WHM Web Host Manager User Guide

Where can I get the official Web Host Manager user guide?

Clients of ServerGrade can see the official Web Host Manager User Guide directly from cPanel.

Simple tutorials are included in the user guide that can help with the basic administration of your reseller account and client websites.

Topics include:

  • What is WebHost Manager?
  • How do I use WebHost Manager?
  • Installation
  • Logging on for the first time
  • Logging on
  • News
  • Change log
  • Server Setup
  • Editing your server setup
  • Tweaking settings
  • Using the Contact Manager
  • Tweaking FTP settings
  • Changing update preferences
  • Changing your hostname
  • Modifying the resolver configuration file
  • Setting the time on your server
  • Reseller Center
  • Removing reseller privileges
  • Editing reseller privileges
  • Viewing reseller statistics
  • Suspending and un-suspending a reseller’s accounts
  • Terminating a reseller’s account
  • Managing a reseller’s IP delegation
  • Managing a reseller’s shared IP address
  • Changing ownership of an account
  • Assigning an IP for a new nameserver
  • Enabling quotas
  • Enabling nameservers
  • Setting the MySQL root password
  • Enabling or disabling traceroute
  • Changing your server’s root password
  • Forwarding system mail
  • Service Manager
  • Enabling or disabling SuExec
  • Wheel group (su)
  • Removing a user from the Wheel group
  • Enabling or disabling shell fork bomb protection
  • Remote access keys
  • Support
  • Using the Interactive Knowledgebase
  • Submitting a support request
  • Languages
  • Editing a language file
  • Cloning a language file
  • Uploading a language file
  • Downloading a language file
  • Modifying languages for other programs
  • Backup
  • Configuring backups
  • Restoring a backup
  • Restoring multiple backups
  • Rolling back files
  • System Reboot
  • Server Status
  • Account Functions
  • Listing accounts
  • Creating a new account
  • Skeleton directory
  • Terminating an account
  • Modifying an account
  • Upgrading or downgrading an account
  • Rearranging an account
  • Viewing bandwidth usage
  • Limiting bandwidth usage
  • Suspending or un-suspending an account
  • Listing suspended accounts
  • Modifying the Suspended Account page
  • Modifying quotas
  • Modifying an account password
  • E-mailing all users
  • Displaying all accounts
  • Changing account ownership
  • Enabling or disabling demo mode
  • Showing reseller accounts
  • Downloading a raw Apache log
  • Un-suspending all accounts that exceed bandwidth
  • Fixing insecure CGI permissions
  • Changing a site’s IP address
  • Enabling or disabling shell access
  • Resetting an account’s original package bandwidth limits
  • Listing subdomains
  • Transfers
  • Transferring one account from a WebHost Manager server with a password
  • Transferring multiple accounts from another server
  • Transferring multiple accounts from a Alab*nza server
  • Themes
  • Changing the WebHost Manager theme
  • Adding a CPanel theme
  • Adding a WebHost Manager theme
  • Setting the default WebHost Manager theme
  • Listing installed themes
  • Installing a new theme
  • Deleting a CPanel theme
  • Cloning a CPanel theme
  • Downloading a themeball
  • Creating a new theme
  • Packages
  • Using the Feature Manager
  • Editing a feature list
  • Deleting a feature list
  • Deleting a package
  • Editing a package
  • DNS Functions
  • Parking or pointing a domain
  • Unparking a domain
  • Listing parked domains
  • Adding an A entry for your hostname
  • Adding a DNS zone
  • Editing a DNS zone
  • Deleting a DNS zone
  • Editing an MX entry
  • Performing a DNS cleanup
  • Establishing a trust relationship
  • Synchronizing DNS records
  • Domain forwarding
  • FrontPage
  • Installing FrontPage mail extensions
  • MySQL
  • Resetting the MySQL root password
  • Adding a MySQL access host
  • Setting up a remote MySQL server
  • Repairing a database
  • Changing passwords
  • Showing MySQL processes
  • IP Functions
  • Showing or deleting current IP addresses
  • Adding a new IP address
  • Rebuilding the IP address pool
  • Reserved IP addresses
  • Showing IP address usage
  • Disk Drives
  • Optimizing an EIDE hard drive
  • Software
  • Installing an RPM
  • Rebuilding the RPM database
  • Installing a Perl module
  • Updating server or system software
  • Security
  • Running a quick security scan
  • Modifying Apache memory usage limit
  • Scanning for Trojan Horses
  • Email
  • Using the Mail Troubleshooter
  • Managing the mail queue
  • Viewing e-mail statistics
  • System Health
  • Killing background processes
  • CPanel 6
  • Resetting a Shopping Cart
  • Modifying CPanel/WHM news
  • Upgrading to the latest version
  • Resetting a Mailman password
  • Enabling or disabling Outlook Express auto-configuration
  • Adding on scripts
  • Synchronizing FTP passwords
  • SSL/TLS
  • Changing a certificate
  • Resetting the CPanel/WHM certificate
  • Using the SSL Manager
  • Purchasing and installing an SSL certificate
  • Listing SSL hosts
  • Deleting SSL hosts
  • Generating an SSL certificate
  • Installing an SSL certificate
  • Restart Services
  • Scripts

See further reseller web hosting FAQs or our FAQ categories for more information.

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