Web host Manager
Web host Manager provides an interface to manage your Reseller hosting or Virtual Private Server. You can create individual accounts on VPS, add domains to the VPS and Reseller hosting servers and manage other hosting features with a single interface of Web host Manager.
Basically, Web host Manager offers an administrative panel for managing control panel related task and manage the basic system features. It is a powerful program that offers admin access to work at the backend of cPanel. You can find two types of Web host Manager - one is to manage the reseller hosting and another one manages dedicated and virtual private servers.
How does the Web host manager work?
Web host Manager gives you administrative access to the server through the interface and a suite of tools to achieve the following things -
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Manage the cPanel accounts - Create, Delete or suspend the accounts that are on cPanel.
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You can configure your customer’s support request and the settings of notification of the requests through cPanel
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Change the settings of the site’s Password protection, and monitor the site
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Server information and status can be monitored after the permission is granted
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While creating an account you can create a default page
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You can change the domains of your DNS zones and check them regularly
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Update or change the usernames, user account settings and the domain name of the client upon request
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You can create a new account, customize your control panel or the hosting with the extensive branding feature of Web host Manager.
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You can set up private nameservers on the servers
How is it different from cPanel?
The terms Web Host Manager and cPanel mostly used in place of each other but the Web host Manager and cPanel are not the same things. cPanel is for managing particular hosting accounts or any particular domains. Users can manage their hosting and accounts through cPanel. Simply, Web host Manager is to manage cPanel accounts and works as a Super Administrator with an interface and a certain set of tools.
WHM has the top tier or root access to the server. The server admin can fully control the features and functionalities of WHM and WHM can fully manage all the cPanel accounts. WHM can be used as an interface to the root user, Reseller, server administrator of the VPS or the dedicated server. Certainly, cPanel is used to manage the hosting accounts which are under the main domain you have purchased.
Why is the WebHost Manager required?
As the Web host Manager provides the interface along with the administrative access to the servers, it empowers to manage a large number of resource intensive sites. You can manage and control multiple cPanels through WHM. If you are having hosting business or popular sites, here are the reasons you should opt for WHM -
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If one of your sites get attacked and hacked by the cyber attackers or threats, the other sites won’t be accessible to the hackers so easily if you are managing them through WHM. It creates walls between the sites on the server and attackers need to cross layers which will be difficult to break.
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Privacy protection is highest with WHM
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You can manage your bandwidth and scale your disk space so that the popular and growing sites being suspended.
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If you are using multiple sites, a reseller account is a lot cheaper than paying money for each and individual sites. To manage reseller hosting, WHM is secure and easiest option.
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Managing a large number of domains on cPanel is a lot easier and convenient using the WHM.
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Multiple cPanel accounts can be managed through the interface and tools of WHM and you do not have to go to each and every account to manage its feature.
