Mastering cPanel - Manage Hosting for Yourself and Clients

Explore how to use the cPanel file manager to navigate hosting files, create and edit files and folders, manage permissions, upload and download, and compress or unzip backups within public_html.

Explore the images section in cPanel to manage high‑resolution images by creating thumbnails, resizing with aspect ratio, and converting file types, all from the server directory.

Learn to password-protect a directory in cPanel, set permissions, create and manage users, and test authentication to guard development folders before public launch.

Identify and reclaim disk space in cPanel with the disk usage interface, locating large files, emails, archives, and databases to manage or delete them.

Create and manage FTP accounts in cPanel, set quotas, generate strong passwords, and modify or delete accounts; connect with FTP clients and upload files via drag-and-drop.

View and manage active ftp connections to your server, monitor usernames, IP addresses, start times, and statuses. Disconnect sessions quickly to curb malicious activity.

Learn to download and restore full and partial backups in cPanel, including home directory, databases, and emails, with options for remote transfers and automated backups.

Learn to use the cPanel backup wizard to back up full or partial components (home directory, MySQL databases, email forwarders), restore, and push backups to a remote server via SFTP.

Learn to manage MySQL databases in cPanel by creating databases and users, assigning privileges, and performing checks, repairs, renames, backups, and deletions.

Create and manage subdomains on a cPanel account to host separate pages under your main domain, with independent folders, emails, and FTP, secured by auto SSL.

Configure autoresponders in cPanel to send automatic reply messages, set interval hours, from address, and subject line, then create, start, stop, test, edit, and delete across domains.

Explore how to create and manage global email filters in cPanel to automatically handle domain email based on subject lines, with actions like discard or redirect, and test filters.

Create and manage email filters in cPanel to apply rules for incoming messages based on sender or subject, then auto-deliver to folders like social media or CRM or delete.

Learn to create a virtual mailbox in cPanel and use forwards from non-existent addresses to route mail to a real inbox for centralized email management.

Track delivery shows how to view mail delivery reports and trace email routes. Use filters to display failures and inspect per-email details to diagnose misconfigurations or spam settings.

Enable and configure spam filters in cPanel with spam assassin scoring and threshold settings, and manage whitelist and blacklist to control incoming mail.