How to order a Web Hosting plan

Reviewed on July 09, 2025

This page shows how to create a Scaleway Web Hosting plan. Web Hosting is a managed service, designed for personal use, business use and everything in between. It allows you to host your website and databases and create personalized email addresses using your domain name.

Before you start

To complete the actions presented below, you must have:

A Scaleway account logged into the console
Owner status or IAM permissions allowing you to perform actions in the intended Organization
Registered a domain name at Scaleway or another registrar

Web Hosting configuration

Click Web Hosting in the Domains & Web Hosting section of the console side menu. The Web Hosting overview page displays.
Click + Order Web Hosting to order a Web Hosting plan. The Web Hosting configuration screen displays.
Select the region in which to create your Web Hosting.
Choose a management interface for your website's content and settings:
- cPanel is a web-based control panel for managing web hosting accounts, emails, and websites through a graphical interface.
- WordPress is a user-friendly content management system (CMS) that allows you to create, edit, and manage your website without requiring any coding or technical skills.
  Important
  If you choose WordPress as your management interface:
  
  You will receive a direct access link to your email inbox
  
  Each WordPress hosting plan supports only one website
  
  You cannot create additional databases beyond the one that is automatically provided Find out more about what the WordPress plan includes in the Web Hosting FAQ
Choose your hosting plan based on your needs.
Configure options:
- Enable backup: for daily automated backups of your website, emails, and databases. Retains backups for three days, with a full weekly backup retained for two months.
- Dedicated IP: for improving email reputation and SSL setup.
Enter your email address. We will send you your password to access your management interface to this email address.
Click Configure domain to move on to the domain configuration screen.

Domain configuration

Tick External domain or register later.
Enter your domain name or the name of the domain you plan to register.
Note
Read our documentation to find out how to register a domain name.
Read the information banner about DNS records configuration.
Check the summary of your order and your estimated cost, then click Order Web Hosting.

Tick Scaleway domain.
Select your Scaleway domain in the drop-down.

Tip
If you just registered your Scaleway domain and cannot see it displayed in the drop-down, click Reload list.
Tick Use a subdomain if you want to use an existing subdomain or to create a new one.

Tip
You can use a subdomain if you want to create a separate section of your website, such as a blog or shop, if you are not using the main domain for this project.
For example, if your main website is my-cookies.com, you could use a subdomain like recipes.my-cookies.com to create a separate section for sharing cookie recipes, while keeping your main site focused on selling cookies.
Enter the name of your existing subdomain or a new name to create a subdomain.
Choose between Automatic DNS configuration and Advanced DNS configuration
Check the summary of your order and your estimated cost, then click Order Web Hosting.

Tip

You will find the credentials to access your hosting dashboard (username/password) in your email inbox. You can also find your credentials in the Overview tab in the Hosting information section for the username (Main user name) and in the Initial password section for the password.

Proceed with the DNS configuration for your Web Hosting plan.