Publishing a Website on a cPanel & WHM Server

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Publishing a Website on a cPanel WHM Server
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Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Log in to WHM
• Set the Hostname
• Confirm the DNS Resolvers
• Configure Nameservers
• Set Up Reverse DNS

• Configure WordPress Manager
• Create the Account
• Log in to cPanel
• Create an Email Account
• Build Your Website

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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.

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Log in to WHM

• The following steps need to be carried out for
  logging in to WHM.
• Navigate to the URL, https//IPADDRESS2087/
• 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.

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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 gtgt Home gtgt Networking Setup gtgt 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.

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1-800-123 -8156

• Whoa! Thats a big number, arent you
  proud?

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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 gtgt Home gtgt Networking Setup gtgt 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 Googles 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.

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Configure Nameservers

• You can host your own DNS entries for sites with
  the aid of your servers 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 gtgt Home gtgt Service Configuration gtgt
  Nameserver Selection
• A nameserver software needs to be selected.
• Click Save.
• Navigate to the Edit DNS Zone interface of WHM.
• WHM gtgt Home gtgt DNS Functions gtgt 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.

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• 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.

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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.

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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 gtgt Home gtgt CPanel gtgt Install cPAddons Site
  Software
• Select the checkbox that is next to the WordPress
  addon.
• Click Update cPAddon Config. You will receive a
  confirmation message.

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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 gtgt Home gtgt Account Functions gtgt 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.

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Log in to cPanel

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

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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 gtgt Home gtgt Email gtgt 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.

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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 gtgt Home gtgt Applications gtgt 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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