WebHost Manager® (WHM) User Guide

WHM versions 11.27/11.28

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

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These documents describe the graphical WHM interface, and what you can use it to accomplish.

• WHM Home Screen — These documents describe the features available from the WHM home screen. Most of WHM's features are documented here.
• 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.
• WHM 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.
• WHM Glossary — This document reviews a number of essential terms used in the WHM documentation.
• Understanding Resellers — This document explains the role of a reseller in WHM.

How-To Guides for Server Administrators

These documents provide instructions on how to accomplish various tasks on your WHM server.

• 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 11.25.1 or later.
• cPanel/WHM Updates FAQ — This document provides some basic information about how cPanel/WHM updates and maintains itself on your system.

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.
• 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.