external-db

Use external database server. Example: 
site example.com -wp -external-db=192.168.1.100:3306

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-wildcard

Create wildcard SSL certificate. Example: 
site example.com -ssl=on -wildcard

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-ignore-ssl

Ignore SSL errors during operations. Example: 
site example.com -ssl=on -ignore-ssl

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-ssl-crt

Path to custom SSL certificate file. Example: 
site example.com -ssl=on -ssl-crt=/path/to/cert.crt -ssl-key=/path/to/key.key

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-ssl-key

Path to custom SSL key file. Example: 
site example.com -ssl=on -ssl-crt=/path/to/cert.crt -ssl-key=/path/to/key.key

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-manual

Use manual DNS challenge for SSL. Example: 
site example.com -ssl=on -manual

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-test-cert

Use Let’s Encrypt staging server for testing. Example: 
site example.com -ssl=on -test-cert

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-overwrite

Overwrite existing site during clone operations. Example: 
site example.com -clone-from=source.com -overwrite=on

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-wp-cache-plugins

Enable cache plugin compatibility. Example: 
site example.com -cache=on -wp-cache-plugins

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-dedicated-reverse-proxy

Use dedicated reverse proxy configuration. Example: 
site example.com -proxy=http://localhost:8080 -dedicated-reverse-proxy

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-cache-valid

Set cache validity period. Examples: 
site example.com -cache=on -cache-valid=30d
site example.com -cache=on -cache-valid=12h
site example.com -cache=on -cache-valid=600m

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-skip-cache

Define URLs to skip from cache. Example: 
site example.com -cache=on -skip-cache=/cart,/checkout,/my-account
Define cookies that skip cache. Example: 
site example.com -cache=on -skip-cookie-cache=comment_author,wordpress_logged_in

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-query-string-cache

Define query strings to include in cache. Example: 
site example.com -cache=on -query-string-cache=utm_source,utm_medium,utm_campaign

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-query-string-never-cache

Define query strings to never cache. Example: 
site example.com -cache=on -query-string-never-cache=nocache,preview

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-query-string-cache-default

Set default behavior for query strings. Options:
  • ignore - Ignore query strings (default)
  • include - Include query strings in cache key
Example: 
site example.com -cache=on -query-string-cache-default=include

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-reset

Reset cache configuration to defaults. Example: 
site example.com -cache=on -reset

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-from

Source value for replace-content or redirection operations. Example: 
site example.com -replace-content -from=http://old-domain.com -to=https://new-domain.com

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-to

Destination value for replace-content or redirection operations. Example: 
site example.com -redirection -from=/old -to=/new

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-http-code

HTTP status code for redirections. Common codes:
  • 301 - Permanent redirect
  • 302 - Temporary redirect
  • 307 - Temporary redirect (preserves method)
  • 308 - Permanent redirect (preserves method)
Example: 
site example.com -redirection -from=/old -to=/new -http-code=301

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-regex

Use regex patterns in redirections. Example: 
site example.com -redirection -from=/old-(.*) -to=/new-$1 -regex

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-revoke

Revoke SSL certificate when disabling. Example: 
site example.com -ssl=off -revoke

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-db-role

Set database role for multisite. Example: 
site example.com -multisite-convert=subdomain -db-role=primary

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-domain-mapping-wp-id

WordPress site ID for domain mapping. Example: 
site mapped-domain.com -parked=main-site.com -domain-mapping-wp-id=2

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Common Usage Examples

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Create a basic WordPress site with SSL

site example.com -wp
site example.com -ssl=on

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Create staging site from production

site staging.example.com -clone-from=example.com
site staging.example.com -env=staging

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Setup WordPress with caching

site example.com -wp
site example.com -cache=on
site example.com -ssl=on

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Create reverse proxy with SSL

site api.example.com -proxy=http://localhost:3000
site api.example.com -ssl=on

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Migrate site to new domain

site new-domain.com -clone-from=old-domain.com
site new-domain.com -replace-content -from=http://old-domain.com -to=https://new-domain.com
site new-domain.com -ssl=on

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