How To Create a cPanel Account in WHM

WHM appears to be the greatest web-based interactive control panel for hosting on the Linux platform. Its many features improve user experience and offer a hassle-free console for server administration, among other things.

We will learn how to create a cPanel account in WHM by following this instruction. You can effortlessly host and administer many cPanel accounts that are separate from one another with WHM. Above all, though, users of cPanel are unaware of who they are sharing the server with.

Amongst the numerous functions of WHM, creating individual cPanel accounts allows  reseller, VPS & Dedicated server owners to sell out allotted disk space and generate revenues. 

Let’s kick start with creating an account steps-by-step. 

Step 1. Log into the WHM interface.

Step 2: WHM interface will appear, here click on “Create a New Account”. The either way, you can do is, type a query “Create a New Account” in the search box on the left hand side of the pane. 

Step 3. Now fill up the details one-by-one in order to create a new account. The details are briefly explained below.

– Domain Information

If necessary, enter a domain name that is registered or unregistered along with a strong alphanumeric password; alternatively, utilize the “Password Generator” option to achieve the same goal. NEVER prefix your domain name with “WWW.” A subdomain can also have its own cPanel account created for it.

Next, associate an email address to the account in order to receive account information.

– Package

Select the packages “Options Manually”, or you can “Choose a Package” from the drop down. 

– Settings

Select a theme to assign from the drop down menu of ‘cPanel Theme‘ and select the appropriate language for the user from the drop down menu of ‘Locale.’

– Reseller Settings

Alike you can make it a WHM account by ticking the box of ‘Make the account a reseller.’ ‘Reseller Settings‘ option is available only for VPS & Dedicated server WHM.

– DNS Settings

The DNS Settings only apply if this server is going to be hosting DNS for this cPanel account.

a. Enable the spam prevention measures DKIM & SPF if you want this server to host email service for this account.

b. The domain’s nameservers are configured using the “Use the nameservers specified at the Domain’s Registrar” option. If you leave this unchecked, the server will use the standard nameservers configured on the server itself. If you tick this option, WHM will assign this domain the nameservers specified at the registrar’s end.
c. ‘Overwrite any existing DNS zones for the account‘ setting overwrites any DNS zone files for this domain that might have been put on the server earlier.

– Mail Routing Settings

This setting allows you to choose only one setting. Read the description of each by clicking ‘more’ next to each option and choose the correct setting.

‘Automatically Detect Configuration‘ setting shouldn’t be used if you opt to use this account for the domain’s email, instead go for the second setting ‘Local Mail Exchanger‘ as it is the perfect one for the mentioned condition.
Step 4.

Now that all the required details are filled in correctly, simply hit the ‘Create‘ button.

That’s it ! You’ll seen the screen as below confirming the account being created along with the cPanel login credentials and other details.