cPanel WHM: Initial Server Setup

  1. What you need to know before getting started with WHM
  2. How to install cPanel/WHM on a fresh installation of Linux
  3. How to log in to your new WHM installation
  4. How to complete the Initial Setup process in WHM
  5. How to find your way around in WHM
  6. How to change the root server password in WHM
  7. How to synchronize your server's time and set its time zone using WHM
  8. How to use Initial Quota Setup to enable disk quotas in WHM
  9. How to manage IP addresses on your WHM server
  10. How to change the server's main shared IP address in WHM
  11. How to configure your server's DNS resolvers in WHM
  12. How to install the DNS ONLY version of WHM on a nameserver
  13. How to complete Initial Setup on a DNS ONLY install of WHM
  14. How to use the DNS ONLY version of WHM
  15. How to configure DNS Clustering across all your WHM servers
  16. How to synchronize DNS zones within your cluster using WHM
  17. How to specify the hostname and IP to use for each of your nameservers in WHM
  18. How to modify your WHM server's hostname
  19. How to add an A entry for your hostname using WHM
  20. How to alter the cache settings for DNS records managed by WHM
  21. How to specify which alerts you want to receive in WHM
  22. How to change the destinations for WHM to use when sending alerts
  23. How to use the Security Center to make your WHM server as secure as possible
  24. How to change the way WHM works using Tweak Settings
  25. How to adjust cPanel & WHM's Update Preferences
  26. How to change the default home directory in WHM
  27. How to configure the statistics software used by cPanel & WHM
  28. How to fix wget before installing Fantastico
  29. How to prepare Fantastico for installation on your cPanel/WHM server