You have just purchased a reseller account or a dedicated solution that includes WHM (WebHost Manager) and recieved the login information for the account/sever from your provider, so what do you do now? The first thing you should learn is how to login to the new account or server. Most hosts will give you the link to WHM, but in case you have lost that information here they are (for most configurations:)

Secured SSL connection to WHM *Recommended*:

https://yourdomainhere.com/whm
https://yourdomainhere.com:2087

Regular connection to WHM:

http://yourdomainhere.com/whm
http://yourdomainhere.com:2086

Once you enter one of the above links (replace yourdomainhere.com with your actual domain name) you will see a login prompt pop up (see below.) If your browser does not support such prompts or if you do not wish to use it (press cancel) you will get a form based login.

You should now enter your reseller username and password into the appropriet fields and press ‘OK’. If you get any errors you should contact your provider to ensure your password is correct. If you have a dedicated solution you will usually login as the ‘root’ user to WHM until you create some other accounts. If the login worked you will see WHM open up and you are ready to host!

If you are trying to copy multiple accounts from one server to another, you can do so through a feature from WHM. You can “mirror” the site and place them on your server. This transfer will copy everything including email, databases, files, and configurations. To copy multiple accounts from one server to another, please do the following:

1. Click on Copy multiple accounts from another server under the Transfers menu.
2. Enter the IP address or domain name and server root password in the Server to copy from and Server root password fields.
3. Click on the required radio button to indicate what type of control panel software the remote server is using.
4. If the SSH is disabled for the root user, you need to enter the user name and password of a user which is part of the Wheel group (su) in the User with su access and User with su access password field.
5. Click on the Grab Account List button.
6. Click to display imageTransferring multiple account from another server
7. Click on the check boxes next to the accounts that you want to copy or click on the Select All button.
8. Click on the Copy button.

You have now started the transfer of all requested accounts from one server to another.

If you are currently running WHM at your previous host and need to transfer everything exactly the way it is to your new WHM or server, then you can use the options WHM has for transferring accounts. To transfer an account from another WHM, please do the following:

1. Click on Copy an account from another server with account password under the Transfers menu.
2. Enter the IP address or domain name of the server to copy from in the Server to copy from field.
3. Enter the username and password for the account in the Username to copy and User’s password fields.
4. Click on Give new account an ip address tick box to give the transferred account an IP address.
5. Click on the Setup button.

You have now copied the files identically the way it is on other server to your new server.

You may wish to terminate an account if you do not need the website any futher. To terminate an account from your server, please do the following:
1. Click on Terminate an Account under the Account Functions menu.
2. Click on the required domain or user name you wish to terminate.
3. If you would like to keep the DNS zone active, click on the Keep Dns Zone tick box.
4.Click on the Terminate button.

You have now just terminated an account from your server.

You can restore all backup files that you have created using WebHost Manager.

Remember: WebHost Manager copies over each previous backup with the latest backup.

To restore a backup:

1. Click on Restore Backups under the Backup menu.
2. Click on one of the following buttons:
-Daily
-Weekly
-Monthly
3. Click on the user name from the available list that you want to backup.
4. Click on the following tick boxes as required:
-Recreate account - Recreate the account entirely as part of the restore, rather than just overwriting existing files.
-Give Ip address - Give the account an IP address as part of the restore.
-Restore Subdomain Entries - Restore the accounts subdomains as part of the restore.
-Restore Mail config - Restore the accounts mail configuration as part of the restore.
-Restore Mysql Dbs - Restore any MySQL databases as part of the restore.
5.Click on the Start Restore button.

You have now just restored a backup from WHM.