Information on Basic Web Host Manager Setup

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Information on Basic Web Host Manager Setup
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Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Contact Information
• Contact Information (Continued)
• Contact Information (Continued I)
• Slack WebHook URL
• Basic Config
• Basic Config (Continued)
• Basic Config (Continued I)
• Basic Config (Continued II)

• Basic Config (Continued III)
• Basic Config (Continued IV)
• Select Webmail Default Theme
• Automatically Create a cgi-bin Script Alias
• Basic Config (Continued V)
• Basic Config (Continued VI)
• Nameservers
• Nameservers (Continued)

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Introduction

• The basic settings related to cPanel WHM, such
  as nameservers or contact information, can be
  configured through this interface. All available
  setup settings are displayed by the system by
  default.
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Contact Information

• The following settings can be configured through
  this section
• Enter one or more email addresses to contact in
  case a problem arises with this server
• You need to provide an email address as your
  contact address for such situations where
  problems occur. This address is also used by the
  system for creating the RNAME field in the SOA
  (State of Authority) record in the DNS record
  zone. It is recommended that such an email
  account be entered which does not exist on the
  server.
• The following points need to be considered
• Multiple contacts should be designated by using a
  list of email addresses that is comma-separated.
• Notifications such as, update (upcp)
  notifications, installer notifications, new and
  terminated account notifications, errors from the
  check_cpanel_rpms script, failed service
  notifications, are sent by cPanel WHM to the
  root user, when an email address is absent.
• The email address of the reseller in SOA records
  for cPanel accounts created by the reseller is
  used by the system.

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Contact Information (Continued)

• Enter one or more cellular phone or pager email
  addresses to message via email in case a problem
  arises with this server
• A list of cell phone or pager email addresses
  needs to be provided that is comma-separated and
  which can receive notifications in the event that
  issues occur.
• An API Token for the Pushbullet API
• A list of Access Tokens for the Pushbullet, which
  should be comma-separated, needs to be provided
  for accounts that are supposed to receive
  notifications when any issue is encountered.
• The ICQ ID that this server should use for login
  to ICQ when sending alerts
• An ICQ number needs to be provided which can be
  used by the server for sending notifications when
  problems occur. The Contact Manager interface
  needs to be used for disabling or fine-tuning ICQ
  notifications. WHM gtgt Home gtgt Server Contacts gtgt
  Contact Manager
• You need to visit the website of ICQ to register
  for an ICQ number.

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Contact Information (Continued I)

• The ICQ ID password for sending alerts
• It refers to the password for the ICQ number of
  the server.
•  Enter one or more ICQ user identification
  numbers (comma delimited) you can be reached at
  in case a problem arises with this server
• A list of ICQ numbers needs to be provided that
  is comma-separated, for receiving notifications
  in the event that problems occur.
•  A comma-separated list of http// or https//
  URLs of a system to which you want to send POST
  notifications as form data with the keys
  hostname, subject, and body
• There has to be the URL for a ticket system or a
  form handler where alert information could be
  sent to. The hostname of the parameter, subject
  and body along with the alerts relevant data is
  sent automatically by the system. The keys need
  to be included after the URL for sending
  additional parameters. The additional values need
  to be separated with the ampersand character
  rather than the question mark character, while
  adding additional values and parameters. The site
  where a secure URL is entered must have a valid
  certificate.

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Slack WebHook URL

• There has to be a URL of a Slack WebHook. The
  WebHooks configuration is used by the system for
  sending message to the required workspace and
  channel. Each URL has to be separated with a
  comma (,) when multiple Slack WebHooks need to be
  specified.

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Basic Config

• The following settings can be configured through
  this section
• The IPv4 address (only one address) to use to set
  up shared IPv4 virtual hosts
• A single IPv4 address functions as the shared
  IPv4 address of the server. This IP address can
  be used by all the accounts on the server which
  do not need a dedicated IPv4 address. It needs to
  be mentioned that if this IP address is changed,
  that change will not affect those accounts that
  use the previous value. The IP Migration Wizard
  interface in WHM needs to be used for changing
  the IP address for these accounts.
• WHM gtgt Home gtgt IP Functions gtgt IP
  Migration Wizard

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1-800-123 -8156

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

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Basic Config (Continued)

• The IPv6 address (only one address) to use to set
  up shared IPv6 virtual hosts
• A single IPv6 address functions as the shared
  IPv6 address of the server. This IP address might
  be used by all the accounts on the server that do
  not need a dedicated IPv6 address. An IPv6-only
  cPanel WHM server cannot be run because of
  networking requirements. At least one IPv4
  address is required.
• It needs to be mentioned that the shared IP
  address of a server cannot be contained in the
  address range of IPv6. The setting up of a shared
  IP address, existing within the configured
  address range of IPv6, is not allowed by the
  system. The IPv6 address must be added, which had
  been added to the IPV6ADDR line in the file,
  /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0. The
  network needs to be restarted post this. For this
  purpose, the command that needs to be run is
  /usr/bin/systemctl restart network

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Basic Config (Continued I)

• The IPv6 address (only one address) to use to set
  up shared IPv6 virtual hosts
• When this IPv6 address is changed, that change
  will not affect accounts using the previous
  value. The Assign IPv6 Address interface in WHM
  needs to be used for changing the IPv6 address
  for accounts. WHM gtgt Home gtgt IP Functions gtgt
  Assign IPv6 Address
• The cpsrvd daemon needs to listen on IPv6
  addresses, so that all the features of cPanel
  WHM function properly on IPv6. On needs to be
  selected for the Listen on IPv6 Addresses setting
  in the System section of the Tweak Settings
  interface of WHM for enabling this functionality.
  WHM gtgt Home gtgt Server Configuration gtgt Tweak
  Settings
• This IPv6 address cannot be added to any IPv6
  range which has been added through the IPv6
  Ranges interface in WHM. WHM gtgt Home gtgt IP
  Functions gtgt IPv6 Ranges
• BIND starts to listen for DNS requests via IPv6
  automatically, when this setting is configured.

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Basic Config (Continued II)

• The ethernet device onto which new IP addresses
  are added
• Choose the detected Ethernet device for adding
  new IP address for the server. Alternatively, a
  new device could be entered in the text box,
  Other. It needs to be mentioned that the system
  tries to detect your ethernet device when cPanel
  WHM is installed.
•  Enter the location where you wish for new users
  home directories to be created
• A location that is in the file system of the
  server needs to be entered for containing the
  home directories of all of the cPanel users.
  Alternatively, one could be entered in the text
  box. If multiple directories are used for storing
  cPanel accounts, new accounts get automatically
  stored in the directory with the freest space. It
  needs to be mentioned that the default setting is
  

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Basic Config (Continued III)

• Additional home directories matching the
  following value will also be used for new home
  directory creations
• An additional directory can be used for storing
  the home directories of your cPanel users.
  Alternatively, one could be entered in the text
  box. A mount point needs to be entered for the
  value of this setting. Only one value is accepted
  by this setting. If multiple directories are used
  for storing cPanel accounts, new accounts get
  automatically stored in the directory with the
  freest space. It needs to be mentioned that the
  default setting is /home.

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Basic Config (Continued IV)

• Select a default theme for the cPanel interface
• A default theme for the cPanel interface needs to
  be selected. All the interface themes offered by
  the server are displayed by the menu.
• Certain important points that need to be
  mentioned in this context are as follows
• The selected theme becomes the default theme,
  every time that an account or a package is
  created, an account is restored or transferred.
• When no theme is specified by the configuration
  of an account, the system uses the default theme.
  Alternatively, such a theme is used which does
  not exist on the server.
• The system default theme is used by cPanel WHM,
  when no default cPanel theme has been selected.

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Select Webmail Default Theme

• The default theme for the Webmail interface could
  be selected from this menu. All the Webmail
  themes offered by the server are displayed by
  this menu.
• The default theme is used by the system whenever
  no theme is specified by the configuration of an
  account. Alternatively, such a theme is used,
  which does not exist on the server. When no
  default Webmail theme has been selected, the
  system default theme is used by cPanel WHM.

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Automatically Create a cgi-bin Script Alias

• It needs to be mentioned that this setting could
  be overridden individually during account
  creation. The default setting is Yes.

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Basic Config (Continued V)

• This value defines the caching time for host name
  lookups for domains hosted on this server
• A TTL (Time to Live) value, defined in seconds
  for DNS records.
• In this context the following need to be
  mentioned
• Heavier loads can be caused on the nameserver by
  shorter TTL values
• Shorter TTL values return more accurate
  information for zones which contain frequently
  changing records
• A value in seconds, RFC 2181 between 0 and
  2147483647 is specified
• This value can be overridden by cPanel users who
  have the Zone Editor (AAAA, CAA, SRV, TXT)
  feature, while creating or editing a DNS zone
  record
• This value can be overridden by cPanel users who
  only have the Zone Editor (A, CNAME) feature or
  the MX Entry feature, while creating or editing a
  DNS zone record via the DNSmass_zone_edit
  function of UAPI.
• The default setting is 14400.

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Basic Config (Continued VI)

• This value is similar to the previous setting but
  is specifically the value used for newly created
  zone files authoritative nameserver entries
• A TTL value, defined in seconds for the
  authoritative nameserver entries of a
  newly-created zone file. The default setting is
  86400.
• Enter the style in which you wish to receive your
  Apache logs
• You can enter the style in which the Apache log
  files need to be viewed. Either of the following
  settings can be selected for this purpose
• combined Apache log files are displayed by this
  setting along with all the information of a
  request, which includes user agents, referrers,
  requested files, etc.
• common Only those Apache log files are
  displayed by this setting that have information
  about requested files.
• The default setting is combined.

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Nameservers

• Nameservers need to be specified for the server.
  Otherwise the creation of new accounts is not
  possible. Through this section the nameservers of
  the server can be specified. The nameservers that
  are supposed to be used as the primary,
  secondary, tertiary and quaternary nameservers
  need to be entered in the appropriate text boxes.
  
• It is important to mention the following
• A entries let the nameserver resolve to an IP
  address
• A entries are required by the nameservers for
  working over IPv4 properly
• AAAA entries are required by your nameservers to
  properly work over IPv6

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Nameservers (Continued)

• The below-mentioned steps need to be performed
  for adding an A entry or an AAAA entry for a
  nameserver.
• Click Configure Address Records, wherein a new
  window appears
• A DNS lookup is performed by the system on the
  entered nameserver
• The system lists the results in the IP Addresses
  table
• The results of the changes are displayed by the
  system
• Click Close
• It needs to be mentioned that the entry in the
  text box, Enter an IPv4 address to create an A
  record, needs to be changed for entering a
  different IPv4 address. The entry in the text
  box, Enter an IPv6 address to create an AAAA
  record (optional), needs to be changed for
  entering a different IPv6 address.
• The DNS resolvers that were configured in the
  Resolver Configuration interface in WHM will be
  used by the system. The configuration should be
  checked if any problem is encountered with any
  nameserver IP resolution.
• Save Changes need to be clicked to save the
  changes to the settings of the server.

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