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cPanel

cPanel is a Linux-based web hosting control panel that provides a simple graphical interface for easily managing files, domains, emails, databases, security, and server backups without needing command-line access.

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Articles

Installing cPanel & WHM and System Requirements on CloudLinux, Rocky Linux, and Ubuntu

This article provides a complete guide to installing cPanel & WHM on CloudLinux, Rocky Linux, and Ubuntu servers. It covers all essential system requirements, including licensing, networking, hardware, SELinux, filesystems, virtualization environments, and installation commands. The content is fully based on official cPanel documentation and outlines every critical step needed for a successful installation.

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Installation Guide – cPanel DNSOnly® Installation

This article explains how to install cPanel DNSOnly, the system requirements, DNS cluster configuration rules, how to access the DNSOnly interface, and how to manage DNSSEC within a cPanel DNS cluster.

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cPanel & WHM Installation Customization Guide

This article explains how to customize your cPanel & WHM installation, including installation methods, available installer options, configuration files such as wwwacct.conf, database version settings, automatic account restoration, release tier configuration, and package management considerations for RHEL‑based and Ubuntu system

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Installation Guide – Troubleshooting cPanel & WHM Installation

This guide provides practical solutions for common issues that may occur during or after installing cPanel & WHM, including SSL certificate warnings, license errors, Perl installation failures, high CPU load on Hyper‑V, package installation issues, resolver problems, hostname conflicts, and experimental installation on unsupported operating systems.

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Account Creation Errors and Differences Between Suspension, Bandwidth Limiting, and Termination

This article explains the most common account creation errors in cPanel & WHM, including issues with system files, user conflicts, and group shadow corruption. It also clarifies the differences between account suspension, bandwidth limiting, and account termination, along with the system behaviors and WHM paths associated with each action.

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Addon Domain Conversion – Migrated and Non‑Migrated Data Overview

This article explains how the Convert Addon Domain to Account feature in WHM handles data migration. It details which data types are migrated, which are not, and how specific components such as DNS records, email, MySQL databases, and website configuration are processed during the conversion.

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Apparent Discrepancies in Bandwidth Usage Statistics

This article explains why bandwidth usage statistics in cPanel & WHM often differ from those shown by log analysis tools such as AWStats, Webalizer, Analog, and Logaholic. It covers how each system measures bandwidth, where the data comes from, why discrepancies occur, and which report provides the most accurate results.

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cPanel Solo® License and cPanelID – Features, Limitations, and Usage

This article explains the functionality and limitations of the cPanel Solo® license, including removed and modified WHM interfaces, downgrade requirements, and usage restrictions. It also provides a complete overview of cPanelID, how it works, how to obtain it, and how it integrates with external authentication and cPanel Store services.

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How to Create a Website in cPanel

This article explains all available methods for building a website in cPanel, including creating a site with Sitejet Builder, installing WordPress using WP Toolkit, generating a placeholder page with Site Publisher (legacy versions), and uploading custom content through various cPanel tools.

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How to Create a Demo cPanel Account and WHM Reseller Without a Domain

This article explains how to create and delete a demo cPanel account, how to create a WHM reseller account without an associated domain (via API or manually), how to remove such accounts, and how to disable filesystem quotas on XFS filesystems.

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How to Log In to Your Server or Account

This article explains how to log in to cPanel, WHM, Webmail, and the Command Line Interface (CLI). It also covers service URL structure, external authentication, two‑factor authentication (2FA), locale selection, and resolving SSL login warnings.

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Problems When Logging Out of an Account & Understanding Reseller vs. Multi‑Domain Accounts + WebPros Account Guide

This article explains why logout issues occur on servers using HTTP Basic Authentication, how to enable or disable this behavior, the differences between reseller accounts and multi‑domain cPanel accounts, and how to enable and use the WebPros Account authentication system in WHM.

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