Reseller Hosting: How To Create User Accounts With WHM

Creating a user account with WHM is pretty easy. But before I show you how, I strongly suggest that you read two other tutorials: How To Create Packages With WHM - Part 1 and How To Create Packages - Part 2.

While it’s not necessary to have create a package prior to creating a user account, this will make things a lot easier to manage afterward.

How To Create A User Account Using WHM

First log into WHM as a reseller. This is normally at http://www.yourdomain.com:2086. Next, click on Create A New Account from the left column menu under Account Functions.

In the Domain Information box, fill all the fields:

From the Package box, select a hosting package you have previously created.

The Settings fields should normally reflect the options specified in the selected package so you can leave them to their default values.

Next, from the DNS Settings box, check Use the nameservers specified at the Domain’s Registrar if you run your own DNS servers and you wish to provide DNS functionnalities for this user’s domain name. Otherwise the user will have to modify his domain’s DNS entries so that it resolves to your web server’s IP address.

When you’re done, hit the Add button and the user account will be created. A notification will be sent by email to the administrator and the user’s email address as well. The email contains all the necessary information for the user to login.

Now that you know how to create a new hosting account, we’ll go over some of the management stuff you can perform over the next few weeks.

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