Hosting account for the server hostname

kenneth-vkd

• November 21, 2017 06:10

Hi As part of migrating to WHM/cPanel, we need to move the server status pages (WHMCS) from our previous systems running Plesk. On Plesk we could create a hosting account / subscription for the webservers hostname and then store the status page there, while still keeping the controlpanel access intact and actually use .htaccess to redirect users visting . How would I get a similar situation with WHM/cPanel? Can I simply create a hosting account for srv01.domain.tld and upload the .htaccess and WHMCS status pages to there?

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  cPanelMichael

  • November 21, 2017 18:07

  Hello, You shouldn't create an account with a domain name that matches your server's hostname. However, you could setup an account for an alternate subdomain (e.g. statuspage.domain.tld) and upload the content to that account. Thank you.

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  kenneth-vkd

  • November 22, 2017 05:46

  Hi So what you are suggesting is that I create a statuspage01.domain.tld for srv01.domain.tld and a statuspage02.domain.tld for srv02.domain.tld? But what about the website hosted on domain.tld? Will that not be a problem, when domain.tld is hosted on srv01.domain.tld and I suddenly create a hosting account on srv02.domain.tld for statuspage02.domain.tld?

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  cPanelMichael

  • November 28, 2017 15:07

  But what about the website hosted on domain.tld? Will that not be a problem, when domain.tld is hosted on srv01.domain.tld and I suddenly create a hosting account on srv02.domain.tld for statuspage02.domain.tld?

  
  That shouldn't be an issue as long as you setup the "A" records for those subdomains in the DNS zone of "domain.tld" on the server that hosts the DNS for it. Thank you.

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