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Quick, Simple, and Scalable cPanel Cloud Hosting

Why Should I Choose cPanel Cloud Hosting or a cPanel Dedicated Server?

So, what’s the purpose of cPanel cloud hosting or a cPanel dedicated server? Put simply, a control panel is a web-based interface that allows customers to manage their websites and servers. Steadfast Networks customers love cPanel because its powerful interface and intuitive features streamline the often-complicated web management process. cPanel is the control panel of choice for web hosts.

Some of the great features offered by cPanel include:

Content Management: Create, upload, and edit web pages using the File Manager, or install web-based applications.

Email Management: Create website-specific email accounts for multiple employees. cPanel supports such common mail protocols as POP, IMAP, and SMTP. The web-based interface allows you to access email from any computer or browser.

Data Management: cPanel's Backup Wizard makes it easy to save and store your entire account and its history.

Virus Protection: Built-in virus software protects your site by scanning for viruses and even prevents other sites from poaching bandwidth. Password protection features allow you to lock designated site areas and restrict them to specific users.

Web Traffic Analysis: cPanel's three different built-in statistics generators provide you with detailed analysis about your site's traffic, errors, and bandwidth tracking. The statistics generators also make it easy to utilize SEO.

Localization: 14 different languages are available for complete cPanel customization.

In addition, cPanel's superior technology provides for better security and more intuitive features than other control panels. The software self-monitors for failed service and automatically updates itself. cPanel is web developer-friendly, allowing developers to install their own applications and offer a large number of APIs for improved functionality and automation.

cPanel dedicated server customers may also want to investigate the cPanel and WHM (WebHost Manager) package, which allows the control panel to be configured for use by system administrators as well as site owners.

How Can I Add cPanel Cloud Hosting?

cPanel cloud hosting comes as a pre-installed template for CentOS 5 and 6, but can also be installed from scratch on other operating systems from a compatible Virtual Machine. Check out this page for detailed installation information.

You'll also need a license before using cPanel. To get a license, either open a ticket with the sales department or email sales@steadfast.net. Licenses cost $10 per month each. Once you have your license, all you need to do to begin using the software is access cPanel's WebHost Manager at https://YOURIP:2087/ using the username "root" and your root password. Once you have created user accounts, cPanel can be accessed for those accounts at https://YOURIP:2083/.

How Can I Get a cPanel Dedicated Server?

If you're interested in a cPanel dedicated server, the process is quite a bit simpler. Steadfast Networks offers unlimited domains for only $25 per month to our cPanel dedicated server customers. Simply tell our reps that you would like to add cPanel when you are setting up a lease for a server.

System Requirements for cPanel

cPanel is Unix-based and supports the following operating systems:

CentOS 4.x, 5.x, 5.x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.x, 5.x, 6.x
FreeBSD-RELEASE 7.3, 7.4, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2
CloudLinux 5.x, 6.x

cPlan also recommends the following:

266 MHz CPU minimum
512 MB RAM minimum (1 GB recommended)
10GB hard disk

More detailed requirements, including a list of supported Virtual Environments and comprehensive installation instructions, can be found here.

Video: cPanel Tutorial


Tips, Tricks, and Documentation

cPanel's Developer Center is a great resource for development support, plugin help, and tips on interfacing between cPanel and WHM. You’ll find Documentation on the cPanel website, as well as Forums for additional assistance.

cPanelSupport.net and The cPanel Admin are two other great resources for cPanel Cloud and Dedicated Hosting tips.