

As your VPS will serve as the DNS server you need to specify your VPS dedicated IP near both nameservers, in this case, it is 31.220.54.166. Here you must input IPs for the nameservers. The last section of this step is Add A Entries for Nameservers & Hostname. Third and fourth nameservers are optional. Usually, they are named like and, where is your actual domain name. Input the name servers that you will create with your domain registrar. Once you scroll down a little bit you reach nameserver list. A list of features is shown in the table, however, the most popular is BIND server which is recommended by us as well. You will have to choose the service which will manage all your DNS. Next section is nameserver configuration.

In IP Address(es) to Add field, enter your server’s IP addresses.However, if it happens to be that multiple IPs are available, you should perform these steps: Since in this scenario only one IP is available for your server, click Go to Step 4. Step 4 - Setting Up IP Addresses and Name Servers Once all is set, please click on Save and continue at the bottom. No changes should be done in Main Network field, except if you have several network interfaces and don’t want to use the default one, otherwise skip this section. Here you can specify Google’s Public DNS servers or contact your VPS provider asking for any local DNS servers. Going down you see a section called Resolvers, here you need to specify DNS resolvers which will be responsible for querying IPs of domain names. Proper hostname should have sub name, like,. Next field is Hostname, here you must fill in the domain that you will point to your server later on. All other fields and checkboxes are optional, therefore you can leave them as they are. In Contact Information field fill in the mandatory Server Contact Email Address field.
Cpanel whm vps optimized license#
The very first section of setup is license agreement, please review the license notes and click on I agree…. You just need to add an exception by clicking on Advanced button:Īfter adding the exception you will be redirected to WHM login screen and prompted to provide your username and password. Please do not worry, this is expected behavior as WHM has only self-signed SSL certificate which is not recognized by your browser. IMPORTANT! If you use https URL, you will get “Your connection is not secure” or similar warning. For example, let’s say your VPS IP is 31.220.54.166, in order to reach WHM you would have to use either one of these URLs in your browser: or. Usually, WHM is accessible via IP address of your VPS on 2086 or 2087 (https/SSL) ports.

Web Host Manager (WHM) is like administration panel of Your server.

Firstly let’s discern these two terms: cPanel and WHM.
