{"id":230,"date":"2016-05-02T10:26:46","date_gmt":"2016-05-02T10:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.copahost.com\/blog\/?p=230"},"modified":"2024-11-16T19:45:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-16T19:45:00","slug":"create-cpanel-reseller-hosting-account-whm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.copahost.com\/blog\/create-cpanel-reseller-hosting-account-whm\/","title":{"rendered":"Create a cPanel Reseller hosting account in WHM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In this article, we will explain how to create cPanel<\/a> reseller hosting accounts, under WHM. This works either for cheap linux reseller hosting plans<\/a>, \u00a0cheap vps<\/a>\u00a0or cheap dedicated servers<\/a> with cPanel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, cPanel Hosting Companies<\/a> can have either a dedicated server with cPanel, or a reseller hosting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Access WHM to start creating the cpanel reseller hosting account<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

First of all, you need to acess WHM at http:\/\/your-ip-address:2086<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Afterwards, click in Create a New Account<\/strong>, on the left menu. This option is located under Account Functions<\/strong><\/a> tab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this step, you must inform the details of the cpanel reseller hosting<\/a> account you wish to create, such as Domain name,  Username, Password and Email. <\/strong>Please note that the username and password will be used by the customer with FTP to transfer files<\/a> and to access its cPanel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In this step, you must configure the reseller package you wish. If you don’t have any pre-created packages, you should activate the option Select Options Manually<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Now in Manual Resource Options<\/strong>, you will configure the quota (disk space), bandwidth, FTP, databases and email details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can feel free to configure it according to your needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the next screen, we provided our recommended configuration, for an account with 40GB of disk space, 20 mailing lists, 5 SQL databases and a hourly email limitation of 500, which is good to avoid spam problems:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In this area, Settings, we have some options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dedicated IP<\/strong> – Delegates an exclusive IP address to this customer. To use this option, you have to make sure your web hosting<\/a> provider dellegated dedicated IPs for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shell Access<\/strong> – Allows the customer to access the linux server<\/a> using SSH<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CGI Access<\/strong> – The cgi-bin folder, should be enabled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

cPanel Theme<\/strong> – You can choose between paper_lantern, which is the newer theme, or x3, which is the old and traditional cpanel theme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Locale<\/strong> – The desired control panel language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In Reseller Settings<\/strong>, we can set this account as a Reseller hosting account. If we activate this option, the created customer hosting account<\/a> will be able to access WHM ( http:\/\/your-server-ip:2086 ) , and create sub-accounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In DNS Settings, we recommend activating Enable DKIM on this account<\/strong> , and also, Enable SPF on this account<\/strong>. These two options will improve the delivery of emails, and help you to avoid the sent emails as marked as junk (spam folders).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Important:<\/strong> You must take note of the nameservers listed in this screen. You will have to configure them for the domain you are creating the account<\/a> for, inside the domain registrar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In this area, Mail Routing Settings, we can configure how the MX (Mail Exchanger) will work. By default, we should keep it as Local Mail Exchanger<\/strong>, so that our cPanel server<\/a> will handle all the emails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For advanced users, it’s possible to use Remote Mail Exchanger if you wish to use Google Apps, or any remote MX service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After all, we must click Create<\/strong> .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The hosting account is now created! Now take note of the login info.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

After the account being created<\/a> in the hosting server, you wil see this screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You must scroll down a little, and you will see all the created account<\/a> details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s very important to take note of all these information, in order to use it in your FTP client<\/a> to transfer files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The created account will be able to access cPanel<\/a>, by using the URL http:\/\/your-server-ip:2082<\/strong>  , and the login and password just created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, the NameServer1 and NameServer2<\/strong> must be configured in your domain registrar, so that the created account can work properly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The complete cPanel\u00a0documentation can be found here:\u00a0https:\/\/documentation.cpanel.net\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A video with all the whm reseller account creation process<\/h3>\n\n\n