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How to Add a New Account in WHM¶

Once you’ve got your WHM server setup, you’re going to want to add an Account. In WHM, an Account can be thought of as a catch-all term for a domain and associated resources. When you add an Account, this creates:

  • A Virtual Host for your domain.

  • A User for FTP / SFTP / SSH administration

  • A Control Panel for your domain, allowing for per user site administration (email, subdomains, PHP settings etc.)

On the homepage of WHM, you will see a section called “Manage Your Accounts”, and a “Create a New Account” button below that:

Create a New Account Button

This will present you with a page to fill in information regarding the account that you’re adding. The top section is “Domain Information”. Fill in the relevant information for the account you’re adding:

Warning

Avoid adding a domain that is the same as the hostname of the server, as this will break many WHM services.

Domain Information

The next three sections can be left as the defaults:

Blank Sections

For the “DNS Settings” section, untick the box labelled “Enable DKIM on this account”:

DNS Settings

For the final section, “Mail Routing Settings”, choose the automatic configuration option, then you can click “Create”:

Mail Exchange

You’ve now added an account to WHM. You can now login, using the guide here!

Next Article > How to Create an FTP Account In cPanel

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