cPanel & WHM® for Ubuntu

The cPanel interface allows your customers to do a multitude of things to manage their sites, intranets, and keep their online properties running smoothly.

Publish a website

Allow your customers to choose from the most popular site builders to launch their web presence or give them the resources to build and monitor their own websites from the ground up.

Create emails & calendars

Give your customers the ability to stay connected with the powerful email and calendar capabilities baked into cPanel & WHM. With our software, they can launch new email accounts, create shared calendars and enjoy various levels of spam protection.

Backup, transfer & manage files

Securely backup and transfer all web files from within the cPanel interface or allow your customers to use the FTP controls.

Manage domains

Offer your tech-savvy site owners the power to manage their network of domains. Create aliases, add or remove subdomains, manage DNS zones and direct site visitors around any of your web properties.

Software Included

Creating an App using the Control Panel

Click the Deploy to DigitalOcean button to create a Droplet based on this 1-Click App. If you aren’t logged in, this link will prompt you to log in with your DigitalOcean account.

Creating an App using the API

In addition to creating a Droplet from the cPanel & WHM® for Ubuntu 1-Click App using the control panel, you can also use the DigitalOcean API. As an example, to create a 4GB cPanel & WHM® for Ubuntu Droplet in the SFO2 region, you can use the following curl command. You need to either save your API access token) to an environment variable or substitute it in the command below.

curl -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
         -H 'Authorization: Bearer '$TOKEN'' -d \
        '{"name":"choose_a_name","region":"sfo2","size":"s-2vcpu-4gb","image": "cpanel-cpanelwhmforubun"}' \
        "https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/droplets"

Getting Started After Deploying cPanel & WHM® for Ubuntu

When you create a droplet, cPanel & WHM will automatically begin installation in the background. The installation process takes about 10-15 minutes. You cannot log in to WHM until the installation process is complete.

For instructions on logging in to WHM and creating a WordPress site, read our From WHM to Website documentation.

For more information about installing, configuring, and managing WordPress, read our WordPress Toolkit documentation.