Basic Requirements for integrating applications within cPanel WHM

cpanel_whm_logo Basic Requirements for integrating applications within cPanel WHM

There are various occasions when help is required with the integration of various offerings with cPanel control panel. Various enterprises and users are usually keen to explore the scope for integrating their products or services with cPanel/WHM. Below are few simple steps that can help you integrate applications with cPanel WHM.

A simple plugin design has been used to carry out the integration process. Such plugin encompass a list of items that are related to the applications that you wish to integrate with cPanel WHM. Generally, the list of items are nothing but the bundles with an installation and uninstallation application for assisting the deployment process. You can choose if you wish to have a link in the interface to a resource which is on a distant server or maybe a collection of codes which extends cPanel’s APIs along with standalone applications running in a cPanel/WHM execution environment.

Integrating with cPanel:

Before proceeding, one might want to go through the cPanel Install File Generator. This is nothing but a web-based application which would enable you to generate a cpanel plugin file, also, it holds the capability of answering some of your queries.

Integrating with WHM:

Inorder, to do this, you are required to write a CGI plugin script which has some special comments holds the capability of controlling the plugins display within the WHM interface. With this script, you can redirect users to any external source or an internal source in PHP.

License for Developers

For developers who wish to further enhance the product, cPanel offers license for integration development. There are some criteria ’s as well, which are : Developers are required to install cPanel on its supported platform and must have a static IP.

Linux- Cheap VPS Hosting packages come equipped with WHM/cPanel.

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This post was written by admin on October 28, 2010

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Dedicated Server Modules

It’s always recommended to have a  dedicated server if you want to get your website at highest level of performance hence once you have decide to go with any cPanel hosting provider you should check how reliable they are. You should  also consider signing up with a provider who will give you more than just the server that mean they are just not responsible for setting up excellent hardware for your server but also do take good  care for all installed software and server configuration setting.

You should go with the hosting provider who will take care of all software upgrades, installing security patches, tweaking server configuration settings etc. for free of cost. Its always recommended to go with fully managed dedicated servers hosting service provider for complete peace of mind.

Managed dedicated server hosting services includes following configurations and installations which your web hosting  provider would need to take care of:

•    Control Panel (cPanel, Plesk, H-Sphere)
•    Web server (Apache or Microsoft IIS)
•    Mail Server
•    Database Server (MySQL or MS SQL)
•    FTP Server
•    SSH Server
•    DNS Server
•    Application servers
•    Web development technologies (PHP, Perl, MS SQL)

Usually the initial configuration of a dedicated server is based on the information which you have provided while placing order for your server hence you should take care to mention about all applications you would like to have on your server.

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This post was written by admin on March 22, 2010

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