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What is cPanel?

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Short answer

cPanel is the control panel that comes with your web hosting. From one dashboard you create email accounts, install WordPress, upload files, manage databases and domains, and restore backups, with no technical skills needed.

cPanel is the world’s most widely used hosting control panel, and every Hostnali web hosting plan for Zimbabwean businesses includes it.

What you can do in cPanel

  • Email: create addresses such as [email protected], set up forwarders and autoresponders, and open webmail.
  • WordPress and apps: install WordPress and hundreds of other apps in a click with Softaculous.
  • Files: upload and edit your website’s files in the File Manager, or connect over FTP.
  • Databases: create MySQL databases and manage them in phpMyAdmin.
  • Domains: add extra domains and subdomains to the same plan.
  • Security: free SSL installs automatically; manage it under SSL/TLS.
  • Backups: restore files, databases or email yourself from the daily, weekly and monthly restore points.
  • Apps: run Node.js and Python apps, and schedule tasks with cron jobs.

How do I log in?

Sign in to the Hostnali client area, open your hosting service and click Log in to cPanel. There’s no extra password to remember.

cPanel for resellers and servers

  • With reseller hosting you get WHM to create cPanel accounts for your own clients.
  • On a VPS you can add a cPanel/WHM licence at checkout, or pick a ready-made cPanel VPS.

New to cPanel? Our knowledgebase has step-by-step guides, and our team is available on live chat and ticket 24/7.

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