Create
a New Account
Contents
Goals..........................................................................................................................................................2
Create a New
Domain Account..................................................................................................................2
Domain
Information...................................................................................................................................3
Package......................................................................................................................................................4
Settings.......................................................................................................................................................5
Reseller
Settings.........................................................................................................................................6
DNS Settings..............................................................................................................................................6
Mail Routing
Settings................................................................................................................................7
Conclusion.................................................................................................................................................7
For WHM version 11.32
Goals
This account creation feature is essential
for web hosting, as it allows you to create new cPanel accounts. You can then
use a cPanel account to setup FTP accounts, email accounts, and databases. There
are several topics that will be addressed in order to successfully setup a cPanel
account using WHM.
1.
Domain Information
2.
Package
3.
Settings
4.
Reseller Settings
5.
DNS Settings
6.
Mail Routing Settings
Create a New Domain Account
To get started, please
follow these steps:
1.
Open a web browser and connect
to your WHM control panel located at https://IPADDRESS:2086.
2.
Login as the administrator
using the information located in your control panel at
http://manage.myhosting.com.
3.
On the right-hand side menu,
under Account Functions, click Create a New Account (Main
>> Account Functions >> Create a New Account).
4.
There, you will find the six
sections that we have listed above.
5.
Please fill out the information
required, which you can get more information about using this guide.
6.
Click the Create button
below.
1. Domain Information
This section defines basic settings for a
user’s account. If you are only familiar with cPanel, this area is where you
create the username for your new cPanel account.
To set up a domain:
1.
Enter the new account’s domain
name in the Domain field. (An example of a proper domain: example.com.)
2.
Enter the new account’s
username into the Username field.
3.
Enter the new account’s
password into the Password field and again in the Re-type Password
field. (You may obtain a secure password by clicking the Password Generator
button.)
4.
Enter the account’s main
contact email address in the Email field.
2. Package
This area of the interface allows you to
assign a package to a new account. A package defines the limitations of an
account. For example, a package determines how much disk space the new account
will be allowed to use or how much information the new account can transfer.
You can use the pull-down Choose a Package
menu to assign an existing package to the account. You can also customize the new
account’s package using the Select Options Manually checkbox. When you
select this box, a new menu will open, providing access to a series of text
boxes where you can define the limitations of an account. These options can be
found under the Manual Resource Options heading as shown below.
Once these options have been defined, you
may use the Save manual settings as a Package checkbox to store the new
package. This checkbox is located under the Package heading as show
above. You will need to assign the new package a name in the Package Name
field.
To save the selected options as a new
package, please follow the steps below:
1.
Click the Save manual
settings as a Package checkbox.
2.
Enter a name for the new
package in the Package Name field.
3.
Select a feature list from the Feature
List pull-down menu if available. Otherwise, you can leave it as default.
Note: Feature lists define which cPanel
features the new account's owner is able to access. To edit or create a feature
list, you will need to use the WHM Feature Manager.
3. Settings
Using the Settings option you can assign a
particular theme or dedicated IP for your cPanel account. To access all of the
options listed below, you will need to click the Select Options Manually
checkbox under the Package heading. The settings available are shown in
the screenshot below. If you are allowing a new dedicated IP address for your
account, select the IP from the Select the IP Address pull-down menu, or
select --Auto Assign-- to allow the system to assign an IP
automatically.
4. Reseller Settings
Resellers sell cPanel accounts that can
also be hosted on your server. These accounts created by the reseller will be
owned by the reseller, and the reseller will be able to modify these accounts
via his or her own WHM interface.
Click the Make the account a Reseller
checkbox if the new account is intended for a reseller.
If you wish to allow the new reseller ownership
of the account, click the Owns their account checkbox. This will allow
the reseller to change his or her own hosting package.
5.
DNS Settings
Nameservers are very important because they
allow visitors to find your domain on the Internet. You can choose whether to
use your local nameservers or to overwrite DNS zones.
You should click the Use the nameservers
specified at the Domain’s Registrar option if the nameservers for this
account will be hosted on a different server. This will allow the new account’s
domain to begin the propagation process.
Clicking the Overwrite any existing DNS
zones for the account option will check for potentially conflicting DNS
zones. If a conflict is found, the program will not shut down in error but
rather overwrite the existing DNS zone so that the new account’s domain can
begin the propagation process.
6. Mail Routing Settings
These settings allow you to specify how
mail should be routed for your new account. You may select one of the following
settings:
Automatically Detect Configuration: Automatically detect which setting to use.
Note: We recommend that you select this
setting.
Local Mail Exchanger: Accept mail locally for the new domain. (Use your VPS as the domain’s
mail server.)
Backup Mail Exchanger: Configure the server to be a backup mail exchanger for this
domain.
Remote Mail Exchanger: Do not accept mail locally for this domain.
Conclusion
Finally, click Create to create the
new account. You can then finish the Create Account steps within WHM itself.
You do not need to do anything on your end in order to for your domain to
function properly if the nameserver settings and DNS records settings are
already set with your domain name registrar. You can then start the file uploading
process from your end. If you encountered any issues with this guide, please
also note that there is additional information available in our Wiki database
at http://myhosting.com/kb. Finally, we encourage you to contact our technical
support team by email at vps@myhosting.com, or calling us at 1-866-289-5091
with any questions or concerns.
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