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cPanel & WHM

bullet What exactly is cPanel hosting?
cPanel The name most people use is simply cPanel, but the official product is cPanel & WHM — WHM being short for WebHost Manager. It is a Linux-based web hosting control panel that provides a graphical interface and automation tools designed to simplify the process of hosting a website. cPanel is available on most of our Linux product offerings.

Full instructions are available in the cPanel User Documentation and the WebHost Manager (WHM) User Guide.

 

bullet How do I use cPanel?
With our cPanel hosting, everything is integrated with cPanel/WHM and needs to be "done the cPanel way" to work correctly. You get full web content administration, but you must either use the applications cPanel provides or look for third-party ones developed specifically for cPanel.

 

bullet What is cPanel then?
The cPanel portion is the interface you use to manage your website — the front end to the cPanel/WHM environment. Users can:

  • Databases
  • Manage users and email
  • Manage backups
  • Monitoring & reporting
  • Application installation
  • Server administration
bullet What is WHM?
WHM WHM is the backend administrative interface, used to make changes server-wide or across the entire VPS account.

 

bullet What user access levels are there?
  • Root Level User / Administrator
    • Has access to all aspects of the cPanel and WHM interfaces
    • Has access to all accounts on the VPS
  • Reseller
    • Has full access to the cPanel interface but limited access to WHM
    • WHM access is limited to creating new cPanel accounts and managing them
  • Client Account Management / Hosting Account Owner (cPanel account)
    • Has access only to the cPanel interface
    • Can manage all aspects of their accounts and domains
    • Can create FTP and email sub-users