The document provides a comprehensive guide for setting up and configuring basic web host management settings in cPanel & WHM, including sections on contact information, IP address configuration, and DNS settings. It details various parameters, such as email notifications, Slack webhook integration, default themes for the cPanel interface, and settings for authoritative nameservers. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of properly configuring these settings to ensure optimal web hosting performance and reliability.

1. Basic Web Host Manager
Setup

2. Table of Contents
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Introduction
Contact Information
Contact Information (Continued)
Contact Information (Continued I)
Slack WebHook URL
Basic Config
Basic Config (Continued)
Basic Config (Continued I)
Basic Config (Continued II)
Basic Config (Continued III)
Basic Config (Continued IV)
Select Webmail Default
Theme
Automatically Create a cgi-
bin Script Alias
Basic Config (Continued V)
Basic Config (Continued VI)
Nameservers
Nameservers (Continued)

3.  The basic settings related to cPanel & WHM, such as nameservers or contact information, can be
configured through this interface. All available setup settings are displayed by the system by default.
 cPanel is a web hosting control panel.Web hosting is the service provided by web hosting companies,
wherein server space and all the technologies and services are provided to ensure that websites are
always accessible.The “Best Website Hosting Company”, the “Best Cloud Hosting Company”, the “Best
Windows Hosting Company” are the terms that are often used to refer to the most preferred web
hosting companies.
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Introduction

4. The following settings can be configured through this section:
Enter one or more email addresses to contact in case a problem arises with this server
You need to provide an email address as your contact address for such situations where problems occur.
This address is also used by the system for creating the RNAME field in the SOA (State of Authority)
record in the DNS record zone. It is recommended that such an email account be entered which does not
exist on the server.
The following points need to be considered:
 Multiple contacts should be designated by using a list of email addresses that is comma-separated.
 Notifications such as, update (upcp) notifications, installer notifications, new and terminated account
notifications, errors from the check_cpanel_rpms script, failed service notifications, are sent by cPanel
& WHM to the root user, when an email address is absent.
 The email address of the reseller in SOA records for cPanel accounts created by the reseller is used by
the system. 4
Contact Information

5.  Enter one or more cellular phone or pager email addresses to message via email in case a
problem arises with this server
 A list of cell phone or pager email addresses needs to be provided that is comma-separated and which
can receive notifications in the event that issues occur.
 An APIToken for the Pushbullet API
 A list of Access Tokens for the Pushbullet, which should be comma-separated, needs to be provided for
accounts that are supposed to receive notifications when any issue is encountered.
 The ICQ ID that this server should use for login to ICQ when sending alerts
 An ICQ number needs to be provided which can be used by the server for sending notifications when
problems occur. The Contact Manager interface needs to be used for disabling or fine-tuning ICQ
notifications.WHM >> Home >> Server Contacts >> Contact Manager
 You need to visit the website of ICQ to register for an ICQ number.
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Contact Information (Continued)

6.  The ICQ ID password for sending alerts
 It refers to the password for the ICQ number of the server.
 Enter one or more ICQ user identification numbers (comma delimited) you can be
reached at in case a problem arises with this server
 A list of ICQ numbers needs to be provided that is comma-separated, for receiving notifications in the
event that problems occur.
 A comma-separated list of http:// or https:// URLs of a system to which you want to send
POST notifications as form data with the keys “hostname”,“subject”, and “body”
 There has to be the URL for a ticket system or a form handler where alert information could be sent
to. The hostname of the parameter, subject and body along with the alert’s relevant data is sent
automatically by the system. The keys need to be included after the URL for sending additional
parameters. The additional values need to be separated with the ampersand character rather than the
question mark character, while adding additional values and parameters. The site where a secure URL is
entered must have a valid certificate. 6
Contact Information (Continued I)

7.  There has to be a URL of a Slack WebHook.The WebHook’s configuration is used by the system for
sending message to the required workspace and channel. Each URL has to be separated with a comma
(,) when multiple Slack WebHooks need to be specified.
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Slack WebHook URL

8.  The following settings can be configured through this section:
 The IPv4 address (only one address) to use to set up shared IPv4 virtual hosts
 A single IPv4 address functions as the shared IPv4 address of the server.This IP address can be used by
all the accounts on the server which do not need a dedicated IPv4 address. It needs to be mentioned
that if this IP address is changed, that change will not affect those accounts that use the previous value.
The IP MigrationWizard interface in WHM needs to be used for changing the IP address for these
accounts.
WHM >> Home >> IP Functions >> IP Migration Wizard
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Basic Config

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1-800-123 -8156
Whoa!That’s a big number, aren’t
you proud?

10.  The IPv6 address (only one address) to use to set up shared IPv6 virtual hosts
 A single IPv6 address functions as the shared IPv6 address of the server.This IP address might be used
by all the accounts on the server that do not need a dedicated IPv6 address.An IPv6-only cPanel &
WHM server cannot be run because of networking requirements.At least one IPv4 address is
required.
 It needs to be mentioned that the shared IP address of a server cannot be contained in the address
range of IPv6.The setting up of a shared IP address, existing within the configured address range of
IPv6, is not allowed by the system.The IPv6 address must be added, which had been added to the
IPV6ADDR line in the file, /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0.The network needs to be restarted
post this. For this purpose, the command that needs to be run is /usr/bin/systemctl restart network
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Basic Config (Continued)

11.  The IPv6 address (only one address) to use to set up shared IPv6 virtual hosts
 When this IPv6 address is changed, that change will not affect accounts using the previous value.The
Assign IPv6 Address interface in WHM needs to be used for changing the IPv6 address for accounts.
WHM >> Home >> IP Functions >> Assign IPv6 Address
 The cpsrvd daemon needs to listen on IPv6 addresses, so that all the features of cPanel & WHM
function properly on IPv6. On needs to be selected for the Listen on IPv6 Addresses setting in the
System section of the Tweak Settings interface of WHM for enabling this functionality.WHM >> Home
>> Server Configuration >> Tweak Settings
 This IPv6 address cannot be added to any IPv6 range which has been added through the IPv6 Ranges
interface in WHM.WHM >> Home >> IP Functions >> IPv6 Ranges
 BIND starts to listen for DNS requests via IPv6 automatically, when this setting is configured.
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Basic Config (Continued I)

12.  The ethernet device onto which new IP addresses are added
 Choose the detected Ethernet device for adding new IP address for the server.Alternatively, a new
device could be entered in the text box, Other. It needs to be mentioned that the system tries to
detect your ethernet device when cPanel & WHM is installed.
 Enter the location where you wish for new users’ home directories to be created
 A location that is in the file system of the server needs to be entered for containing the home
directories of all of the cPanel users.Alternatively, one could be entered in the text box. If multiple
directories are used for storing cPanel accounts, new accounts get automatically stored in the
directory with the freest space. It needs to be mentioned that the default setting is
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Basic Config (Continued II)

13.  Additional home directories matching the following value will also be used for new home
directory creations
 An additional directory can be used for storing the home directories of your cPanel users.
Alternatively, one could be entered in the text box.A mount point needs to be entered for the value of
this setting. Only one value is accepted by this setting. If multiple directories are used for storing
cPanel accounts, new accounts get automatically stored in the directory with the freest space. It needs
to be mentioned that the default setting is /home.
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Basic Config (Continued III)

14.  Select a default theme for the cPanel interface
 A default theme for the cPanel interface needs to be selected.All the interface themes offered by the
server are displayed by the menu.
 Certain important points that need to be mentioned in this context are as follows:
 The selected theme becomes the default theme, every time that an account or a package is created, an
account is restored or transferred.
 When no theme is specified by the configuration of an account, the system uses the default theme.
Alternatively, such a theme is used which does not exist on the server.
 The system default theme is used by cPanel & WHM, when no default cPanel theme has been selected.
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Basic Config (Continued IV)

15.  The default theme for the Webmail interface could be selected from this menu.All the Webmail themes
offered by the server are displayed by this menu.
 The default theme is used by the system whenever no theme is specified by the configuration of an
account.Alternatively, such a theme is used, which does not exist on the server.When no default
Webmail theme has been selected, the system default theme is used by cPanel & WHM.
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SelectWebmail DefaultTheme

16.  It needs to be mentioned that this setting could be overridden individually during account creation.The
default setting isYes.
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Automatically Create a cgi-bin Script Alias

17.  This value defines the caching time for host name lookups for domains hosted on this
server
 A TTL (Time to Live) value, defined in seconds for DNS records.
 In this context the following need to be mentioned:
 Heavier loads can be caused on the nameserver by shorter TTL values
 Shorter TTL values return more accurate information for zones which contain frequently changing
records
 A value in seconds, RFC 2181 between 0 and 2147483647 is specified
 This value can be overridden by cPanel users who have the Zone Editor (AAAA, CAA, SRV,TXT)
feature, while creating or editing a DNS zone record
 This value can be overridden by cPanel users who only have the Zone Editor (A, CNAME) feature or
the MX Entry feature, while creating or editing a DNS zone record via the DNS::mass_zone_edit
function of UAPI.
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Basic Config (ContinuedV)

18.  This value is similar to the previous setting but is specifically the value used for newly
created zone file’s authoritative nameserver entries
 A TTL value, defined in seconds for the authoritative nameserver entries of a newly-created zone file.
The default setting is 86400.
 Enter the style in which you wish to receive your Apache logs
 You can enter the style in which the Apache log files need to be viewed. Either of the following settings
can be selected for this purpose:
 combined – Apache log files are displayed by this setting along with all the information of a request,
which includes user agents, referrers, requested files, etc.
 common – Only those Apache log files are displayed by this setting that have information about
requested files.
 The default setting is combined.
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Basic Config (ContinuedVI)

19.  Nameservers need to be specified for the server. Otherwise the creation of new accounts is not possible. Through this
section the nameservers of the server can be specified. The nameservers that are supposed to be used as the primary,
secondary, tertiary and quaternary nameservers need to be entered in the appropriate text boxes.
 It is important to mention the following:
 A entries let the nameserver resolve to an IP address
 A entries are required by the nameservers for working over IPv4 properly
 AAAA entries are required by your nameservers to properly work over IPv6
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Nameservers

20.  The below-mentioned steps need to be performed for adding an A entry or an AAAA entry for a nameserver.
1. Click Configure Address Records, wherein a new window appears
2. A DNS lookup is performed by the system on the entered nameserver
3. The system lists the results in the IP Addresses table
4. The results of the changes are displayed by the system
5. Click Close
 It needs to be mentioned that the entry in the text box, Enter an IPv4 address to create an A record, needs to be
changed for entering a different IPv4 address. The entry in the text box, Enter an IPv6 address to create an AAAA record
(optional), needs to be changed for entering a different IPv6 address.
 The DNS resolvers that were configured in the Resolver Configuration interface in WHM will be used by the system.
The configuration should be checked if any problem is encountered with any nameserver IP resolution.
 Save Changes need to be clicked to save the changes to the settings of the server.
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Nameservers (Continued)

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