Connecting to Your Virtual Dedicated Server Using Cpanel

For those who are not yet familiar with dedicated server. This article is for newbie as reference how you can access your virtual dedicated server. I encounter this problem when I was new also at dedicated server.

This procedures only covered cpanel users, will try to discuss other control pannel script on other days.

1. Open your web browser and type https://ipaddress:2087. ipaddress is provided to you by your host.
2. When the WebHost Manager login prompt displays, enter root as your user name.
   Enter the password you defined when you set up your virtual dedicated server account. Click OK.
3. When you log in for the first time, WebHost Manager walks you through a wizard to help you set up your server. Under the Welcome to Web Host Manager section on the left, click Next.
4. The End-User License Agreement for cPanel displays on the right. Review the license agreement and click I Agree.
5. The Edit Setup page displays. This is where you configure the basic setup for your server. In the Server Contact E-Mail Address section, enter an administrative email address for this server.
6. In the Main Shared Virtual Host IP section, enter the default IP address for your server. Typically, this is the same IP you used to connect to your WebHost Manager.
7. In the Hostname section, enter the primary domain name for your server. This needs to be a fully qualified domain name that you own. In this example we use “coolexample.com.”
8. Under the Primary Namserver and Secondary Namserver sections, type ns1. yourdomainnamehere.com and ns2. yourdomainnamehere.com, where yourdomainnamehere.com is the primary domain for your server. For example, ns1.coolexample.com and ns2.coolexample.com.
9. Keep the other default settings that WebHost Manager created for you, and click Save at the bottom of the page.
10. Keep following the instruction Untill youre done setting up basic configuration of your new virtual server.

Shared Hosting Plan

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All that remains is to choose your hosting company, but which one?

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