cPanel Web Hosting

cPanel is the website management software. It is not free or open source; the product is developed by a professional team of programmers and licences are sold per server. This is important for dedicated server customers. Panel is based on Linux OS. It has a graphical interface, however command line management is also available. cPanel has been created by one hosting company in 1999. Only few years ago it was developed for a commercial use for resellers, data centers and website managers.

cPanel allows users to:

• Easily upload and manage web pages in cPanel’s File Manager.

• Use cPanel’s Web Disk feature to drag and drop files into the customer’s account.

• Use traditional file transfer methods (including FTP, SFTP, and FTPS).

• Create additional FTP accounts for other users with the specific access rights.

Website owners can use cPanel to create email accounts using standard mail protocols, including POP, IMAP, and SMTP, both with and without SSL encryption. SSL is purchased for additional price.cPanel provides anti-spam features SpamAssassin and BoxTrapper. The mail can be used online with the Google like interface (depends of the webmail software).
Also cPanel is used for backing up the website and has many other specific features for beginner and advanced user.

What is cPanel Hosting

cPanel is an easy to install website management tool. It is considered the most popular website management tools in the world, therefore majority of server providers uses it. It is installed to the dedicated and VPS servers which run Linux OS only. cPanel may be used in CentOS, Red Hat Linux, and FreeBSD Linux distributions. Shared hosting usually does not have cPanel as it is used for cheaper hosting and not so complicated websites.
There is still a possibility to use cPanel in Windows server. There is a version called Enkompass, but the developement of it is stopped and new features do not arrive. The Windows cPanel version is offered for free and is not as popular as Linux cPanel versions.
cPanel cannot be removed. If there is a need to remove the cPanel software, the server must be formatted. After formatting the new operating system must be installed. The cPanel license is valid for 1 server only. Hosting company usually include the cPanel price to the hosting plan price, as it is a commercial product (there are few free ones, but they cannot compete with cPanel).
The installation is quite easy even for professionals at the hosting company. Regular user of the server does not need to take care of cPanel installation.
cPanel hosting does not require lots of server resources, unless some specific features are needed.

cPanel Hosting in Host1Plus

Host1Plus has prepared a special pricing plan and a set of features for cPanel hosting. It can be selected in VPS Hosting section clicking the cPanel button. The basic plan for cPanel hosting is Cloud VPS Level 11 with 6 GHz dedicated CPU, 3072 MB Dedicated RAM, disk space of 120 GB, Network speed – 25 Mbps. Of course, additional parameter may be added as this is the basic Host1Plus offer for a regular cPanel hosting. The parameters actually depends on the website size and load, not cPanel software as it is a tool for management.
cPanels are pre-installed, therefore user does not need to install it by himself. Of course, he/she cannot remove it even though the dedicated server services are ordered. Host1Plus support consult users about cPanel usage and problems, even though the problem solving can be done in various admin forums or by simply reading the guidelines and tutorials.
Please contact our support department via email, phone or live chat if you have any issues with cPanel hosting. There are lots of questions answered in Host1Plus’ knowledge base (FAQ) or community forum, where administrators share their experience about the Host1Plus web hosting services.

Features of cPanel Hosting

cPanel has some specific features which are used for website administration as well as server administration. That means that the features are accessible to regular users and server administrators at a hosting company.

The user cPanel features include:

• Website Statistics – cpanel feature called AWstats shows the hits and visits website received per day, per week and per year. Also incoming traffic in terms of geographical location, search engines, browsers and external links. The keyword usage is also shown. That’s a handy and simple to use tool for website owner and marketing manager.

• Managing E-Mail – cPanel allows creating new email accounts and deleting them, also there are other features such as a spam filter, webmail manager, auto responder, e-mail forwarders and e-mail domain forwarders. Email can be checked online using several webmail clients (most popular are Squirrel Mail, Horde and RedCube).

• Managing Files – website files can be managed without any downloadable software because of cPanel’s file management features. There is a possibility to backup the files and websites just with few clicks. Also all the files can be exported or imported to a new server with cPanel.

• MySQL Databases – database management is one of the most important features of cPanel as databases are intensively used by Joomla scripts, WordPress, Drupal and other CMS. The phpMyAdmin is a special tool that allows users to manage their databases, fields, tables, indexes, relations, permissions and users.

• Installing Software – cPanel has a feature called Fantastico (or others for instance Installatron, Fantastico, Softaculous etc.) which lets users easily install all types of software used for forums, blogs, e-commerce shopping carts, content management systems, mailing lists, image galleries, surveys, polls, scripts and site builders etc. This tool can be used for some applications while others must be added manually using file manager tool.

• Managing Domains – with cPanel users can park domains using same contact details. Also subdomain creation and management is quite easy as well as all kinds of domain redirections and IP tricks.

• Security Measures – some files may need some restrictions which can be set by using security tools. All the users can be grouped into some groups and security issues can be applied not to a single user, but to the user groups easily.

There are even more features for the website administrator, but they require additional knowledge and experience.

How to Get Started with cPanel Hosting

• Step 1. Choose the pricing plan. If you need more disk space, you can set up your pricing plan manually – we have 20 of them. Once the plan is chosen, please click Order Now! button. You will be directed to the pricing plan information page.

• Step 2. Choose additional details of your cPanel hosting pricing plan – the OS version, which is not Ubuntu x64 (cPanel does not support it). You can choose CentOS, FreeBSD and RedHat. You can find them scrolling in OS list. Also we have prepared a special virtualizations for the cPanel set up. Please find our CentOS 5.5 x64 – cPanel $20 USD (that means additional $20 will be added to the monthly pricing plan) in the drop down list for an initial cPanel setup. Also please choose the billing period. The price can be diminished when longer billing period is chosen, for instance 12 months. Then add the host name and root password and click ‘Complete order’ button.

• Step 3. Enter your personal details and choose the payment option. The following payment options are available – PayPal, Alipay Payment, Web Money, AlertPay, Skrill (Moneybookers), CashU, Google Checkout. Finalize the payment.

• Step 4. Validate your details and wait for a confirmation email with the login details.

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