cPanel and Web Host Manager (WHM) are two tools that are often used together to manage web hosting. WHM is designed for server management and resellers.
It provides users the ability to manage multiple cPanel accounts, configure server setting and manage other server activities. It also allows users create new cPanel accounts, which can be resold to individuals or businesses who want to host and manage their own websites.
On the other hand, cPanel is a user-friendly interface designed to manage individual hosting accounts with each cPanel account being created and managed through WHM.
In other words, WHM is where cPanel accounts are created and managed, while cPanel acts like the "tenant " where the user can customize and maintain their own account as they like.
4 Steps to Access cPanel from WHM
To access cPanel from WHM, you must have the following:
A hosting account with administrative access or a reseller account. Administrative access provides full control over the hosting domain, while the reseller account allows you to manage clients' accounts with certain restrictions on some tools and features.
A cPanel account created via WHM, which gives you access to the cPanel interface.
Now let’s explore the steps of accessing cPanel from WHM;
Step 1:
Log in to your WHM account, scroll through the interface and select the option "List accounts". You can also use the search bar on the WHM dashboard to search for " Accounts” to make searching faster.
List Accounts displays your servers accounts and allows you perform certain actions like;
Accessing cPanel
Changing account passwords
Editing and Deleting Account details
Suspending and Unsuspending Account, etc.
Step 2:
After selecting “List Accounts” Scroll through the list of accounts to find a specific domain or account you want to access, in this example, there is just one account listed in the record. You can see the account name listed as “example.com” under the domain heading.
Step 3:
Next to the account’s domain name, you’ll see the cPanel Icon, click on the Icon to log directly into cPanel. This process doesn’t require any credential, it logs you into the cPanel account directly.
Step 4:
After clicking on the cPanel logo, you will be redirected to your cPanel account, your view should look like so;
In the cPanel account, you can perform numerous tasks related to website management, like setting up databases, manging files on your server, enabling or disabling SSH access (Secure Shell - which is a method for securing a computer when it's on an insecure network), and more.
