To simplify site creation, Commerce Cloud designates one site as the default site. When you create a new site in the administration interface, you must give it a unique Site Title and Site Base URL. Commerce Cloud automatically assigns it an ID, which is not visible in the UI. The new site inherits all its other properties from the default site, though you can change them on the Settings Setup page.
In addition to serving as a template for site creation, the default site is used as the destination for requests to your Commerce Cloud instance when a URL cannot be otherwise resolved. For example, if a shopper tries to access a store with a URL that does not match the production URL (the primary URL for accessing the site) or any of the additional production URLs (alternate URLs that can be used to access the site), Commerce Cloud displays the home page of the default site.
There is always one default site in an individual instance of Commerce Cloud. Initially, this is the site included with each Commerce Cloud instance. This site’s initial Site Title is Commerce Cloud Site and its internal ID is siteUS. Once you have created other sites, you can change which site is the default. A site must be enabled before you can make it the default. Sites you create in the administration interface are not automatically enabled. To enable a new site, you must use the Admin REST API. See Configure Sites in Extending Oracle Commerce Cloud to learn how to enable sites.
To change the default site:
Click the menu icon, then click Settings.
Select Setup from the list of settings.
Pick a site to make the default from the list that appears above the settings list.
On the General tab, select the Make Default Site checkbox.
Click Continue in the Warning box to confirm that you want to change the default site.
Click Save on the General tab.
