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Publishing a Website on a cPanel & WHM Server

Certain steps need to be followed in order to publish a website quickly on a cPanel & WHM server.

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Publishing a Website on a cPanel & WHM Server

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  1. Publishing a Website on a cPanel & WHM Server

  2. Table of Contents • Configure WordPress Manager • Create the Account • Log in to cPanel • Create an Email Account • Build Your Website • Introduction • Log in to WHM • Set the Hostname • Confirm the DNS Resolvers • Configure Nameservers • Set Up Reverse DNS

  3. Introduction • Let us run you through the process of publishing a website quickly on a cPanel & WHM server that has been newly-provisioned. The most essential steps that are needed to publish a website are covered here. • cPanel & WHM is an extremely popular suite of tools that automates web hosting tasks for Linux Operating system, through the aid of a simple graphical user interface. Web hosting is a service provided by web hosting companies for making websites accessible. There are many reputed web hosting companies that are popular as the “Best Website Hosting Company”, the “Best Cloud Hosting Company”, the “Best Reseller Hosting Company”, etc.

  4. Log in to WHM The following steps need to be carried out for logging in to WHM. • Navigate to the URL, https://IPADDRESS:2087/ In it, the term, “IPADDRESS” represents the IP address of your server. • The root username and password need to be entered. • Click Log in. • You need to agree to the software license terms. Post that, a new interface appears. • Your email address needs to be entered in the text box, Email Address. • Your default nameservers need to be entered in the text boxes, Nameservers. These should be provided by your hosting service provider or by your networking provider. • Click Finish. At this stage, the WHM Home interface appears. It needs to be mentioned here that you need to buy a cPanel license for cPanel & WHM. A free trial license is automatically provided for 15 days to new installations.

  5. Set the Hostname The hostname of your server helps in uniquely identifying it on the Internet. Configuring the hostname of your server is usually done by your hosting service provider. It is the provisioning process’ part. At times, you might need to carry out the following steps manually: • Navigate to the Change Hostname interface of WHM. WHM >> Home >> Networking Setup >> Change Hostname • Enter a new hostname in the given text box, if you want to change the hostname. • Click Change. You will receive a confirmation message. • Click Add an A entry for your hostname. A new interface appears. • Click Add Entry. You will receive a confirmation message. A warning with regard to a change to the SSL certificate of the server might be displayed by your browser after you have changed the hostname of the server.

  6. 1-800-123 -8156 Whoa! That’s a big number, aren’t you proud?

  7. Confirm the DNS Resolvers The DNS resolvers of your server enable your server to look up other sites’ IP addresses on the Internet. The resolvers of your server are configured by most of the hosting service providers in their provisioning process. But there can be situations where you might need to carry out the steps manually. You need to perform the following steps for configuring DNS resolver on your server: • Navigate to the Resolver Configuration interface of WHM. WHM >> Home >> Networking Setup >> Resolver Configuration • Click Proceed. • The desired IPv4 or IPv6 addresses need to be entered in the text boxes that are meant for the Primary Resolver and the Secondary Resolver. Here it needs to be mentioned that if you do not receive this information from your hosting service provider, then Google’s nameservers can be used. • If you want to configure a third resolver, then that IP address needs to be entered in the text box, Tertiary Resolver. • Click Continue. You will receive a confirmation message. • The records of errors within the task queue of a user are contained in this directory.

  8. Configure Nameservers You can host your own DNS entries for sites with the aid of your server’s nameservers. This lets you control the branding of those domains that are on your server. It is recommended that the nameserver software be set up on your server. This ensures full functionality of services. You should carry out the following steps in order to select and configure nameservers on your server: • Navigate to the Nameserver Selection interface of WHM. WHM >> Home >> Service Configuration >> Nameserver Selection • A nameserver software needs to be selected. • Click Save. • Navigate to the Edit DNS Zone interface of WHM. WHM >> Home >> DNS Functions >> Edit DNS Zone • Select the zone file of your hostname and then click Edit. • The A records for NS1 and NS2 entries need to be added. • The NS entries to your nameservers need to be changed. • Click Save. You will receive a confirmation message. • Visit the website of your registrar. • The nameserver records for your main domain need to be changed to point to your own nameservers.

  9. The NS entries to your nameservers need to be changed. • Click Save. You will receive a confirmation message. • Visit the website of your registrar. • The nameserver records for your main domain need to be changed to point to your own nameservers.

  10. Set Up Reverse DNS • PTR (Pointer Records) are used by Reverse DNS for converting IP addresses to domain names. It is highly recommended that the PTR record of the primary IP address of your server be set to the hostname of your server. The authority for PTR records is not delegated by many hosting service providers to their clients. In such a case, you need to contact your hosting service provider for assistance.

  11. Configure WordPress Manager You need to carry out the following steps if you want to use WordPress for creating your website: • Navigate to the Install cPAddons Site Software interface in WHM. WHM >> Home >> CPanel >> Install cPAddons Site Software • Select the checkbox that is next to the WordPress addon. • Click Update cPAddon Config. You will receive a confirmation message.

  12. Create the Account You must perform the below-mentioned steps in order to create the cPanel account: • Navigate to the Create a New Account interface in WHM. WHM >> Home >> Account Functions >> Create a New Account • A domain name needs to be entered in the appropriate text box. A username is suggested by the interface. • A password needs to be entered and confirmed. A strong password can be generated by the Password Generator. • A contact email address needs to be entered for the account. • Click Create. You will receive a confirmation message.

  13. Log in to cPanel • Click Go to cPanel for quickly logging in to the cPanel interface of your new site.

  14. Create an Email Account This part can be skipped for now, if you plan on using another mail provider for your site. Carry out the following steps for creating an email account for your site: • Navigate to the Email Accounts interface in cPanel. cPanel >> Home >> Email >> Email Accounts • Click Create. • A username needs to be entered in the appropriate text box. • A password needs to be set in the appropriate text box. • The storage space for the account needs to be entered in the appropriate text box. • Click Create.

  15. Build Your Website You need to perform the following steps if you plan on running a WordPress site: • Navigate to the WordPress Manager interface of cPanel. cPanel >> Home >> Applications >> WordPress Manager • Click New Site. • Enter that domain on which the site has to be installed. It can be installed on a subdomain as well. • Click Install. A success message along with the username and the password for WordPress is displayed by the interface. • Navigate to your domain. • The WordPress default page appears. • Click the Log In link. • The username and the password need to be entered. Now you are ready to set up your WordPress site.

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