WebHost Manager® (WHM) User Guide

For WHM version 11.28

This documentation describes the WHM interface and how you can use it to manage your server.

WHM Home screen

The WHM Home screen contains most of the features that server owners use regularly.

• WHM Home Screen — Read this documentation to learn about WHM features.
• WHM Glossary — This document reviews a number of essential terms used in the WHM documentation.

Additional WHM screens

These documents describe additional WHM screens.

• Initial Setup Wizard — This document describes the steps in the Initial Setup wizard, which runs the first time you access WHM.
• WHM News— This document provides information about the News link located at the top of the WHM interface. This feature provides any new information regarding our company and products.
• Change Log — This document provides information about the Change Log link provided at the top of the WHM interface. This feature tracks and lists changes in our software.

How-to guides for server administrators

These documents provide information about WHM, and instructions on how to accomplish various tasks on your WHM server.

• Understanding Reseller Accounts — This document explains the role of a reseller in WHM.
• Configuring PHP and suEXEC from the Command Line — This document provides information about configuring PHP through a command line interface.
• Configuring Reverse DNS for BIND — Here, you can learn how to set up reverse DNS for your customers.
• Assigning Dedicated IPs to Subdomains — This document describes the process of configuring subdomains that use dedicated IP addresses.
• Configuring Exim to Send from Different IP Addresses — This document describes how to configure Exim to send mail from different IP addresses on a per domain basis.
• Selecting a PHP Binary — This document describes how to select the PHP binary that cpsrvd will use.
• Securing Your Server — This set of documents describes some configuration options you can use to keep your server secure.
• Integrating Custom Webmail Applications — This document describes how to integrate your own custom webmail application with cPanel & WHM 11.28 or later.
• cPanel & WHM Updates FAQ — This document provides some basic information about how cPanel & WHM updates and maintains itself on your system.
• PHP Hardening — These documents provide information about securing your PHP installation.

Files, directories, and processes

These documents describe files and directories that WHM places on your server. You can access these via the command line interface.

• Scripts — This document provides a brief lists of scripts that are available to you in the /scripts directory when cPanel and WHM is installed.
• Backup Contents — This document maps and briefly describes the contents of a cPanel & WHM backup file.
• The failurls File — This file allows you to specify hosts to which resellers can redirect cPanel users who fail to authenticate.
• cpanelsync's Exclude Functionality — You can learn how to prevent the cpanelsync utility from updating files here.
• The Task Queue System in cPanel & WHM — This document explains how WHM queues services for restart, and how you can manually queue and unqueue a service.