How do I activate the Free Hosting service?

With every domain you host and manage through your Papaki account, you get a free hosting package to help you get started.
You can use it to host a simple WordPress site or even a static HTML5 page.

What’s included in the free hosting package

• 1 GB storage space
• Free SSL certificate
• 1 MySQL database

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[Papaki 2.0]

Steps to activate free hosting

1. Log in to your Papaki account. 
   Forgot your password? See here how to recover it. 

2. From the right-side menu, select the domain for which you want to activate the free hosting package.

3. Click Shared Hosting – Learn more.

1. Under the Free Hosting option, click the FREE button.

The hosting package will be activated within a few minutes and will come with WordPress pre-installed, so you can immediately start building your site.

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Connecting the hosting package to your domain

If you are using Papaki’s free DNS service, the connection is easy and automatic through your account.

1. Log in to your Papaki account. 
   Forgot your password? See here how to recover it. 

2. From the right-side menu, under Domains and products, click on your domain.

3. Select Domain association.

4. In the Associations tab, locate the record for Hosting and click Associate a domain name. 

5. Click Apply, then click Apply again at the bottom of the page. 

Within about one hour (DNS propagation time), your website will be live. Please note that propagation time may vary depending on your Internet provider. 

 Important: If you are using an external DNS service (e.g., Cloudflare) instead of Papaki’s free DNS service, you will need to make manual adjustments (see below). 

Attention! If your domain is currently connected to a welcome page, you’ll first need to disconnect it and then connect it to the free hosting package.

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Activation time

After about 1 hour (DNS propagation time), your website will be live online.
The time may vary depending on your Internet provider.

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Important

If you are using an external DNS service (e.g., Cloudflare) instead of Papaki’s free DNS service, you will need to configure the required DNS records manually in your domain’s active DNS zone.

[Papaki 1.0]

If you have a registered domain at Papaki, Papaki provides you with a free hosting package.
You can find the features of the Basic Linux package here.

To activate it, you can follow the steps below:

1. Log in to your Papaki account. 
   Forgot your password? See here how to recover it. If it's your first login attempt to the new Papaki panel, please read more here.

2. Click the red button Previous client area » on the right side of the control panel to access the old Papaki panel.

3. From the My Products list, select Domains and click on your Domain.

4. Click on Free Hosting.

5. The Basic Linux Free package for one year has already been added to your cart.
Select (1) I will use a Domain Name already registered at papaki.gr and from the drop-down menu choose your (2) Existing Domain Name. Then click (3) Continue and finally (4) Proceed to Checkout.

6. Select Order.
7. Once you receive the activation confirmation of your free hosting, you will also get activation emails for your services, which will include detailed management information for the services you ordered.

Note: If there is already another hosting package with the same name in your Papaki account, the option to activate the Basic Linux package will not appear.