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There may come a time when you have a cPanel / WHM Server full of accounts that you need to incorporate into your WHMCS. This can be due to a new installation of WHMCS or acquirement of another server. Regardless of the reason, you will be able to import the accounts from...
If you have ever faced an issue with your site being down or showing Database Connection errors, there is likely a service that is down on the server. In WHM, you can view the services running on the server and their status and version. You can also find the Current Load and...
When using the Hostwinds VPS or Dedicated Server to host your cPanel and WHM applications, the first time you access it will prompt you to perform some initial one-time setup steps. This guide will discuss the cPanel and WHM initial setup process and is intended for...
There may come a time where you will need to review the current information about your server running WHM, such as when looking to upgrade or seeing if more Storage Space or RAM is needed. Within WHM, there is an easy place to find all of this information; on the Server...
Within WHM, you can select what server software you want to handle the FTP service on your server. You can reach the selection options for this from the FTP Server Selection page in the Service Configuration category of WHM. The different options for the FTP server software...
When investigating issues regarding performance on your server, usually, the first place you will look is for the resource usages during the times the issues are encountered. In WHM, the resource usage for the cPanel user and the processes that it would run in the background...
In WHM, you can see the current status of Apache and additional information such as when it was last built and when it was last started. This can help if you are not sure the last time that you had updated your Apache web server, as well as to see if the webserver had gone...
WHM provides you with the ability to customize the SSL/TLS settings for cPanel's DAVFS, WebDisk, CalDAV, and CardDAV services. You can access the cPanel Web Disk Configuration within the Service Configuration section of WHM. On this page, there are two lists available to...
WHM lets you specify what Apache logs get into a rotation for use and archiving based on their size. You can specify exactly which logs are in this rotation from the cPanel Log Rotation Configuration module within the Services Configuration category. To enter a log file into...
WHM provides you with full control over the Apache/HTTPd webserver service. To manage Apache's configuration, navigate to Service Configuration -> Apache Configuration in the WHM sidebar, and then all configuration options are divided into several sections. Each of these...
With WHM, there are a few accounts that it will send emails to regarding important information for the account. You can set the email accounts that these accounts are forwarded to within WHM under the Edit System Mail Preferences page. Where To Find The System Mail...
Gracefully rebooting a server from WHM, or performing a "soft" reboot, means that your operating system allows for all services to be ended normally before the system starts the reboot process. This means that your server will request that all running services close their...
Server monitoring is a vital function – it provides alerts about your infrastructure. With server monitoring configured and in place, you can pick up small issues and resolve them as soon as possible. Server monitoring involves these important aspects: The server hardware....
WHM is an easy-to-use application to help assist with managing your server. It can also send you alerts based on certain actions performed (or triggers). There are various ways that WHM can communicate. There are also several types of events that WHM can notify you to know...
Configuring your cPanel/WHM server to take backups regularly is a necessary aspect of keeping your data intact and protected in case you need to restore your account. Having backups in place before making changes, performing upgrades, and for emergency purposes are highly...
WHM provides you the ability to change the local hostname for the server, letting you choose what name is to be associated with the server as a whole. Change Hostname To change the hostname, navigate to the Change Hostname page under the Networking Setup of the left sidebar,...