Log into your WHM (WebHostManager)
Go to “DNS Functions Edit DNS Zone” or in the search box, type “Edit DNS Zone” and click to open the page
Select the Domain you wish to edit and click on “Edit”
How to Create a CNAME record in cPanel
Log into your domain’s cPanel and in the search box type “DNS ZONE”
Select one of two options that will appear, “Simple DNS Zone Editor” and/or “Advanced DNS Zone Editor” If you select “Simple DNS Zone Editor”, follow these steps: Select your domain name (if applicable)
Managing Security Token Settings to secure WHM
In order to connect to your dedicated or cloud server without problems, WHM Security Token settings must be tweaked. The default is set to “on”. This default setting can causes a disconnection between you and your server. Change the default to “Off” to avoid an “Access Denied” message.
Updating WHM/cPanel from the command line
WHM/ cPanel might experience errors that can only be resolved by updating the software. To update the software, login is as root and run the following command:
/scripts/upcp
This will only update your WHM installation and not affect any data.
How to resync cPanel License in Linux
Login as root and use following command:
# /usr/local/cpanel/cpkeyclt
The result should be:
How to disable recursive DNS lookups on cPanel
A very common PCI Issue is related to the DNS servers. In order to be PCI Compliant you must disable the ability of DNS Poisioning (a process in which the DNS may be modified by an outside source and resulting in false lookups or hijacked pages).
How to add a wildcard dns entry for domain name in cPanel
1. Login to your cpanel account (mydomain.com/cpanel)
2. Under the “Domains” column you will “Subdomains” click on this.
How to add a wild card dns entry for domain name in WHM
1. Log into WHM as the root user.
2. Click Edit DNS Zone, under “DNS Functions” on the left-side menu.
3. Choose the zone you want to add a wildcard to, and click edit.
How to turn on/off mod_userdir on cPanel/WHM
Apache’s mod_userdir allows users to view their sites by entering a tilde(~) and their username as the uri on a specific host. For example http://test.cpanel.net/~fred/ will bring up the user fred’s domain. The disadvantage of this feature is that any bandwidth usage used by this site will be put on the domain it is accessed under (in this
How to change cPanel/ftp passwords
Here’s how you’d change your cpanel/ftp passwords:
1) Log into whm
2) Click on”password modification” (under the account functions section)
