Magento 2.1 Multi-Store Setup on Different Domains

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I have created a sub-website, sub-store, and sub-store-view from magento2 admin and update sub-store base url from configuration setting.

After that I have created a subdomain (sub.example.com), but here I am little confused that subdomain will link to root directory or any sub directory, and what changes I have to make in index.php and .htaccess file?

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I have created successfully sub website in magento2, steps are as follows :

1) Create "Sub Website/Sub Store/ Sub Store View" from admin panel.

2) Update configuration setting :

base Url (http://sub.example.com/)
Link Url (http://sub.example.com/)
Static Url (http://example.com/pub/static/)
Media Url (http://example.com/pub/media/)

3) Create a sub directory 'sub' in magento root directory and point "sub domain (sub.example.com)" to this directory.

4) Copy index.php and .htaccess to this directory from root and made two changes in index.php

i) replace "/app/bootstrap.php" to "/../app/bootstrap.php"

ii) replace
$bootstrap = \Magento\Framework\App\Bootstrap::create(BP, $_SERVER); 

to 

$params = $_SERVER;$params[\Magento\Store\Model\StoreManager::PARAM_RUN_CODE] = "sub";
$params[\Magento\Store\Model\StoreManager::PARAM_RUN_TYPE] = "website"; 
$bootstrap = \Magento\Framework\App\Bootstrap::create(BP, $params);

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Magento – Different Storeviews or Websites in Subfolders

It's very easy to serve multiple domains/paths based on URLs. As mentioned, the easiest setup (configuration-only) is possible when the unique core/store codes can be used in the path as subfolders. This requires one of the following:

Visitors are linked to the correct subfolder path initially
Visitors are served a landing page from which they select their store and receive a cookie
Some mechanism is used to set the run type and run code prior to PHP handling the response

Regarding #3: since 1.4 Magento, made it possible to allow the Web server to determine the running context (website or store) as well as the particular code which should be used. From index.php:

/* Store or website code */
$mageRunCode = isset($_SERVER['MAGE_RUN_CODE']) ? $_SERVER['MAGE_RUN_CODE'] : '';

/* Run store or run website */
$mageRunType = isset($_SERVER['MAGE_RUN_TYPE']) ? $_SERVER['MAGE_RUN_TYPE'] : 'store';

Mage::run($mageRunCode, $mageRunType);

Whereas environment variables are used to initialize the application, it's possible to influence the system prior to PHP even spinning up. With Apache and mod_rewrite this can be done for subfolders with a bit of trickery:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/de/$
RewriteRule .* - [E=MAGE_RUN_CODE:deutsch]
RewriteCond %{ENV:REDIRECT_MAGE_RUN_CODE} (.+)
RewriteRule .* - [E=MAGE_RUN_CODE:%1]

Apache is twitchy with environment variables and subfolders, as demonstrated by this excellent SO answer. The initial two lines result in $_SERVER["REDIRECT_MAGE_RUN_CODE"] = 'deutsch'; while the latter two lines provide the needed $_SERVER["MAGE_RUN_CODE"] = 'deutsch';. There are numerous other tricks, but the above has bitten me before.

The end goal should be initial detection as much as is reasonable (geoip + multi-language concerns) while getting the user to set the store cookie which can be used to bypass/step through the logic in subsequent requests.

Set Up Second Store in Multi-Domain Configuration for Magento CE 1.7.0.2

I've found the cause of my problem. It came from a wrong configuration of the redirection from my domain name to the server (I shouldn't have used the domain's host redirection utility).

I've had to set up the domain name so that it's managed by my server's DNS. And very, very important, in the virtual host configuration, add

<Directory />
    Options FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride All
</Directory>

That's needed so that the .htaccess file is used, enabling the RewriteCond instructions needed for magento's multi-domain configuration.

Thanks to everyone who has contributed to resolving my problem !

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