<p>Craft licenses doesn’t care about subdomains - your license will be registered to the <code>example.com</code> subdomain, and will technically be valid for any subdomain for that domain. Read more about Craft license enforcement here: <a href="https://craftcms.com/knowledge-base/more-information-than-you-require-about-craft-license-keys#domains" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://craftcms.com/knowledge-base/more-information-than-you-require-about-craft-license-keys#domains</a></p>
<p><strong>If you’re getting that error when visiting the Craft control panel via <code>api.example.com</code>, something is wrong.</strong> Things to try:</p>
<ul>
<li>Clear Craft’s data caches</li>
<li>Double-check that the site is using the correct license, and that the license is in fact registered to the same top-level domain (ie <code>example.com</code>)</li>
</ul>
<p>If you’re still unable to get rid of that error, I’d suggest getting in touch with Craft support.</p>

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<p>We use a subdomain for our headless Craft CMS install that looks like api.example.org.  When I try to enter that as the &quot;Domain Name&quot; on the Craft ID site, the &quot;Domain Name&quot; form field doesn't allow for a subdomain.  I.e. if I enter api.example.org, and hit save, it reads example.org.  And so, in the CMS dashboard I am getting the <code>The license located at config/license.key belongs to example.org</code> warning.  Is there some other way I should indicate the subdomain for this craft license?  Do I need to move the CMS to its own domain?</p>

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# How to register subdomain at https://id.craftcms.com/licenses/cms

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-07-15)

We use a subdomain for our headless Craft CMS install that looks like api.example.org. When I try to enter that as the "Domain Name" on the Craft ID site, the "Domain Name" form field doesn't allow for a subdomain. I.e. if I enter api.example.org, and hit save, it reads example.org. And so, in the CMS dashboard I am getting the `The license located at config/license.key belongs to example.org` warning. Is there some other way I should indicate the subdomain for this craft license? Do I need to move the CMS to its own domain?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2022-07-16. Score: 1

Craft licenses doesn’t care about subdomains - your license will be registered to the `example.com` subdomain, and will technically be valid for any subdomain for that domain. Read more about Craft license enforcement here: <https://craftcms.com/knowledge-base/more-information-than-you-require-about-craft-license-keys#domains>

**If you’re getting that error when visiting the Craft control panel via `api.example.com`, something is wrong.** Things to try:

* Clear Craft’s data caches
* Double-check that the site is using the correct license, and that the license is in fact registered to the same top-level domain (ie `example.com`)

If you’re still unable to get rid of that error, I’d suggest getting in touch with Craft support.


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