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System Engineering

How cPanel Accounts Are Created On WHM Of VPS & Dedicated Server?

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cPanel equips you with an easy interface to manage your domains and websites. The cPanel account at Sangkrit.net gives you access to several free applications to let you easily make different types of websites in a very short interval of time and that too without any technical skills.

But do you know you can also create separate cPanel hosting accounts on your Sangkrit.net VPS or Dedicated Server by using the WHM interface? Each cPanel account can have its primary domain and each can be given the privilege to host multiple domains. You can also set resource limits over new cPanel accounts. This includes disk space, bandwidth, email accounts, and more. You can either use the package defaults or customize these limits as per your requirements.

To create a new cPanel account you will need to set the following things:

  1. Domain: The domain name for the new cPanel account.
  2. Username: A username for the new account.
  3. Password: A strong password for the new account or you may also use the password generator.
  4. Email: An email address associated with the account.
  5. Package: The hosting package or resource allocation for the account. If needed, you can create custom packages in WHM.
  6. Settings: You may also configure any additional settings such as selecting a theme, enabling or disabling DNS clustering, and more.

Then simply follow these steps to create a new cPanel account:

  1. Login to your Sangkrit.net Account
  2. Click the Servers tab
  3. Click Manage button
  4. You will be directed to your server’s admin panel
  5. Click Account Functions or use the search box to find it
  6. Click Create a New Account
  7. Fill up the mandatory fields and click Create

Now the Web Host Manager will display you a results page outlining your new Account. Next, you will see Account Creation Complete!!! at the bottom of the screen. Simply repeat the steps to create more cPanel accounts.

The accounts you create are accessible from the Servers tab on your Sangkrit.net products page. Go back to step no. 1, and you will see all your cPanel accounts are listed there. The new account holders would be able to log in to cPanel with the provided username and password to manage their website, email, and other hosting-related services.

System Engineering

How To Allocate Resources To Your Websites On Dedicated Server & VPS?

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Allocating and managing resources means creating hosting packages containing a set resource usage allowance for domains and websites you want to host on your dedicated server or VPS. You can set the maximum amount of resources that a domain can use so that other websites won’t get affected by it. 

  • If you are running only one website then you may simply allot all server resources to it
  • If you are running multiple websites then you may either set a resource quota for each website or let all your websites freely use server resources

This lesson will guide you in creating new hosting packages, allocating resources, and assigning them to your domains.

Log in to your Sangkrit.net Account then follow these steps:

  1. Visit Products page
  2. Click the Servers tab
  3. Next to the account, you want to use, click Launch
  4. From the management interface, next to the cPanel Site,
  5. Click Manage Server (WHM) 
  6. Click Proceed

On your server’s home, add a new package:

  1. Find the Packages section on the left sidebar,
  2. Click Add a Package

Define regulations such as:

  1. Disk space
  2. Max domains
  3. Max bandwidth usage
  4. Max database usage
  5. Max email, etc

As required by you, each or selective option can be left to unlimited. Now, click the blue color Add button at the bottom of the screen. That’s it, your package has been successfully created.

This way you can create as many packages as you want, and each package will work as a separate cPanel hosting account. You can edit or delete any packages by revisiting the packages page from the left sidebar of your dedicated server‘s home. The same steps also work for virtual private servers.

System Engineering

How To Make Your Website On A Dedicated Server?

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A dedicated server is the most advanced form of web hosting where the client leases an entire server that is not shared with anyone else. It can handle a huge load of traffic and heavy page requests. Thus, it prevents your website from going down at the time when your traffic starts to rise.

Setting up a dedicated server is easy. Just subscribe to your choice of dedicated server here,

and then follow these steps:

  1. Login to your Sangkrit.net Account
  2. Click the Servers tab
  3. Click Launch (next to the account you want to use)
  4. Click Set Up (for the account you want to use )
  5. It will offer you a form as given below:
SERVER NAMEGive a name to your new server.
USER NAMEType in username to log in to your server.
Create a password for your username to log in to your server.Type in your username to log in to your server.
DATA CENTER REGIONSelect the location where you want to keep your server.
IMAGESelect the operating system you want to use.
CONTROL PANELSelect cPanel.
IMPORT YOUR SITESYou may select any old cPanel shared hosting accounts that you want to import to your new server.

Fill in the details, and then click the Create button. 

This will take a few seconds to set up, and then you can access your cPanel by following these steps:

  1. Log in to Account Manager 
  2. Click the Servers tab
  3. Next to the cPanel account, which you want to use, click Launch

To make, manage, or transfer a website –

Visit the cPanel of the domain name (which you have created in the above-given steps) and follow these steps:

  1. Log in to Account Manager 
  2. Click the Servers tab
  3. Click the cPanel site you want to use

That’s it, now you may install WordPress to startup your website or eCommerce store. The same steps work for all virtual private servers.

System Engineering

How To Create A cPanel Account To Host Domain On Your Dedicated Server?

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For hosting your domain names, you are required to create at least one cPanel account on your dedicated server.

What is cPanel?

A cPanel offers you a user-friendly interface for hosting your domains, managing your website files, as well as installing web-building applications like WordPress, etc.

The cPanel at Sangkrit.net offers you more than a hundred website maker apps as well as free backup solutions.

First, complete the basic setup of your dedicated server, and then you will be able to create multiple cPanel hosting accounts and associate them with specific domain names of yours.

Creating a cPanel Hosting Account:

  1. Login to your Sangkrit.net Account
  2. Click the Servers tab
  3. Click Manage button

You will be directed to your server’s admin panel, here –

Use the left-side search box to find List Accounts

  1. Click List Accounts
  2. Click Create a New Account button

It will present you with a form where you can type in your domain name and select options for the cPanel account you are creating. Finally, click the ‘Create’ button to create a new cPanel account for your domain.

After you have created a cPanel account, you can access it by following these steps:

  1. Visit your Sangkrit.net Account
  2. Click the Servers tab

And, you will see that your cPanel account is listed in the Servers tab.

Note: Some operating systems don’t support cPanel. So, while filling the cPanel setup form (as shown in step five), make sure to check for any possible warnings in the operating system field.

Make sure that your domain name is pointed towards your dedicated server. Read these lessons:

  1. How to point a domain name to a dedicated server
  2. What is my dedicated server’s IP address?

To add more domains, you might need to enable the remote domains on your dedicated server:

The same steps also work on all virtual private servers.

System Engineering

How To Host Multiple Domains & Websites On VPS & Dedicated Server?

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After you have subscribed to a dedicated server, the first thing you need to do is set it up for your main domain. Afterward, you can add multiple domains to your server or create other cPanel hosting accounts on your server to add domains.

For Hosting Multiple Domains From Server’s Admin Panel

This option lets you create different cPanel accounts for each of your domain names.

While creating any new cPanel account you can allow it to host multiple domains or simply keep it limited to only one domain. You can do this at your discretion by following these steps:

  1. Login to your Sangkrit.net Account
  2. Click the Servers tab
  3. Click Manage button
  4. You will be directed to your server’s admin panel
  5. Use the left-side search box to find the List Accounts page
  6. Click List Accounts
  7. Click Create a New Account button

It will present you with a form where you can type in your domain name and select options for the new cPanel account you are creating.

Finally, click the ‘Create’ button.

Follow the same steps for creating separate accounts for your domains.

For Hosting Multiple Domains On A cPanel Account

You can allow any cPanel account on your dedicated server to host multiple domains. This thing is done while creating new cPanel accounts (as we have done above) or you can edit any old account.

To edit any old cPanel account simply visit the ‘List Accounts’ page (as shown in step no. 6 above).

To host multiple domains on cPanel:

  1. Log in to Account Manager 
  2. Click the Servers tab
  3. Next to the cPanel account, which you want to use, click Launch

Next, on the cPanel home page:

  1. Scroll down to the Domains section
  2. Click ‘Addon Domains‘
  3. Type in the domain name
  4. Click the ‘Add Domain‘ button

Each domain added by you will have its directory where you can upload your website or install WordPress. The web directory of your domains can be accessed from your cPanel’s home page -> File Manager option, present in the Files section.

Make sure you update your domain name servers to make it point to your dedicated server.

How To Get Helped?

In case you need any kind of assistance in hosting your domain names on your dedicated server, simply comment below or use the Helpline number.

System Engineering

How To Resell Hostings After Subscribing A Dedicated Server?

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If you are a web developer looking forward to setting up your own reseller hosting then this lesson will guide you step-by-step in creating your own reseller account on a Dedicated Server or VPS of Sangkrit.net.

What is a Reseller Account?

A reseller account is a special account created from WHM of a Dedicated Server or VPS. It is a cPanel account with more privileges.

The system allows reseller accounts access to a limited version of the WHM interface, which allows them to manage the cPanel accounts that they sell.

A reseller can allocate system resources on individual cPanel hosting accounts and then sell them to his clients.

To start up with a reseller account, you must own a Dedicated Server or VPS. Read our lesson on configuring a server at Sangkrit.net to start with WHM and cPanel.

How To Manage Reseller Accounts?

You can manage reseller accounts using one of the following WHM user interfaces:

  • The Resellers section (Home -> Resellers) provides you access to all of the reseller features.
  • The Reseller Center interface (Home -> Resellers -> Reseller Center) allows you to add or remove reseller privileges and provides links to all of the other reseller features.

By default, the system grants a set of limited privileges to reseller accounts. But you can add more privileges to any reseller account using the Edit Reseller Nameservers and Privileges interface present in Home -> Resellers -> Edit Reseller Nameservers and Privileges section.

System Engineering

How Nameservers Are Configured On Dedicated Server & VPS?

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Nameservers are used for masking IP addresses to domain names.

However, you can directly mask an IP address to different records of your domain name to make it functional. But doing a nameserver setup lets you enlist all domain records in your nameservers to use them on your domain (website & email, etc).

Configuring Nameservers On Dedicated Server (Via WHM):

  1. Log in to your Sangkrit.net account
  2. Open the Products page and click the Servers tab
  3. Click Launch (Next to the account, you want to use)
  4. Click Manage Server (WHM) 
  5. Click Proceed

Once, you are logged in to your server, follow these steps:

  1. Navigate to WHM’s Nameserver Selection interface via WHM -> Home -> Service Configuration -> Nameserver Selection
  2. Select the desired nameserver software
  3. Click Save

To configure your default nameservers:

  1. Navigate to WHM’s Basic WebHost Manager Setup interface via WHM -> Home -> Server Configuration -> Basic WebHost Manager Setup
  2. Enter the desired nameserver names in the text boxes
  3. Click Save

Remember, the name must prefix, a dot (.), and your domain. For instance: ns1.example.com and ns2.example.com.

Next, you will need to add the IP address to your nameservers:

  1. Navigate to WHM’s Add a New IP Address interface via WHM -> Home -> IP Functions -> Add a New IP Address
  2. Here you may either enter the main IP address or the IP address range (if you have one) in the New IP or IP range to add a text box
  3. Enter the subnet mask in the Select a subnet mask for the IP or IPs above to use the text box
  4. Enter any IP addresses that you wish to exclude in the IPs and IP ranges to exclude from the range of new IPs text box
  5. Click Submit

Creating A or AAAA entries on your nameservers:

  1. Access WHM’s Basic WebHost Manager Setup interface via WHM -> Home -> Server Configuration -> Basic WebHost Manager Setup
  2. In the Nameservers text box, click Configure Address Records
  3. Update the IP addresses in the appropriate text boxes
  4. Click Configure Address Records
  5. Click Close

Repeat the same steps for each of your nameservers.

For creating entries of your hostname:

  1. Again, move to WHM’s Add an A Entry for Your Hostname interface via WHM -> Home -> DNS Functions -> Add an A Entry for Your Hostname
  2. Enter your server’s IP address in the text box
  3. Click Add Entry

Next, you will need to register the same nameservers on your Sangkrit.net account from your domain management section. You will need to change the nameservers of your domain to use these new domain nameservers.

Simply log in to your Sangkrit.net account and follow these steps:

  1. Visit your products page, in the Domains heading, click Manage
  2. Locate the domain for which you wish to set up your nameservers
  3. Click the settings icon and select Manage DNS.
  4. Click the Settings tab and click Manage under the Host Names setting
  5. Click Add Hostname and enter the primary nameserver’s name (for example, ns1)
  6. Enter the primary nameserver’s IP address in the IP Address text box and click Add.
  7. Now, repeat the same steps for your secondary nameserver, this time use another nameserver such as ns2
  8. Click Save. Then, click Edit Nameservers and select Custom option
  9. Enter the full names of your two nameservers. (For instance: ns1.example.com and ns2.example.com)
  10. Click OK and then Save your changes

That’s it. The DNS propagation takes some time to spread the domain’s new DNS records across the internet. So, allow it twenty-four hours and your settings will start to work.

System Engineering

How To Configure Reverse DNS On Your WHM Server?

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DNS i.e., the Domain Name Server also known as Domain Name System is the hierarchical and decentralized system of identifying systems reachable through the Internet Protocol networks.

It works by looking up your website by finding its domain name and then locating its associated IP address. Whereas, the reverse DNS first looks up for an IP address and then locates the associated domain name.

The reverse DNS is actually a process that involves the conversion of an IP address back into a domain name. While the traditional DNS translates domain names (like – example.com) into IP addresses (like 132.0.3.1), reverse DNS does the opposite – it translates IP addresses into domain names.

The Reverse DNS is mainly used for:

  1. Email Servers: Reverse DNS is commonly used by email servers to verify the legitimacy of incoming emails. Many email servers check if the reverse DNS entry of the IP address sending the email matches the domain from which the email claims to be sent. This helps in preventing spam and identifying potential sources of malicious or fraudulent emails.
  2. Network Troubleshooting: Network administrators use reverse DNS to understand the domain names associated with specific IP addresses. This can aid in troubleshooting network issues, identifying the source of network problems, or verifying the ownership of particular IP addresses.
  3. Security: Reverse DNS can provide additional information about the server sending traffic to your network. It’s used in security measures to analyze and filter incoming traffic based on the domain names associated with the IP addresses. This can be helpful in identifying and blocking potentially harmful or unauthorized access attempts.
  4. Logging and Analytics: Some systems and applications use reverse DNS to log the domain names of incoming connections, providing more meaningful information in logs and analytics.
  5. Online Reputation: Some online services use reverse DNS as a factor in determining the reputation of an IP address. A well-configured reverse DNS entry can contribute positively to an IP address’s reputation, while a lack of reverse DNS or misconfigured entries might affect it negatively.

Setting up reverse DNS involves creating a PTR (Pointer) record in the DNS zone files, and linking an IP address to a domain name. This PTR record helps establish a connection between the IP address and the domain name it represents.

It’s important to note that the accuracy and presence of reverse DNS entries can vary. Some organizations maintain proper reverse DNS entries for their IP addresses, while others might not. Additionally, the process of setting up and managing reverse DNS might involve coordination with the hosting provider or internet service provider.

But at Sangkrit.net you don’t have to worry about that, you can easily setup the reverse DNS by following a few easy steps, and the round-the-clock online support is also available to help you in case you feel stuck anywhere.

How To Setup Reverse DNS?

At Sangkrit.net, you can easily set up a reverse DNS (RDNS) lookup for your Dedicated Server. To start, simply login to your Sangkrit.net account and follow these steps:

  1. Visit your My Products page
  2. Click Servers
  3. Next to your server, click Manage
  4. Enter the domain name you want to be associated with the server IP address, in the DNS record field
  5. Now click Update

The system will start an automated process of completing the reverse DNS setup. This can take up to 48 hours for the changes to propagate to your server.

If you have multiple IP addresses on your server, repeat the process for each IP address you want to set up Reverse DNS for.

Now the traditional process of setting up reverse DNS is a little bit different, you may follow that also:

  1. Log in to WHM: Access your WHM control panel using your administrator credentials.
  2. Navigate to “DNS Functions”: In WHM, search for or locate the “DNS Functions” section. This is where you’ll manage DNS-related settings.
  3. Edit DNS Zone: Under “DNS Functions,” click on “Edit DNS Zone.” This will allow you to modify the DNS zone files for the domain.
  4. Select IP Address: Choose the IP address for which you want to set up Reverse DNS (PTR record). Click “Edit.”
  5. Add PTR Record: In the DNS zone editor, you’ll see the existing DNS records. To add a PTR record, scroll down to the “Add New Entries Below this Line” section.
  6. Enter PTR Record Details: Fill in the following information to create the PTR record: Name: Enter the last segment of the IP address in reverse, followed by “in-addr.arpa.” For example, if the IP is 192.0.2.1, the name would be “1.2.0.192.in-addr.arpa.” TTL: Set the Time to Live for the record.
  7. Save Changes: Once you’ve entered the PTR record details, click the “Save” or “Save Zone File” button to save the changes.
  8. Update DNS Zone: After saving the changes, WHM will update the DNS zone file with the new PTR record.
  9. Verify PTR Record: You can verify the PTR record by using the “dig” command in the terminal or through online DNS lookup tools. It might take some time for the DNS changes to propagate across the internet.

You should also know that, when you run your own email server, and configure DNS to point to your domain name, there are some servers that are going to reject emails from IP addresses when not having an rDNS. The reverse DNS also helps when you need to troubleshoot your network while running a traceroute etc.

Reverse DNS is a useful mechanism that adds an extra layer of information and security to online communication and networking processes.

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Why You Should Lease A Dedicated Server For Your Business?

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There are a number of hosting options available for you to select as per your budget from Sangkrit.net. Each type of hosting has its own benefits and limitations but a dedicated server is built to deliver optimal performance to your business, and you are free to reconfigure it in the way you want.

Leasing Dedicated Servers For Yourself And Your Clients

A dedicated server is like having your own house where you can set up everything in the way you want. You can lease a server and configure it to your or your client’s web applications such as WordPress, eCommerce, Gaming, Video Streaming, or anything else. There are self-managed, managed, and fully managed servers.

On managed servers, you get WHM i.e. web host manager and cPanel for easily managing your client’s websites and applications. Whereas on a fully managed server, you also get a professional team to help you out with complicated tasks.

The Target Audience

As a Sangkrit outlet, you can offer a dedicated server to any of your clients but big enterprise-level businesses are more suitable targets for you. By suggesting a dedicated server you are offering them complete isolation i.e. no sharing of resources and full power over their hosting option.

Every Linux-based managed dedicated server offers you

  • Dedicated IP address
  • Single-tenant infrastructure
  • Command line as well as World Host Manager & custom cPanels
  • Higher levels of security
  • DDoS protection
  • Backup options

Servers Give Optimal Performace To Your Websites & Apps

A dedicated server is built to provide you with optimal performance. You get the advantage of full processing power with metal servers from a tenant having root privileges for establishing complete command on the server, reaching up to the kernel. You can change the configuration of the server, and install-uninstall software because you have all exclusive access to it.

How To Lease Dedicated Server?

Simply visit the dedicated server’s page at Sangkrit.net, select your server, and click the ‘Configure Your Server’ button. Here you will be asked to select your options such as operating system, control panel, and support team.

Once you do that, simply click the ‘Checkout’ button and make the payment. That’s it, you will now see the server listed on the products page of your Sangkrit.net account.

System Engineering

Transferring Your Websites Between Hostings On Your Server

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The manual transfer requires you to download files as well as the database and then upload them to your new server. But there is another method on dedicated servers that allows you to copy your account directly from your previous cPanel host.

What You Will Need?

To start you will need your server address (IP or FQDN) which you can either find yourself or get from your service provider. Second, you are going to need the username and password of your cPanel account.

How To Start?

Log in to your SANGKRIT.net account and follow these steps:

  1. Open the Products page and click the Servers tab
  2. Click Launch (Next to the account, you want to use)
  3. Click Manage Server (WHM) (visible next to cPanel Site)
  4. Click Proceed

On your WHM panel use the left side navigation search box to find the page ‘Copy an Account From Another Server With an Account Password’. On this page, you will see fields for the Server to copy from, username, and password.

On the ‘Server to Copy’ field enter the IP address of your remote server. Next, fill in the username and password then press the ‘Copy Account’ button.

In case you have an additional IP address assigned to your server. You can also select the ‘Give new account an IP address’ option to get the available IP address automatically assigned to your new account.

How Does It Work?

The server will try to connect to the remote cPanel server and copy the specified account.

It is going to check the remote server every minute till the backup is completed. So at the time the copy process goes do not close your web-browser tab.

How Much Time Does It Take?

The time it takes depends on the size of your account on the remote server and once the account is successfully copied you will see the account restored message.

How To See Your Newly Transferred & Restored Account?

Once you see the account restored message at the bottom of the page. Use the top-left search box to type ‘list’, then click on the ‘List Accounts’ option. You should now see the copied account on your server.

How To Make It Work?

Once you have made sure that your old account has been copied to your new server at SANGKRIT.net. You will need to update your domain’s name servers to make your domain point to this new location.

In case you need any kind of assistance in transferring your website, simply contact the support of SANGKRIT.net via the Support Page or Helpline numbers.

System Engineering

The Instant Dynamic Caching System Of Sangkrit.net Hosting & Servers

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Now every server owner at Sangkrit.net can easily accelerate his websites by caching both static and dynamic content and reducing the load on his servers.

How Dynamic Caching Works?

Dynamic caching works by temporarily storing the dynamically generated content in a cache. When a user requests a particular piece of content, the web server first checks if a cached version of that content is available. If it is, the server serves the cached content, which is faster than generating it from scratch. If not, the server dynamically generates the content, serves it to the user, and caches it for future requests.

How To Enable Dynamic Caching On Your Server?

After you buy any Linux-based VPS or Dedicated Server, you can enable caching for yourself and also your clients by providing a caching button on every hosting account you make on your server. You and your users may use this button to turn on catching, simply follow these steps:

  1. Login to your Sangkrit.net account
  2. Visit your ‘My Products’ page
  3. Click the ‘Servers’ option
  4. Next to ‘Server Actions’ click ‘Launch WHM’
  5. Open ‘Nginx Manager’ from the software section menu on the left
  6. Enable the caching

The page allows you to enable the caching on any or all hosting accounts running on your server You can also enable cache by default for all hosting accounts or click the ‘User Settings’ tab to enable NGINX caching selectively on accounts. It also provides you the option to selectively or collectively delete your server’s cache.

Nginx Cache i.e. “HTTP Caching” Or “Proxy Caching

Nginx cache, often referred to as “HTTP caching” or “proxy caching,” is a powerful feature that allows you to temporarily store and serve web content more efficiently. It is designed to reduce the load on web servers, decrease page load times, and improve the overall performance and user experience.

Every cPanel user account created by you on your VPS or Dedicated Server also gives an option to enable caching over the websites running on the same server but have different hosting accounts.

You can turn on, turn off, or delete the cache on any website simply from the server’s main page on your Sangkrit.net account.

System Engineering

How To Use The Resources Of Multiple Servers Together?

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The Configuration Cluster is a server interface that enables you to link the master server to other additional servers. In the context of cPanel and WHM hosting, a “Configuration Cluster” or “Server Configuration Cluster” typically works as a feature that allows multiple cPanel & WHM servers to work together as part of a cluster.

It provides redundancy, which helps ensure that if one server in the cluster fails, another can take over, minimizing service disruption. Clustering can be used for load-balancing web traffic. It distributes incoming web requests across multiple servers, preventing any single server from becoming overwhelmed with traffic.

This clustering is often used to distribute the load, improve redundancy, and enhance the scalability of a hosting infrastructure. cPanel provides a feature known as “Server Clusters” to facilitate this.

On your VPS or Dedicated Server, you can easily add more servers to the configuration cluster by following these steps:

  1. Visit WHM’s DNS Cluster interface via WHM -> Home -> Clusters -> DNS Cluster
  2. Click to Enable DNS Clustering
  3. Click the Change button
  4. Click Return to Cluster Status
  5. Select the server to add to the DNS cluster
  6. Add a new server to the cluster menu
  7. Click Configure
  8. In the Remote cPanel & WHM DNS host text box of the cPanel DNS Remote Configuration interface
  9. Enter the hostname or IP address of the nameserver to add to the cluster
  10. Enter the WHM username for the nameserver
  11. Enter the nameserver’s API token hash or remote access key in the Remote server access hash text box
  12. To automatically configure the DNS cluster on the remote server – Select Setup Reverse Trust Relationship
  13. To synchronize the new server with other nameservers simply select Synchronize Zones Immediately option
  14. To specify the server’s DNS role, select a setting from the DNS Role menu
  15. Click the Submit button

For deleting a server from the DNS cluster:

  1. Visit the DNS Cluster interface via WHM -> Home -> Clusters -> DNS Cluster
  2. In the Modify Cluster Status text box, select Disable DNS Clustering
  3. Click Change, then Click Return to Cluster Status
  4. Log in to the servers that remain in the cluster
  5. Navigate to the DNS Cluster interface via WHM -> Home -> Clusters -> DNS Cluster
  6. Locate the server that you wish to delete
  7. Click the x icon under the Actions heading

To make changes in your server in the DNS cluster:

  1. Locate the server that you wish to edit
  2. For DNS changes – In the DNS Role menu, select a new role for the server
  3. Click the save icon to save your changes
  4. Next, to edit a server’s configuration settings
  5. Click the edit icon under the Actions heading
  6. The cPanel DNS Remote Configuration interface will appear
  7. Make your changes to the server’s settings
  8. Click the Submit button

Remember that the API tokens can be generated in the WHM’s Manage API Tokens interface. Simply navigate to WHM -> Home -> Development -> Manage API Tokens page.

If you own a Linux-based server at Sangkrit.net, you can simply copy the changes made to the master server to all other servers by navigating to WHM -> Home -> Server Configuration -> Update Preferences settings on the master server. This simply outs all changes to all servers on the cluster.

Another feature called DNS clustering allows multiple cPanel & WHM servers to synchronize their DNS zone data. When a change is made to a DNS record on one server, it is automatically replicated to the other servers in the cluster. This provides redundancy and load balancing for DNS requests.

cPanel & WHM allows you to set up specialized DNS-only servers that manage DNS records for your websites. These servers work in conjunction with your primary cPanel & WHM servers to handle DNS queries, improving performance and reliability.

System Engineering

How To Map Domain Names When Name Servers Don’t Work?

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Domain mapping is a process that allows you to use a domain name on your website or web service on any hosting option such as cPanel Webhosting, Plesk Windows Hosting, Webhosting Plus, VPS, or Dedicated Server. It is generally done by updating the name servers on domain names to point to the server where you are hosting or planning to host your website.

Sometimes on self-managed servers and advanced hostings, the nameserver needs complex configurations to work, these settings might not be easy for general users. If adding custom name servers doesn’t work for you, you can set your domain name to work simply by editing its DNS zone.

In this case, you don’t need to edit or use custom name servers but make some changes in the DNS zone file and it will start working with default nameservers provided during the time of registration.

The first thing you need to do is log in to your VPS or Dedicated Server and copy its IP address which you will find on the My Products -> Servers -> Manage page. If you have a hosting, the IP address would be visible on the cPanel’s information page.

Once you have the IP address the next step is to log in to your domain account and click the ‘Manage‘ button to open up domain details.

DNS 1

Select the DNS Zone File tab to edit your domain’s zone information. Click the ‘Add Record‘ button present in the zone file section and add records as shown in the following screenshot.

DNS 2

The examples:

  • Hostname – www, record type – A address, ***.***.***.*** (IP)
  • Hostname – @, record type – A Address, ***.***.***.*** (IP)
  • Hostname – *, record type – A Address, ***.***.***.*** (IP)

Don’t forget to replace the ***.***.***.*** with your server’s IP address. You can add records one by one by clicking the ‘Add Another’ button. Once DNS records are added, save changes, log out, and wait for the DNS propagation.

DNS propagation refers to the process by which changes made to Domain Name System (DNS) records are distributed and adopted across the internet. When you make changes to your DNS records, such as updating the IP address associated with a domain or adding new records, these changes need to be propagated to DNS servers worldwide to ensure that internet users can reach your website or services using the updated information.

This might take up to 24 hours to complete but generally at Sangkrit.net, it starts working for you in a few minutes.

System Engineering

How To Assign A System Administrator To Manage Your Website & Server?

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When you subscribe to a Webhosting, Cloud, VPS, or Dedicated Server at Sangkrit.net, the system provides you with an option to assign someone as your programmer or system administrator to work on your behalf on your websites, without accessing your private information or anything you need to keep private.

When do you need a Manager?

The fully managed dedicated servers offer you complete support. The Managed WordPress and Website Builders are so easy that you can do everything on your own. But still, if you want a manager to look after your product, design your website, or manage your WHM-cPanel-less server from the command line then you can subscribe to the online support by sending an email to the system at Sangkrit.net.

You can invite your programmer to work as your system administrator and look after your products. Such as opening and using your products, creating website, editing code on your behalf without viewing or changing your personal account information like your payment method and password.

How to add a System Administrator?

  1. Login to your Sangkrit.net account and visit this page here.
  2. Select ‘Invite to Access’ from the people who can access my account section
  3. Enter the Name and Email address of the programmer you’re inviting
  4. Select an access level to make sure how much access you are providing him, you may read the explanation of access levels to know more about each level of access
  5. Select Invite and the system will send an email invitation to the person you are providing access to your account
  6. Once the person accepts your invitation, the system will let you know and he would be able to manage your products

How to cancel an invitation?

All pending invitations can be canceled by either you or an existing delegate by selecting the cancel option. The invitations which are not accepted within 48 to 72 hours will expire automatically.

How to remove a system administrator?

You can cancel the access anytime by logging in to your Sangkrit.net account and visiting the same page here.

Then from the people who can access my account section, select the ‘Edit’ option visible next to the name of the delegate you want to remove, now click the ‘Delete’ option visible under the ‘Save’ button.

The person you are assigning your manager must have a Sangkrit.net account in order to accept your invitation. In case they don’t have one, the system automatically prompts them to create one.

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Webhosting Options To Power Your Specific Business Purpose

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You have already learned how many types of webhosting options are there. Now this lesson clarifies what webhosting services can be used at what specific purpose in your business. Hosting your website on a Dedicated Server is the best thing you can do but if your budget is small, many other options are also available for you.

Webhosting For New & Small Businesses

The shared hosting is cheap and can power new and small websites that just entered the internet. These hostings can be subscribed as simple cPanel Hosting or Plesk Hosting from Sangkrit.net.

Once you register or transfer your domain name at Sangkrit.net, you can subscribe to the hosting and your account will guide you how to set it up to work. The one-click application installer will auto-install WordPress and you can bring your business online yourself very easily.

Apart from this a Website Builder offers you an easier way of doing the same. It can be a choice for businesses looking for quickly building an informative website with a responsive mobile friendly design, want to sell products or receive payments online.

Webhosting For Growing Businesses

When your business grows and you start to receive good traffic, you will at least need a VPS i.e. Virtual Private Server. It offers you more resources than a shared hosting option such as cPanel and Plesk hosting, we have already discussed them above. Now VPS is something that gives you more RAM, multiple CPUs, and greater processing power so that you don’t face downtime due to a lack of resources.

Apart from VPS, WordPress Hosting is an easier option if you want a straightforward interface of preinstalled WordPress with no worries of SSL security setups, malware scanning and backups, etc.

A Managed WordPress plan can be a choice of each individual who wants to bring his business online, startup as a blogger to earn money, or want to start an Ecommerce shop. Managed WordPress is for anyone who wants to startup and grow online.

Dedicated Hosting For High Traffic Websites

A Dedicated Server is the best hosting option because on a shared hosting, the resources are shared between multiple users. A server powers multiple shared hostings that means multiple users host their websites on the same server by susbcribing to a shared hosting option.

On a VPS you get more resources as its hosting packages are more powerful but still the resources are shared.

Whereas on a Dedicated Server, all resources are allowcated only to you and that gives you more proccessing power so that your website don’t go down when a large number of requests are made in a small time.

Apart from this, Webhosting Plus is a fresh option especially created for the users who don’t have a budget of leasing Dedicated Servers or they are not use to it. Webhosting Plus offers you higher resources, with an easier interface than of a Dedicated Server and it is also cheaper than that.

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Server Management Made Easy & Affordable At Sangkrit.net

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A dedicated server is like your own computing machine. It is easy to use if you know how to. In olden times when people use to host a large website with heavy traffic, they use to spend thousands of dollars in setting up their own server.

Time changed and those bare metal servers came up with lease and subscription options so that anyone can subscribe to them online and host his domains.

That has made things easier, as you get a control panel such as Plesk or cPanel WHM and that can make the server manageable for everyone but not always as there are times when you get stuck in something and you only have the command line to resolve the issue. Here, Fully Managed Dedicated Server and Webhosting Plus save you from facing such issues.

Fully Managed Dedicated Servers

You won’t face such problems in Sangkrit.net because here you can subscribe Fully Managed Dedicated Server option offering you round-the-clock online support from the experts. And to make things even simpler for everyone the Webhosting Plus option is now available with a super easy control panel.

Webhosting Plus

The Webhosting Plus offers you the speed of a server accessible to you with a simple control panel as you get on a shared hosting option. This hosting is an ideal option for users who don’t have good tech skills or cannot afford a fully managed dedicated server.

This is a powerful hosting and all its plans include a one-click install option so that you can simp,y install WordPress on any domain of yours to start a business or eCommerce website. Its simple backup and restore option allows you to upload or transfer your website. Uptime is just like a server, 99.9%. Security monitoring is 24/7, SSL is free and you can easily set it up to work. You also get the benefit of daily backups to keep files and content of your website safe.

Overall Webhosting Plus is for those who don’t have any idea on how to work with servers, whose budget is limited but at the same time need a powerful hosting option.

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What Webhosting Do I Need?

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Web hosting provides you space for hosting your domain. It stores your website files. Sangkrit.net has hostings for everyone, from low budget offering limited resources to options that can handle very heavy traffic.

What hosting option you need depends on your budget. You are here for achieving success and for that you will certainly need a Dedicated Server at some point in time especially when your success starts. Having it beforehand can save you from issues that you will face while moving to a bigger hosting option everytime you require more RAM, more processing power and more database space because of sudden increase in traffic.

Still, if your budget is less, you may go for other hosting options based on your present time need. There are hosting options for everyone and this lesson will explain you how one differ from the other and what exactly you need as it is going to impact your website’s availability, and performance.

Cheapest Hosting Options

cPanel Starter is the cheapest hosting option that enables you to host one website. Cheapest doesn’t mean its worthless, it is good for hosting one website of any kind, the bandwidth is unmetered and storage is 30GB which is good as your first step online.

You can use it for hosting any dynamic website such as an eCommerce store or WordPress, Joomla or Magento etc.

cPanel Economy, this is second cheapest option. It lets you host one domain but gives you 10 MySQL databases, and 100 email accounts capacity. The core difference between cPanel Starter and cPanel Economy is that cPanel Starter gives you the power to host one website i.e. one domain having one database.

Whereas, cPanel Economy lets you host one domain but 10 MySQL databases which means you can create 10 websites on separate databases using a subdomain (example: sudomain.yourdomain.com) or subdirectory (yourdomain.com/subdirectory) option. You may create more websites using different table prefixes on one database. Well that you can do on cPanel Starter too if you want to host multiple subdomain or subdirectory sites on one database. But see the storage capacity of the database is limited.

cPanel Deluxe, lets you host unlimited websites which means you can add unlimited domains but the database limit is 25. That means you can either run 25 websites on 25 separate databases or host more websites (that’s what is unlimited) by using one database for multiple websites and you have 25 databases so you can run many websites here also. It lets you create 500 email accounts.

cPanel Ultimate enables you to add unlimited domains and lets you create unlimited databases. Gives you 1 year of free SSL subscription, more processing power, and 1000 email accounts that you can create on your own domain.

WordPress Hosting

Also called Managed WordPress, these hosting options lets you start your own website or online store in minutes.

They save you from the hassles of configuring and managing WordPress installations. They give you dashboard access with the power to start your website on your own without the need of hiring a web developer. They offer automatic setup, backups, and software updates paired with 24/7, online support.

The WordPress Hosting options include:

  1. WordPress Basic – Good for hosting one website with a capacity of handling 25,000 visitors a month
  2. WordPress Deluxe – One website with a capacity of handling 100,000 visitors a month
  3. WordPress Ultimate – One website with unlimited visits
  4. WordPress Ecommerce – Ideal for starting your own online shop i.e eCommerce website
  5. WordPress Developer – You can start and manage 5 different WordPress sites
  6. WordPress Pro – Lets you manage up to 25 different WordPress sites

Webhosting Plus

The Webhosting Plus offers you the simplicity of cPanel hosting with resources that you generally get on a server. It includes more dedicated resources than WordPress or cPanel hosting we discussed above.

This is a great option if you are hitting or going to hit massive traffic, you need more power and resources but at the same time, you don’t know how to manage a server and you don’t want to hire a system administrator.

It also includes multiple plans starting from 4GB RAM to 32GB RAM with the power of up to 16 CPUs:

  1. Webhosting Plus Launch – 4GB RAM with 2 CPUs
  2. Webhosting Plus Enhance – 8GB RAM with 4 CPUs
  3. Webhosting Plus Grow – 16GB RAM with 8 CPUs
  4. Webhosting Plus Expand – 32GB RAM with 16 CPUs

This hosting option is easier to manage just like other cPanel hostings.

VPS & Dedicated Servers

These give you complete control and no resources are shared with other users. A common hosting plan you purchase is located on a server running multiple hostings whereas on a dedicated server all resources are only for your use.

You can build multiple cPanel hostings, allocate resources to each hosting plan, you can decide how many domains each webhosting can have and how much server resources a website or hosting can utilize or you can simply allocate all server resources to your main website.

There various type of servers with higher-lower RAM and space options. But the subscription is of only two types: Self Managed and Fully Managed.

Self-Managed Servers: – These give you command line control. To manage this type of server you may either learn system engineering or hire a system administrator or you can simplify things for yourself by adding the cPanel WHM option.

Fully-Managed Servers: These servers come with round-the-clock dedicated online support from experts.

Subscribing a VPS or Dedicated Server is just like purchasing a computer machine. So while subscribing to a server what you should see is its RAM, storage option such as HDD or SSD, and processor.

System Engineering

Using The Upgraded Hostnames On Your Sangkrit.net Server

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The hostnames will upgrade shortly so if you are still using legacy hostnames you will need to update them to the new format i.e. the reversal of the IP octets.

You can update the hostname for your VPS or Dedicated Server. You can do that simply by logging into your Sangkrit.net account and then following these steps:

  1. Visit your ‘My Products’ page
  2. Select ‘Servers’
  3. Next to your server click select ‘Manage’ 
  4. Select the ‘Settings’ option next to the ‘Dashboard’ section, the default page
  5. From the Server section click Change which is next to Hostname
  6. Now type or paste the new hostname in the Server Hostname field,
  7. Select Save

The hostname should meet the requirements, the server tests the hostname, and then only it accepts to save it. After you have successfully saved all the changes, the new hostname will appear in the Settings section.

System Engineering

When Multiple HTTPS Servers Listen On A Single IP Address

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In SSL protocol conduct, a typical problem occurs when two or more configured HTTPS servers listen on a single IP address.

server {
    listen          443 ssl;
    server_name     www.yoursite.com;
    ssl_certificate www.yoursite.com.crt;
    ...
}

server {
    listen          443 ssl;
    server_name     www.yoursite.org;
    ssl_certificate www.yoursite.org.crt;
    ...
}

As shown above, what exactly happens here is that the client browser starts to receive the default server’s certificate (www.yoursite.com) regardless of the name of the server requested.

This is pushed by SSL protocol conduct. Here, the connection via SSL is made before the browser sends another HTTP request and Nginx does not know the server name requested. Hence, it may only offer the default server’s certificate.

Here’s the solution:

server {
    listen          192.168.1.1:443 ssl;
    server_name     www.yoursite.com;
    ssl_certificate www.yoursite.com.crt;
    ...
}

server {
    listen          192.168.1.2:443 ssl;
    server_name     www.yoursite.org;
    ssl_certificate www.yoursite.org.crt;
    ...
}

Above given is the ancientest and most powerful way used for resolving this issue. Here a separate IP address is assigned for each HTTPS server.

System Engineering

Updating Nginx Server Configuration To Use The SSL You Have Purchased

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You need to update the config file on your server to use the SSL certificate you are subscribed to. This can be done by accessing the command line SSH and opening the Nginx config file for the domain you are installing the SSL certificate.

Simply run the following command: 

sudo vim /etc/nginx/sites-available/yourwebsite.com

Now update the config file to use the SSL certificate:

server {
        listen 80;
        server_name yourwebsite.com;
        return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
}

server {
    listen 443 ssl;

    server_name yourwebsite.com;
    ssl_certificate     /etc/nginx/ssl/yourwebsite.crt;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/ssl/yourwebsite.key;

    root /usr/share/nginx/yourwebsite.com/;
    index index.php  index.html index.htm;

}

The next step is to save the file using this command:

wq!

And then restart your Nginx server with this command:

sudo service nginx restart

That’s it.

System Engineering

Configuring SSL & Intermediate Certificates On Nginx Server

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In the previous lesson, you learned about installing and configuring Nginx on your dedicated server. Now this lesson is on installing SSL and other standard certificates.

The first thing you need to do is get an SSL certificate from Sangkrit.net, once you subscribe to it and your certificate request is approved just download it to install those files on your dedicated server.

To download and install your certificate files follow these steps:

  1. Visit your Sangkrit.net product page
  2. Select SSL Certificates
  3. Select Manage next to the certificate you need to download
  4. Select a Server type
  5. Click the Download Zip File option
  6. Your certificate would start downloading now.
  7. Copy the SSL certificate file and the certificate bundle file to the Nginx server
  8. You already have a key file on the server which you got when you generated your certificate request.
  9. Now edit your Nginx configuration to reference these files

Your certificate is installed now. Remember, the actual configuration file you edit depends on your version of Nginx, your OS platform, or the method you are using to install Nginx.