How to Create Cpanel Account in WHM panel Print

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Step 1: Log into your WHM panel

Step 2: Go to Account Functions, click on Create a New Account

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Step 3: Fill the details for the new account

Domain Information
Enter the main domain name on the account, set a cPanel username and password for it, and then enter the email address to be associated with the account.

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Package
WHM allows you to create packages, which make it easier to manage cPanel accounts. If you don't have any packages set, select the "Select Options Manually" option and set those limitations now.

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Settings
Choose the cPanel theme to assign the user and select the appropriate language for the user.

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Reseller Settings
If you have the access to create a cPanel account, it means that you have reseller permissions. Decide here if this new account you're creating should have WHM access and be able to create accounts themselves.

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DNS Settings
Decide how the domain's nameservers should be configured on the server. If the nameservers specified for this domain name are going to be on another server, choose the option "Use the nameservers specified at the Domain's Registrar".

DKIM (Domain Keys Identified Mail) is an important authentication mechanism to help protect both email receivers and email senders from forged and phishing email.

SPF (Sender Policy Framework) record is a list of servers that are allowed to send e-mail from your domain. This reduces spam activity that may be perceived to originate from your domain, which is known as source address spoofing.

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Mail Routing Settings
Decide how the server handles email for this specific domain. For example, should it attempt to deliver the email locally or should it look at the external MX records and decide?It's recommended to use "Automatically Detect Configuration" if you're not sure about this setting.

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After you have filled in all of the details above, click the "Create" button at the bottom of the page

Congratulation!


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