How to Access/Login WHM, cPanel and Webmail

 
WHM is a software that is used to administer the server graphically. Most of the linux servers are in runlevel 3 so you must know basic linux commands and configuration files to administer a server. There is no need of linux knowledge if you have WHM installed on your server. You can create FTP, emails, databases etc easily from within WHM.

You must have server root password or reseller login details to access webhost manager. Only resellers and server owners can access WHM. Shared hosting customers cannot access WHM, only VPS and dedicated server customers can access WHM. Shared hosting customers have only access to cPanel and webmail.

You can access WHM using secure port (2087 Port) or insecure port (2086 port). 2087 is the secure port so you must access WHM using https in front.

2087 port = SSL port
2086 port = no SSL Port

You must whitelist 2087 and 2086 port in server firewall to access WHM. You might see timeout error if the WHM ports are not allowed in server firewall.

Resellers can access WHM but they won’t be having full server access (root access). Resellers have restricted access to the server.
 

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Do the below steps to login to WHM Control Panel

1. Open a new web browser (like mozilla firefox, internet explorer)

2. Type any of the below url to access WHM using 2086 port (no SSL port – http)

http://YourServerIP:2086

OR

http://YourServerHostname.com:2086

OR

http://YourDomain.com:2086

3. Type the below url to access WHM using 2087 port (SSL port – https)

https://YourServerIP:2087
 

 
OR

https://YourServerHostname.com:2087
 

 
OR

https://Yourdomain.com:2087
 

Alternate way to login WHM is given below
 
Alternate link to login webhost manager is given below

https://YourServerIP/whm

OR

https://YourServerHostname.com/whm

OR

https://Yourdomain.com/whm

IMPORTANT : YourServerIP in the above url’s must be replaced with actual server IP address, YourServerHostname.com should be replaced with hostname of your server and Yourdomain.com should be replaced with your domain name.
To access WHM, YourServerHostname.com and Yourdomain.com should resolve to your server IP.

3. You must enter username and password to access WHM

Enter ‘root’ in the username text field.

Username : root
Password : Enter root password of server to access WHM
 

 
4. Click on “Log in” after entering the username and Password.

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How to login to cPanel account

 
cPanel of an account can be accessed directly from WHM without entering the cPanel login details. Root user have access to cPanel and webmail of all users in the server.

Click on “List Accounts” under “Account Information”. Click on “cPanel” icon to access cPanel of the account.

Home » Account Information » List Accounts
 

 
Do the below steps to login to cPanel directly by entering the login details.

cPanel logins details will be provided by your webhosting company. Check the welcome email sent by your webhosting provider.

1. Open a new web browser and type the below URL to access cPanel

http://YourserverIP:2082

OR

http://YourServerHostname:2082

OR

http://YourDomain.com:2082

OR

http://yourDomain.com/cpanel

2082 is non SSL port, 2083 is the cPanel SSL port. SSL URL is given below :

https://YourserverIP:2083

OR

https://YourServerHostname:2083

OR

https://YourDomain.com:2083

OR

https://yourDomain.com/cpanel

2. Enter cPanel username and password to login
 

 
3. Click on “Log In” after enter username and password
 

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How to access webmail (roundcube, Horde and SquirrelMail) on a cPanel server

 
You can access webmail through cPanel without entering the login details OR you can use direct login URL (enter the email address and password to login)

1. Login to cPanel

2. Click on “Email Accounts” under “Email”

3. Under “Email accounts” you can see list of all email accounts

4. Under “Actions” click on “More” and select “Access Webmail”
 

 
5. In the next page Choose the webmail application (either Horde, roundcube or Squirrelmail)
 

 
The Above steps are for accessing webmail from within cPanel and do not require any login details.

Do the below steps to access webmail directly

1. Type the below URL in the browser to access webmail

http://YourserverIP:2095

http://YourDomain.com:2095

2095 is the non SSL port, use 2096 to access webmail using SSL port.

https://YourserverIP:2096

https://YourDomain.com:2096

2. Enter the username and password to access webmail

username : Enter email address
Password : Enter password of the email address
 

 
3. In the next page, choose whether you want to use roundcube, horde or squirrelmail.