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Accessing CWP Web Console

–>Open up your browser and type:
http://IP-Address:2030/
Or
https://IP-Address:2031/

You will see the following like screen.
The login credentials are:

Username: root
Password: your root password
Login-CentOS-WebPanel.png

This is how CWP dashboard will look:

CWP_Home_Page.png
Congratulations! CWP has been Configured.


CWP Basic Configuration

Next, we have to do couple of things such as:

1. Setup nameservers
2. Setup shared ip (must be your public IP address)
3. Setup at least one hosting package (or edit default package)
4. Setup root email, etc.

Setup nameservers:

To setup nameservers, go to DNS Functions -> Edit nameservers IPs.
CWP.admin_Setup_Nameservers.png


Set your nameservers and click Save changes button.
CWP.admin_Setup_Nameservers_IP.png

Setup Shared IP And Root mail ID:

This is important step to host websites on your host. To setup shared IP, go to CWP Settings -> Edit settings.
CWP.admin_Setting_Up_Shared_IP.png


Enter your Static IP and Email ID, and Click Save settings button.
CWP.admin_Setting_Up_Shared_IP_And_Email_Address.png


Now, CWP is ready to host websites.


Setup hosting package:

A hosting package is nothing but a Web hosting plan that consists of allowed diskspace, bandwidth, no of FTP accounts, no of email ids, and no of databases etc. You can setup any number of web hosting plans as your wish.

 
To add a package, go to Packages –> Add a Package from the CWP console.
CWP.admin_Setup_Package.png

Enter the name of the package, amount of Diskquota/RAM allowed, FTP/Email accounts, Databases, and subdomains etc. Click Save settings button to create the web hosting plan.
CWP.admin_Add_Package.png


Now, CWP is ready to host your domains.

Adding Domains:

To create a new Domain, you to have at least one user account.
To add a user, go to User Accounts -> New Account.
Enter the domain(ex.hostitsmart.com), username, password and Email id etc. Finally, click Create.
CWP.admin_Create_New_Account.png

Now, let us add a new domain.
To add a domain, go to Domains -> Add Domain.
Enter the Domain and assign the domain the users of your choice.
CWP.admin_Add_Domain.png

Conclusion
In this tutorial, we have seen how to configure CentOS Web Panel to create a simple web hosting environment. CWP is very simple to install and use. Even a novice user can create a basic web hosting server in a couple of hours. Also, CWP is completely free to use and open source. Give it a try!

You can find the more details about CWP in the CentOS Web Panel Wiki page.

Thank you for contacting HostITSmart!

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