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cPanelAbout the TutorialcPanel is a Linux-based web hosting control panel. It provides graphical user interface and ispacked with lots of features that automates the process of hosting a website. It is a premiumsoftware, which is developed by a private company, cPanel Inc.cPanel has been written in Perl and was first released in March 21, 1996. It can only beinstalled in Linux servers, it supports CentOS, RHEL and CloudLinux operating software.Nowadays most of the Linux webhosting servers use cPanel to host and manage websites ontheir servers. If a person purchases the hosting from companies like GoDaddy, Hostgator oreven from smaller local companies, it is more likely that the hosting will come with cPanel.In this tutorial, we will learn about managing and hosting a website with ease. This tutorial isdivided as per the sections of cPanel and each section has the explanation of the functions itcontains.AudiencesThis tutorial is prepared for anyone who has basic knowledge of computers as well as ofwebsites. It will help all those readers who wish to host and manage a website using cPanel.After completing this tutorial, you will have a moderate level of expertise in using theautomation tools available in cPanel.PrerequisitesBefore starting this tutorial, we assume that you have a domain and cPanel hosting alreadysetup. If not, then we will also cover those topics briefly in the following chapters.Copyright and Disclaimer Copyright 2016 by Tutorials Point (I) Pvt. Ltd.All the content and graphics published in this e-book are the property of Tutorials Point (I)Pvt. Ltd. The user of this e-book is prohibited to reuse, retain, copy, distribute or republishany contents or a part of contents of this e-book in any manner without written consent ofthe publisher.We strive to update the contents of our website and tutorials as timely and as precisely aspossible, however, the contents may contain inaccuracies or errors. Tutorials Point (I) Pvt.Ltd. provides no guarantee regarding the accuracy, timeliness or completeness of our websiteor its contents including this tutorial. If you discover any errors on our website or in thistutorial, please notify us at contact@tutorialspoint.com2

cPanelTable of ContentsAbout the Tutorial . 2Audiences . 2Prerequisites . 2Copyright and Disclaimer . 2Table of Contents . 31.cPanel – Overview . 8cPanel Users . 8Server Administrator – . 8Reseller Accounts – . 8User Account – . 8Why cPanel . 8Advantages . 9Disadvantages. 92.cPanel – Registering a Domain Name . 10Importance of a domain . 10Registering a Domain Name . 103.cPanel – Getting Web Hosting . 12Shared Hosting – . 12Virtual Private Servers – . 12Dedicated Server – . 124.cPanel – Setting Up Nameserver . 135.cPanel – Logging into cPanel Dashboard . 146.cPanel – Changing Password . 157.cPanel – Styles . 178.cPanel – Contact Information. 199.cPanel Home . 21Sidebar . 21Navigation Bar . 21Feature List . 2210. cPanel – Statistics & Dashboard . 23cPanel Statistics . 233

cPanelcPanel Dashboard . 2411. cPanel – User Manager . 25To Delete an Account . 25To Edit an Account. 26Add a New User . 2812. cPanel – File Manager . 30Searching for a File . 30File Manager Settings . 31Working with File Manager . 31Creating a File . 31Creating a Folder . 32Copying . 32Moving . 32Uploading a File . 32Downloading a File . 33Deleting a File or Folder . 33Renaming a File or Folder . 33Text Editor . 33Code Editor . 33Extracting a File . 33Compressing a File or Folder . 33Viewing a File . 3413. cPanel – File Permissions . 3514. cPanel – Images . 37Thumbnailer Converter . 3715. cPanel – Image Scaler. 4016. cPanel – Image Converter . 4117. cPanel – Directory Privacy . 4218. cPanel – Disk Usage . 4419. cPanel – FTP . 46Configure FTP Client . 47Special FTP Accounts . 4720. cPanel – FTP Sessions . 48Terminate a FTP Connection . 4921. cPanel – Backup . 504

cPanelFull Backup . 50Partial Backups . 5122. cPanel – Backup Wizard . 5323. cPanel – MySQL Databases . 55Create a New Database . 55Add a Database User . 56Modifying a Database . 57Check a Database . 58Repair a Database . 5824. cPanel – MySQL Database Wizard . 5925. cPanel – phpMyAdmin . 61Execute an SQL Query . 6226. cPanel – Remote MySQL . 63Add Access Host . 63Remove Access Host . 6427. cPanel – Subdomains . 65To Create a Subdomain . 65Managing Redirection . 6628. cPanel – Aliases. 67Create an Alias . 67Remove Aliases . 6829. cPanel – Addon Domain . 69Create an Addon Domain . 69Remove an Addon Domain . 7030. cPanel – Redirect . 71Permanent (301) Redirect . 71Temporary (302) Redirect . 71Create a Redirect . 7131. cPanel – Simple Zone Editor . 74Add an A Record . 74Add a CNAME Record . 75Remove an A or CNAME Record . 7532. cPanel – Advance Zone Editor . 76Reset Zone Files . 76Add an A record . 775

cPanelAdd an AAAA Record . 78Add a CNAME Record . 78Add an SRV Record . 79Add a TXT Record . 80Edit or Delete a DNS Record . 8133. cPanel – Email Accounts. 82Create an Email Address . 82Manage Email Accounts . 83Change Passwords . 83Change Quota . 84Configure Mail Client . 84Delete an Email Account . 8534. cPanel – Email Forwarders . 86Create an Email Forwarder . 86Create an Email Account Forwarder . 86Add Domain Forwarder . 88Delete an Email Forwarder . 8935. cPanel – Webmail . 90Opening Your Webmail . 90Through cPanel Interface . 90Access webmail directly . 9236. cPanel – MX Entry . 93Configure Email Routing . 93Add an MX Record . 95Edit or Remove an MX Record . 9537. cPanel – Autoresponders . 97Add an Autoresponder . 97Edit or Delete Autoresponder . 10038. cPanel – Track Delivery . 10139. cPanel – Email Filters . 104User Level Filter . 104Create a User Level Filter. 104Edit or Delete a User Level Filter . 105Testing an Email Filter . 106Account Level Filtering . 10640. cPanel – Authentications . 108DKIM . 108Enabling DKIM . 1086

cPanelDisable DKIM . 109SPF . 109Enable SPF . 109Disable SPF . 11041. cPanel – Address Importer . 111Importing Email Addresses . 111Importing Email Forwarders . 11342. cPanel – Encryption. 116Create a GnuPG Key . 116Import a Key . 117Delete or View the Key . 11843. cPanel – Apache Spamassassin . 119Enable or Disable Apache Spamassassin . 119Setup Spam Auto–Delete . 12044. cPanel – Visitors . 12145. cPanel – Errors . 12346. cPanel – Bandwidth . 12447. cPanel – Webalizer . 12648. cPanel – Raw Access . 12849. cPanel – CPU and Connection Usage . 12950. cPanel – IP Blocker . 131Deny Access to an IP Address or Domain . 131Remove an IP from the Denied List . 13251. cPanel – SSH / TLS . 133Generate Private Key . 133Upload a Private Key . 134Generate a CSR . 135Upload an SSL / TLS Certificate . 136Self–Signed Certificate. 137Installing SSL . 13852. cPanel – Hotlink Protection . 139Configure Hotlink Protection . 13953. cPanel – Ruby on Rails . 1417

cPanelCreate a Rewrite . 14254. cPanel – Optimize Website . 14355. cPanel – Cron Jobs . 145Setup Cron Job . 145Cron Email . 146Edit or Delete Existing Cron Jobs . 14656. cPanel – Track DNS . 147Domain Lookup . 147Trace Route . 14857. cPanel – Indexes . 14958. cPanel – Error Pages . 15159. cPanel – MIME Types . 153Delete a MIME Type . 15460. cPanel – Virus Scanner . 15561. cPanel – Softaculous Apps Installer . 157Install Application using Softaculous Apps Installer . 158Create Backup of any Application . 15962. cPanel – Installing WordPress . 16163. cPanel – FileZilla FTP Client . 16664. cPanel – CloudFlare . 1688

1. CPANEL – OVERVIEWcPanelcPanel is a Linux-based hosting management control panel. It is used to manage your websiteand server’s backend working system. It provides graphical user interface for most of thetasks we perform on the website’s server, for example, uploading files, creating emails,setting cron jobs, handling databases, etc.cPanel UserscPanel is installed on a Linux system by the server administrator. With the help of the cPanelSoftware Server, an Administrator can create Virtual Private Servers or it can dedicate thewhole server f

tutorialspoint.com or google.com these are domain names. A domain name has two parts, TLD (Top Level Domain) and SLD (Second level domain), for example in tutorialspoint.com, tutorialspoint is second level domain of TLD .com, or you can say it's a subdomain of .com TLD. There are many top level domains available, like .com,