As a dedicated server account owner, you can control almost everything on your server. One of the more important things you will need to monitor is the version of your cPanel and WHM software. This article will discuss how to configure your server for update handling. Note: You must have root access to follow these Read More >
WebHost Manager (WHM)
WebHost Manager (WHM) allows you to, in essence, resell your own hosting accounts. You can create cPanel accounts within WHM, and just like InMotion Hosting, you can apply certain restrictions per account.
Getting Started
How to Configure WHM Contact Manager
The Contact Manager is a feature in WHM which lets you configure server-related notifications to various services and devices. You can assign a priority to each form of contact. For example, low priority messages can go to an email account and high priority messages can trigger a text message. NOTE: This guide requires root access. Read More >
Resetting the cPanel Password in WHM
Using WHM, you can reset cPanel passwords for your clients on your dedicated server. You can also allow the cPanel password to be reset by the users after enabling the option in the Tweak settings of WHM (note: Making a Tweak Setting change requires root access). This tutorial will guide you through the steps for Read More >
How to Create cPanel Account in WHM
If you’re a VPS service provider, a Reseller host, or a own a Dedicated hosting plan, you will likely have to create a cPanel amount in WHM. With WHM you can manage and host separate cPanel accounts independent from one another, and the cPanel users are completely unaware of the other people they are sharing Read More >
How to Access cPanels from WHM
Dedicated server accounts can access the cPanel, reset the password, and create or terminate cPanel accounts from the WHM interface. This tutorial will step you through how to access cPanel accounts using the WHM interface. Please note that you can no longer create unlimited cPanels. For more information and price listings, please see our article Read More >
Logging into WHM on a Dedicated Server
On Dedicated Servers, Web Host Manager (WHM) can be accessed in two ways: via AMP, or directly through your URL. In this article, we will cover logging into WHM through both methods and go over some basic troubleshooting steps. WHM Username and Password cPanel is tied into WHM, and because of this, you’ll use the Read More >
How to Log in to your WHMCS
What is WHMCS? WHMCS is a full management and e-commerce tool for web hosting resellers. We cover the product in more detail in our Why Use WHMCS? article. Logging into WHMCS for the First Time At this point in the reseller series, you have received your WHMCS license key and installed WHMCS. In this article, Read More >
WHMCS General Settings Overview
Configuring WHCMS General Settings Once you have followed the installation procedures for WHMCS to set up your Reseller Hosting capabilities you can start to familiarize yourself with the various settings and configurations WHCMS offers. Accessing the General Settings in WHMCS Log into WHMCS Click Setup -> General Settings Click on the links below for information Read More >
How to Use the Statistics Software Configuration in WHM
The Statistics Software Configuration section of the WHM allows you to control the software being used to provide statistics to your users. This includes providing a status on how your server is handling the statistics generation. You can also choose to make certain statistics generators available in addition to selecting the users who can modify Read More >
Creating Hosting Plans in WHMCS and Syncing with WHM
Products can only be added within a product group. Once you have created one or more product groups, you will be ready to create products for them. This quick guide shows you how to create a new product within your WHCMS back office. NOTE: A valid license for WHMCS is required to access the admin Read More >
Transferring from cPanel to cPanel in WHM
cPanel provides a tool that you can use to transfer from cPanel to cPanel, from one server to another. This is a very powerful tool in that it makes moving from one cPanel server to another into a very simple process. Keep in mind that any configuration files that are affected by the change will Read More >
How to Create Promotions in WHMCS
When selling your products as a reseller, you may want to create special promotions from time to time. This article explains how to create promotions and coupons from within WHMCS for you to use in your reseller hosting. Creating Coupons and Promotions in WHMCS Log into your WHCMS admin interface. Click on Setup -> Payments Read More >
Create Support Department to Accept Tickets in WHMCS
As a reseller, your clients will have some questions or issues that they wish to bring to your attention. You can create different departments to handle different topics. Perhaps you want to have a Sales department to handle sales questions and a Support department to handle more technical issues. We show you how to create Read More >
How to Enable Greylisting in WHM
As the administrator of your dedicated server, you may need to use tools to stem the flood of spam. One of the tools available to you in WHM is Greylisting. This option allows you to temporarily reject any email from a specific sender. Spam emails that fail on initial delivery are not re-delivered. The normal Read More >
How to Configure Email Piping in WHMCS
As you develop a customer base, you will inevitably need to have a support email address for clients to send questions or issues. Setting up email piping allows those emails to become tickets within your WHMCS. Follow along below as we show how to set up email piping between your WHMCS admin dashboard and cPanel. Read More >
WHM Email Troubleshooter Guide
Part of being an administrator for a dedicated server is the need to maintain your email service. If you have a problem with email, there are tools provided with WHM that can help you determine where the problem is occurring. The following article describes the different tools provided by WHM to troubleshoot your email service. Read More >
Getting your WHMCS License Key
WHCMS is a powerful content management system for web hosting resellers. WHMCS provides you with every tool you will need to manage your reseller business. In this article we will show you how you can get your WHMCS license key in a few easy steps. Get Your WHMCS License Log into AMP Under your hosting Read More >
How to Set the Password Strength in WHM
Setting the password strength is important in order to help maintain a secure server. Weak passwords can lead to disruption in your website services or worse, the loss of data stored on your server. Password configuration can be managed within WHM making it easy to set strict passwords on your dedicated server. Note that you Read More >
How to Connect WHMCS to your eNom Reseller Account
As a hosting reseller, you may also want to become a domain name reseller. This will allow you to sell domain names to your clients for even more profit. This article will show you how to connect your WHMCS installation to the eNom domain name registrar. You will need an eNom account to connect. Sign Read More >
How to Upgrade/Downgrade Accounts in Reseller WHM
With your reseller hosting plan you may already know how to create cPanel accounts and hosting packages through WHM. You will also have times when customers want to change their hosting package from one to another. In this article, we will demonstrate how to upgrade or downgrade the packages for a cPanel account within your Read More >
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