What is WHM? Web Host Manager (WHM), is a program that allows you administrative access to your Reseller Hosting account. As a reseller, you will want to assign a separate cPanel to each of your client accounts. This allows each client the ability to log into their own cPanel to manage their hosting account. Creating, Read More >
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How to Reset cPanel Passwords in Reseller WHM
Part of being a reseller hosting provider is helping your customers when they have issues and need help. In this article, we will show you how to reset a cPanel password using WHM. These steps will work for the VPS reseller program as well as the shared option. How to Reset a cPanel Password in Read More >
How to Configure Other Settings in WHMCS
At last, the Other tab will provide support for the remainder of the WHMCS configurations not available under specific categories. Here you can adjust contact preferences for clients and enable debugging for troubleshooting technical errors. Login to your WHMCS Admin Hover over Setup and choose General Settings Choose the Other tab Fill in the settings: Read More >
How to Create a Package in your Reseller WHM
In this tutorial: Creating a Package Pre-Configured Packages Creating a hosting package in your WHM allows you to specify several different settings for a cPanel account. For example, you could create a package that includes 5 addon domains while you have an upgraded package that allows up to 15 addon domains. This way you can Read More >
How to Create a New cPanel in your Reseller WHM
One of the first things you will need to do for a new client is to give them their own hosting space. This is done by creating a cPanel account. As a reseller, you will have the ability to do this from within your Web Host Manager (WHM). Follow along below as we Read More >
How to Configure Social Settings in WHMCS
WHMCS allows you to configure social media options right from the admin area. This can be valuable if you want to manage your social media identity from the same interface you use to manage your hosting and client services. Login to your WHMCS Admin Hover over Setup and choose General Settings Choose the Social tab Read More >
The Basics of Tuning MySQL on Dedicated Servers
One of the most common sources of site performance degradation is poor database optimization. While it is possible to optimize databases by manual inspection, this process may be prohibitively time consuming. To assist with this, MySQL Tuner was designed to make database optimization easier. In this guide, we will explore the basics of tuning MySQL Read More >
How to Install Python 2.7
In this guide, we will go over how to install python 2.7 on your server. This guide requires you to be logged into the servers command line interface as the root user. Note: You must have root access to your server to complete this guide. InMotion allows root access on all VPS Hosting and Dedicated Read More >
Installing and Configuring Varnish 3
This guide will briefly go over how to install and configure Varnish Caching on your webhosting account. Varnish Cache is a web application accelerator, also known as a caching HTTP reverse proxy. You install it in front of any server that speaks HTTP and configure it to cache the contents. It typically speeds up delivery Read More >
How to Disable cPanel on your Dedicated Server
Before we tackle the question of disabling the cPanel in a Dedicated Hosting Server, we need to explain the basic model of the web service solution. The acronym, LAMP, is given to the model and it stands for Linux operating system, Apache HTTP Server, MySQL relational database management system, and the PHP programming language. It Read More >
How to Upgrade MySQL on CentOS
This guide will go over how to upgrade the MySQL version on your dedicated server. This requires you to be logged into the server command line as the root user. Please follow all of the steps very carefully as you can easily corrupt your databases if this upgrade is not done properly. Also, please remember Read More >
How to Configure Security Settings in WHMCS
WHMCS provides a variety of security options that range from beginner to advanced. Here is an overview of the primary security features you can access through the general settings. Login to your WHMCS Admin Hover over Setup and choose General Settings Choose the Security tab Fill in the settings: Captcha Form Protection: Choose how captcha Read More >
How to Enable SMTP Restrictions
One of the steps you can take to stop spam scripts is to enable SMTP Restrictions in WHM. This particular feature will prevent users from bypassing the mail server to send mail. When enabled it only allows delivery through MTA, mailman, and root connect to remote SMTP servers. NOTE: This setting does require that you Read More >
How to Disable Security Advisor Alerts in WHM
One of the new features in cPanel release 56 is the additon of Security Advisor Alerts. The alerts are sent to the default email within WHM. While these alerts are useful, some of them can be misleading. You can disable the security advisor alerts so you will no longer receive them. Note: Root access is Read More >
Exporting your Database for Transfer
Note: that you will require root access in order to follow these directions. In this tutorial: Export via WHM Export via Command Line A very common task that’s often involved in moving from one host to another is the migration of databases. There are two ways to export your database if you’re using MySQL – Read More >
Viewing your Load Averages in WHM
How to Quickly view Load Averages One of the quickest ways to see how your VPS and Dedicated Server is doing is to look at the Load Averages interface in the top right hand corner of the WHM. Here you will see a section called Load Averages followed by a set of numbers. By default, Read More >
Using WHM to See Disk Usage
One important statistic that you need to be aware of when managing a dedicated hosted server is your disk usage. Servers do not come with unlimited disk space, so you should always be aware of how much space is being used on your dedicated hosting server. If you’re in WHM and you want to see Read More >
How to Change the Time Zone in WHM
The time zone can be changed in WHM through the Server Time settings. You can also view the current time zone assigned to your server by clicking on Server Time in the menu. If necessary, you can use the Sync time with Time server option to correct the server time when it is incorrect. How Read More >
Using the Process Manager
If you notice your websites or databases are running slow, it is an indication that something may be utilizing your server’s resources inefficiently. The Process Manager in WHM can identify the specific commands that are currently running along with how much memory and CPU resources they are using. Why resource management is important Using the Read More >
How to Add Custom Name Servers in AMP
Custom name servers allow you to customize how people see domains that are hosted on your server. Custom name servers must be defined at your domain registrar before you can use them with your websites. The following tutorial will show you how to add a custom name server through the Account Management Panel. After that, Read More >
