# Install a new website before setting the domain?
**URL:** https://community.ovhcloud.com/t/install-a-new-website-before-setting-the-domain/22096
**Category:** Oldies but goldies
**Created:** [Mars 10, 2021, 5:54 UTC](https://community.ovhcloud.com/t/install-a-new-website-before-setting-the-domain/22096 "2021-03-10T17:54:18Z")
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### Author:  [@MaximeM1](https://community.ovhcloud.com/u/MaximeM1)
#### Post date: [Mars 10, 2021, 5:54 UTC](https://community.ovhcloud.com/t/install-a-new-website-before-setting-the-domain/22096/1 "2021-03-10T17:54:18Z")
Hi,
I have a hosting plans with multi website and want to add a new website on it
but with a foreign domain.
So my idea was :
- Add a new website on my multi website hosting (with my foreign domain name)
- Put the files of the website in the folder on the OVH server
- Check if everything is ok from my computer (i set my hosts file to use the OVH server and then check if everything is ok on the website)
- If everything is ok, ask to the owner of the domain to edit the DNS zone with the new IP to use the new OVH server.
Problem : It looks impossible to install a website without editing the DNS zone first ?
Source : [https://docs.ovh.com/gb/en/hosting/multisites-configuring-multiple-websites/#add-external-domain](https://docs.ovh.com/gb/en/hosting/multisites-configuring-multiple-websites/#add-external-domain)
How can i do this ?
Thanks
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### Author:  [@MaximeM1](https://community.ovhcloud.com/u/MaximeM1)
#### Post date: [Mars 10, 2021, 8:44 UTC](https://community.ovhcloud.com/t/install-a-new-website-before-setting-the-domain/22096/2 "2021-03-10T20:44:51Z")
I found a way. We need to create a DNS zone first. it's free