Definition of Reseller WHM Functions

These definitions should help you understand most of the options you see in your WHM reseller account.

Server Configuration

• Basic cPanel & WHM Setup – Displays your basic server settings
• Change Root Password – Changes your root password
• Configure cPanel Cron Jobs – Allows you to configure Cron jobs that will run as the root user
• Initial Quota Setup – Enables Quota management on machines that have a kernel that doesn't support quotas
• Server Time – Set the server timezone/sync the time
• Statistics Software Configuration – Enables you to customize the statistics settings
• Tweak Settings – Many tweaks to increase/decrease server responsiveness
• Update Preferences – Configure the way your server will be updates

Support

• Create Support Ticket – Open a support ticket for cPanel WHM support directly
• Grant cPanel Support Access – Grant access to cPanel support staff
• Support Center – cPanel Support

Security Center

• Apache mod_userdir Tweak – Allows users to view their sites by entering a tilde (~)
• Compiler Access – Allows you to deny access to the compiler for unprivileged users
• Configure Security Policies – Provides the configuration settings to cpanel, webmail, and WHM
• cPHulk Brute Force Protection – Allows you to change the brute force protection rules
• Host Access Control – Allows you to define rules to allow or deny access to your server and services
• Manage External Authentications – Manage authentication providers and authenticated users
• Manage root's SSH Keys – Allows you to generate a new SSH key or import one
• Manage Wheel Group Users – Sets system Power User Permissions/Group
• ModSecurity Configuration – Configure global settings for ModSecurity
• ModSecurity Tools – Install and manage ModSecurity rules
• ModSecurity Vendors – Install and manage your ModSecurity vendors
• Password Strength Configuration – Allows you to modify the required password strength
• PHP open_basedir Tweak –  Prevents from opening files outside their home directory (if enabled)
• Security Advisor – Performs a quick security check
• Security Questions – Allows you to set a security question for when you access the system from a unrecognized IP
• Shell Fork Bomb Protection – Prevents users with Terminal/SSH access from using up all the systems resources
• SMTP Restrictions – Configure your server so that only specified users and daemons can connect to remote SMTP servers
• SSH Password Authorization Tweak – Allows you to enable/disable SSH password authentication
• Traceroute Enable/Disable – Enable/Disable statistics from the server to another host
• Two Factor Authentication – Configure two factor authentication

Locales

• Configure Application Locales – Customize the language in which the system displays a user's locale
• Copy a Locale – Duplicate a locale into a standard locale or a non-standard locale
• Delete a Locale – Delete a locale
• Edit a Locale – Edit a locale
• Locate XML Downloads – Download a locale for editing
• View Available Locales – Shows a list of available locales

Clusters

• Configuration Cluster – This is for configuring a Cluster (set of servers)
• DNS Cluster – Allows you to enable DNS clustering
• Remote Access Key – Helps setup a Remote Access Key

Server Status

• Apache Status – Displays the status of the Apache Web server
• Daily Process Log – Displays information about your server's overall usage of resources
• Server information – Displays the server information
• Service Status – Shows the status of services and the server

Account Information

• List Accounts – (IMPORTANT) This lists all the accounts you have created
• List Parked Domains – Shows a list of Parked Domains
• List Subdomains – Shows a list of subdomains
• List Suspended Accounts – Shows a list of all accounts you have suspended
• Show Accounts over Quota – Shows a list of Accounts that have exceeded their Quota
• View Bandwidth Usage – Shows you the total bandwidth usage

Account Functions

• Change Site's Ip Address – Allows you to change a sites Ip Address if you have any available
• Create a New Account – (IMPORTANT) This allows you to create an account enter the details and then click Create and you'll have added a account
• Email all users – Sends an email to all your users
• Force Password Change – Allows you to force password changes
• Limit Bandwidth Usage – Allows you to limit a accounts bandwidth usage
• Manage Account Suspension – Allows you to suspend/unsuspend an account
• Manage Demo Mode – Allows you to Enable/Disable Demo Mode of cPanel/WHM
• Manage Shell Access – Manage what users have Shell access
• Modify an Account – Allows you to modify a account
• Password Modification – Changes a accounts password
• Quota Modification – Allows you to modify a account's disk quota
• Raw Apache Log Download – Download the raw Apache Log
• Raw FTP Log Download – Download the raw FTP logs
• Rearrange an Account – if your server allows you can modify an account's mount point
• Reset Account Bandwidth Limit – Resets all account bandwidth limits
• Show Active and inactive Accounts – Lists all active and inactive accounts
• Skeleton Directory – Allows you to make a custom page setting it so that any new accounts will have a default look/page
• Terminate Accounts – Completely removes account including data
• Unsuspend bandwidth Exceeders – Unsuspends users who are over their bandwidth limit
• Upgrade/Downgrade an Account – Gives you the ability to upgrade and downgrade an account
• Web Template Editor – Allows you to create placeholder web pages

Multi-Account Functions

• Change multiple Sites' IP Addresses – This allows you to change the IP addresses of multiple accounts at once
• Modify/Upgrade Multiple Accounts – This allows you to Upgrade/Downgrade multiple accounts at once

Transfers

• Convert Addon Domain to Account – Convert an existing addon domain into a full cPanel account
• Copy an account from another server with an account password – This allows you to copy an account from another cPanel server of the same version with the account password.
• Review Transfers and Restores – Allows you to review previous transfers and restorations.
• Transfer Tool – Copies multiple accounts from a remote server to your cPanel/WHM server

Themes

• Change WebHost Manager Theme – This allows you to change the WHM theme.
• Theme Manager – Manage themes

Packages

• Add a Package – This allows you to create custom packages for new accounts
• Delete a Package – Removes a package from being available during new account creation
• Edit a Package – Modifies an existing packages resources
• Feature Manager – Allows you to disable/enable features inside of each user's cPanel

DNS Functions

• Add a DNS Zone – This allows you to add custom DNS Zones
• Add an A Entry for your Hostname – Adds an A entry for your hostname
• Delete a DNS Zone – This allows you to remove DNS Zones
• Edit DNS Zone – This allows you to Edit DNS Zones
• Edit MX Entry – This allows you to edit MX Records (Mail)
• Edit Zone Templates – This allows you to edit the default zones that are used when creating DNS entries
• Nameserver Record Report – Displays information about nameservers used by this server's zones
• Park a Domain – This allows you to park current Domains
• Perform a DNS Cleanup – performs a DNS cleanup
• Reset a DNS Zone – (CAUTION) Allows you to Reset a DNS Zone
• Set Zone Time To Live (TTL) – Permits you to set the value for time to live (TTL) in your server's DNS zones
• Setup/Edit Domain Forwarding – This allows you to forward a Domain
• Synchronize DNS Records – Synchronizes the DNS entries across multiple servers

Email

• Greylisting – Enable or disable Greylisting for the entire server
• Mail Delivery Reports – Review messages sent and received by your server
• Mail Queue Manager – Allows you to clear the mail queue / deliver all items in the mail queue
• Mail Troubleshooter – Will track down problems with email
• Mailbox Conversion – Convert to maildir or mdbox
• Repair Mailbox permissions – Corrects any problems with mailbox permissions
• Spamd Startup Configuration – Configure the startup options for the SpamAssassin daemon
• View Mail Statistics – Displays the mail statistics
• View Relayers – This shows you the mail relays
• View Sent Summary – Displays the total of message delivery attempts for each domain on the server

cPanel

• Change Log – cPanel/WHM changelog
• Customization – customize the branding and style that will be used for cPanel.
• Install cPAddons Site Software – This allows you to add cPAddons
• Manage cPAddons Site Software – This allows you to manage cPAddons
• Manage Plugins – Manage available plugins
• Modify cPanel & WHM News – Shows news on your users cPanel and WHM pages
• Reset a Mailman Password – Reset the password for your servers Mailman mailing list without needing the previous password
• Synchronize FTP Passwords – This is used to repair any FTP password issues that exist
• Upgrade to Latest Version – Update your cPanel/WHM installation to the most recent version for your server's Release Tier

SSL/TLS

• Generate an SSL Certificate and Signing Request – A form that requests an SSL certificate be generated
• Install an SSL Certificate and Setup the Domain – Location to upload the CRT file for your SSL certificate
• Manage AutoSSL – Manage the AutoSSL feature
• Manage SSL Hosts – Manages your SSL hosts
• Purchase and Install SSL Certificate – cPanels recommended SSL vendor
• SSL Storage Manager – View in-depth information about SSL related resources

Market

• Market Provider Manager – Manage products that are available to purchase via the cPanel interface.

Development

• Apps Managed by AppConfig – Display apps that are installed/registered with AppConfig
• cPanel Development Forum – Link to the cPanel Development Forum
• cPanel Plugin File Generator – Creates plugin files
• Manage Hooks – Manage hooks that already exist on your server
• Software Development Kit – Link to the Software Development Kit for cPanel/WHM