cPanel – Web Host Manager for Server Management

October 12, 2010 / Control Panels Dedicated Server Hosting

The Web Host Manager is the mostly used control panel, in the administration of the web hosting plan. Through WHM, various hosting plans can be created and can add, remove, lock or unlock a domain. You can even change your passwords and check the website traffic generated at each domain.

Options available in your WHM control panel, and know what each option link for.

Server Setup (Server Settings)

Setup Remote Access Key – (Set passkey): Function aimed at programmers who want to interact with an external script Web Host Manager. This option generates a “key” to access the remote server.

Server Status

Service Status (Status of Services): Check in real time, the situation (status) of the services on your server.

Server Information: Displays the configurations (hardware and software) of your server.

Account Functions (Administration Accounts)

List Accounts: List all areas related to its web hosting plan, displaying information about each domain (PI domain, user name, email address for contact, date, configuration, disk space allocated and used, plan and used the theme control panel – cPanel).

Create a New Account: Set in a few seconds, a new domain in your reseller plan. Simply tell some data (field, user name, password and hosting plan).

Skeleton Directory (Directory Standard): All content (files) placed in this directory will be copied automatically during the process of domain configuration on the server to your directory.

Terminate an Account: Removes all configuration, including all files in a server domain. This operation is irreversible.

Terminate Multiple Accounts: Removes all configuration, including all files, in various areas of the server at the same time. This operation is irreversible.

Upgrade / Downgrade an Account: Amendment to the plan of hosting a domain. Performed after the change of plan, the field will also, automatically, the new features and boundaries (space and traffic).

View Bandwidth Usage: List all your domains stating the amount (in MB) transferred by each of the current month and previous months.

Suspend / Unsuspended Account Page: Hang or releases a given field. When suspended, all services automatically stopped (the files are not removed).

List Suspended Accounts: Lists all domains suspended, with some additional information (date of suspension and reason – if informed in suspension).

Modify Suspended Account Page: Customize the page that appears when a domain suspended. The page created using HTML commands.

Password Modification: Changes the password for a particular area. Use this function if you forget your account password.

List Subdomains: List, grouping by domain, all domains created.

Themes

Change WHM Theme (Change theme WHM): Choose the theme to used in WebHost Manager. We recommend the use of Topic X, because in it you will have access of all the updated features of the server.

Packages

Feature Manager: Still in testing phase, this function allows you to define which resources (functions) your client will have access. Those who do not have access it will not appear on the control panel ( cPanel).

Add Packages: Make your plans (packages) hosting. Limit disk space, monthly traffic and features (CGI, subdomains, databases, FrontPage extensions and additional areas) for use by their clients (domains).

Delete Packages: Delete an existing hosting plan. For the exclusion is possible, may not have any field linked to the plan.

Edit Packages: Change the features of a hosting plan. All areas related to this plan automatically configured with the new limits (disk space and monthly traffic) and resources.

DNS Functions

Park or Point a Domain (Parking area or point): Create an appointment (parking) domain, ie. all access to domain and email sent automatically to processed in another domain.

Parked Domains List: List, grouping by domain, all notes created.

Add a DNS Zone: Create a DNS zone on the server. This option should used by users who has full knowledge of its operation. Otherwise, your domain and your customers compromised.

Edit the MX Entry: Change the MX for a domain. This option should used by users who have full knowledge of its operation. Otherwise, your domain and your customers compromised.

Edit DNS Zone: In this option you can edit the zones from one DNS. You can change the DNS entries in the DNS zone. This option should used by advanced users.

Delete a DNS Zone: Delete a DNS zone server. This option should used by users who has full knowledge of its operation. Otherwise, your domain and your customers will have to  compromised.

FrontPage

Install FrontPage Extensions: Install FrontPage Extensions on a domain. Use this option only when your client requests (to installed, several files generated within the domain directory).

Uninstall FrontPage Extensions: Removes the installation of FrontPage extensions on a domain (all files created before will be deleted). The files of your client will not be erased.

Install FrontPage Mail Extensions: Install the FrontPage extensions messages from a domain. Use this option only when your client requests (to installed, several files generated within the domain directory).

Email

Mail Troubleshooter (Diagnostic Errors an Email): Tool used to correct possible problems in an email account.

cPanel

Branding: Customize with your logo, your customer’s cPanel (feature available only for some subjects). This option should only used by users who have full knowledge of its operation. Otherwise, your domain and your customers will have to compromised.

Reset a Shopping Cart: Reset (delete) the settings of the virtual store from one domain (all previously registered data lost).

Modify cPanel / WHM News: Include news, messages, news or notices to its customers within cPanel (will displayed on the main control panel – cPanel).

Synchronize FTP Passwords: Updates the password file on the FTP server with the passwords fields. Always do this when changing the password of a domain within the Web Host Manager.

The Dedicated Hosting Plan is packaged with an absolute set of easy-to-use tools such as Web Host Manager (WHM) which saves time and increases your focus on your ever growing business.

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