Step-by-step help for your hosting

• How to suspend and unsuspend a cPanel account in WHM

  Suspend a customer's cPanel account for non-payment or abuse, add a suspension reason, lock it from unsuspension, and restore access again from WHM.

  BeginnerReseller hosting3 min read

• How to modify a cPanel account in WHM

  Change a customer account's domain, username, quotas, email limits, shell access or contact email using Modify an Account in WHM, and what each change affects.

  IntermediateReseller hosting3 min read

• Import and export a MySQL database with phpMyAdmin in cPanel

  Use phpMyAdmin in cPanel to export a database to an .sql file, import a backup, run queries, and handle large files or upload size errors.

  BeginnercPanel hosting2 min read

• cPanel Jupiter interface tour: find every tool quickly

  A guided tour of the cPanel Jupiter theme: the tool groups, the search bar, the statistics panel, user preferences and how to switch language or style.

  BeginnercPanel hosting3 min read

• Create and manage FTP accounts in cPanel

  Create extra FTP accounts in cPanel, limit each one to a folder and quota, change passwords, and find the correct FTP server, username and port.

  BeginnercPanel hosting2 min read

• Connect to cPanel hosting with FileZilla (FTPS and SFTP)

  Set up FileZilla for your cPanel hosting with encrypted FTP over TLS or SFTP, save the site in Site Manager, upload a website and fix common connection errors.

  BeginnercPanel hosting2 min read

• Add another domain to cPanel (addon domain) with the Domains tool

  Host a second website on your cPanel account: create a new domain in cPanel Domains, choose its document root, point DNS and upload the site.

  BeginnercPanel hosting2 min read

• How to terminate a cPanel account in WHM safely

  Remove a cPanel account from WHM without regrets. Take a full backup first, decide whether to keep the DNS zone, terminate one or many accounts and confirm files and databases are gone.

  BeginnerLinux server3 min read

• Configure SpamAssassin and Spam Filters in cPanel

  Turn on Apache SpamAssassin through cPanel Spam Filters, pick a spam score threshold, use the Spam Box or auto-delete, and whitelist or blacklist senders.

  IntermediateLinux server4 min read

• Set up SPF, DKIM and DMARC in cPanel Email Deliverability

  Use cPanel Email Deliverability to repair SPF and DKIM records, add a DMARC policy in the Zone Editor, check reverse DNS and clear every problem shown for a domain.

  IntermediateLinux server4 min read

• Create email autoresponders in cPanel

  Set up out-of-office and auto-reply messages in cPanel, schedule start and stop times, use the interval setting to prevent reply loops and test from another account.

  BeginnerLinux server4 min read

• Install a purchased SSL certificate in cPanel

  Generate a private key and CSR in cPanel, order the certificate, then install the certificate and CA bundle under SSL/TLS and check the chain is complete.

  BeginnerLinux server4 min read

• Force HTTPS for a domain in cPanel

  Redirect every visitor to HTTPS with the Force HTTPS Redirect toggle on the cPanel Domains page or an.htaccess rule, then avoid redirect loops and mixed content.

  BeginnerLinux server4 min read

• How to set up AutoSSL in cPanel & WHM

  Turn on AutoSSL in WHM, pick the certificate provider, run it for all users, read the logs and make sure free certificates keep renewing on their own.

  BeginnerLinux server4 min read

• Enable NGINX with reverse proxy on cPanel

  Install cPanel's ea-nginx as a caching reverse proxy in front of Apache, control caching per account, clear the cache and fix 502 Bad Gateway errors.

  AdvancedLinux server4 min read

• Switch Apache MPM to event in cPanel

  Compare prefork, worker and event, switch Apache to the event MPM in EasyApache 4, move sites to PHP-FPM first and tune MaxRequestWorkers for your VPS.

  AdvancedLinux server4 min read

• cPanel & WHM system requirements for a VPS

  What cPanel & WHM needs from a VPS: supported operating systems, RAM, disk, CPU, a clean install, a static IP and an FQDN hostname, plus how to size a VPS.

  BeginnerLinux server5 min read

• Change PHP limits with the cPanel MultiPHP INI Editor

  Raise memory_limit, upload_max_filesize, post_max_size and max_execution_time in cPanel or WHM with the MultiPHP INI Editor, per PHP version or per domain.

  BeginnerLinux server5 min read

• How to activate a cPanel licence on your VPS

  Activate a cPanel licence on a VPS. Buy it from cPanel or a partner, bind it to the server IP, refresh it with cpkeyclt and confirm it at verify.cpanel.net.

  BeginnerLinux server4 min read

• Use the Plesk Migrator to move sites from cPanel

  Connect your cPanel source server to the Plesk Migrator extension and copy domains, mail, databases and SSL certificates onto a Linux VPS, then verify before you switch DNS.

  AdvancedLinux server6 min read

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