{"id":1090,"date":"2021-02-26T12:17:03","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T12:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2021\/02\/26\/4971271-how-to-use-the-cpanel-whm-vps-template-at-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:12:11","slug":"4971271-how-to-use-the-cpanel-whm-vps-template-at-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4971271-how-to-use-the-cpanel-whm-vps-template-at-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use the cPanel &amp; WHM VPS Template at Hostinger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>WHM<\/b> (Web Host Manager) and <b>cPanel<\/b> are web hosting control panels commonly used to manage server and website functions.<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>WHM<\/b>: A management interface designed for administrators, allowing them to manage multiple cPanel accounts, set up hosting packages, configure security, and perform server-level tasks.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>cPanel<\/b>: A user-friendly interface for individual website owners, enabling them to manage files, domains, databases, email, and more.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"no-margin\">WHM is for server management, while cPanel is for website management on that server.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\"><b>cPanel and WHM<\/b> is one of the <b><a href=\"\/support\/1583571-what-are-available-operating-systems-for-vps\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">OS templates<\/a><\/b> available with our <b>VPS plans<\/b>. You can choose it while setting up your VPS for the first time or <b><a href=\"\/support\/4965922-how-to-change-the-operating-system-for-your-vps\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">change it<\/a><\/b> to <b>AlmaLinux 9 with cPanel<\/b> later anytime.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Visit our <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/vps\/cpanel-hosting\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">cPanel VPS hosting<\/a><\/b> page to learn more about the VPS plans available &#128640;<\/p>\n<\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_454e231a91\">License Information<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">The <b>cPanel license <\/b>is<b> not included<\/b>. If your account is on Hostinger.com (Global), Hostinger Indonesia, or a Hostinger Europe brand, you can purchase it from hPanel by following these steps: <b><a href=\"\/support\/7034536-how-to-purchase-a-control-panel-license-for-vps#h_2abf2a22e6\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">How to Purchase a License<\/a><\/b>.<\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">The minimum number of cPanel accounts you can purchase from <b>Hostinger is 5<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">If your account is on a Hostinger brand other than Global, Indonesia, or Europe, you can purchase the license from <b><a href=\"https:\/\/cpanel.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">cPanel<\/a> <\/b>directly<b>.<\/b><\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_a6b72e19b8\">Accessing WHM<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Enter the following on your web browser, replacing <b>your-vps-ip<\/b> with the<a href=\"\/support\/5139756-how-to-find-vps-ip\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\"> IP address of your server<\/a>:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h3 id=\"h_c248cb93ea\">WHM Details<\/h3><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Login URL via HTTP (unsecured connection):<\/b> http:\/\/your_vps_ip:2086<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Login URL via HTTPS (secured connection):<\/b> https:\/\/your_vps_ip:2087<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"no-margin\">Alternatively, go to your VPS hPanel overview page, navigate to the &ldquo;Panel access&rdquo; tab, and click the &ldquo;Login URL&rdquo; link.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2021\/02\/3a11a7d7-54e7-4576-9b54-037b28bc7563.jpg\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_81db137c70\">Logging In<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Once you get your VPS running with cPanel\/WHM, you&rsquo;ll be able to log in to either WHM or cPanel. When accessing the login URLs through your browser, you will be required to accept a <b><a href=\"\/support\/5602852-how-to-fix-your-connection-is-not-private-error-while-logging-in-to-your-vps\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">self-signed SSL certificate<\/a><\/b>.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Enter the credentials to log in:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Username: root<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Password: your root password <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2021\/02\/626f8115-1b95-4555-8677-536e3fabd868.jpg\" alt=\"WHM login screen\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">You&rsquo;ll then be redirected to the WHM onboarding screen. If this screen doesn&rsquo;t appear, and you see &ldquo;Get Started with a Free cPanel Trial!&rdquo; it&rsquo;s because you don&rsquo;t have an active cPanel license linked to your account.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2021\/02\/0502df02-92e1-4241-aa01-8d7c8e94c20b.jpg\" alt=\"WHM onboarding page\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">After you finish this step, you will be successfully redirected to the WHM homepage, where you will be able to create a cPanel account.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2021\/02\/3f2919f5-a341-4abf-a06a-39dc565b65c1.jpg\" alt=\"WHM dashboard\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h3 id=\"h_046bfbf9e2\">cPanel Details<\/h3><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Login URL via HTTP (unsecured connection):<\/b> http:\/\/your_vps_ip:2082  <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Login URL via HTTPS (secured connection): <\/b>https:\/\/your_vps_ip:2083<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">A cPanel username and password need to be created on the WHM panel already &ndash; you can find a detailed guide on the <b><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.cpanel.net\/whm\/account-functions\/create-a-new-account\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">official documentation<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Accessing and setting up cPanel$WHM on Hostinger\u2019s VPS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[206],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vps-os-and-templates"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4971271-how-to-use-the-cpanel-whm-vps-template-at-hostinger\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/4971271-como-utilizar-cpanel-y-whm-panel-con-vps-en-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/4971271-comment-utiliser-le-panneau-cpanel-et-whm-avec-votre-vps-chez-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/4971271-cara-menggunakan-panel-cpanel-dan-whm-di-vps-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/4971271-como-usar-o-cpanel-e-o-painel-whm-com-sua-vps-no-hostinger\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1090"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4356,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1090\/revisions\/4356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}