{"id":11318,"date":"2021-08-17T10:01:05","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T10:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/?p=11318"},"modified":"2024-04-24T07:43:35","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T06:43:35","slug":"change-hostname-whm-cpanel-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/change-hostname-whm-cpanel-server\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Change the Hostname of a WHM\/cPanel Server?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You may not have to change the hostname of your web server very often. However, you can do so easily from your WHM\/cPanel with a few steps.<\/p>\n<h2>To Change the Hostname<\/h2>\n<p>1. Log in to WHM using\u00a0your root account.<\/p>\n<p>2. Select the <strong>Networking Setup<\/strong> option from the navigation menu.\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/whm_networking_setup.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1599\" height=\"575\" \/><\/p>\n<p>3. Click on <strong>Change Hostname<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12489\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/whm_change_hostname.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"165\" \/><\/p>\n<p>4. Enter a new hostname for your web server in the <strong>Change Hostname<\/strong> field and click the <strong>Change<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12490\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/whm_new_hostname_change.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1599\" height=\"651\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"kb-wisdom-wrapr kb-wisdom-key kb-wisdom-wrapr-green\">\n<div class=\"kb-wisdom-col kb-wisdom-col-icon\">\n<div class=\"kb-wisdom-icon\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kb-wisdom-col kb-wisdom-col-content\">\n<p><strong>Things to consider before choosing a new hostname:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Keep it non-controversial and socially acceptable.<\/li>\n<li>The hostname must be an FQDN.<\/li>\n<li>There should be two dots in the hostname and, it should never begin with \u201cwww\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Hostnames should also not start with a digit should not have a hyphen \u201c-\u201d in the end.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The system will resume the process to change the hostname, which may take a couple of minutes.<\/p>\n<p>As you scroll down to the end, you get to read a message:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12496\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/whm_add_a_entry_hostname.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"609\" height=\"58\" \/><\/p>\n<p>5. You will have to click the <strong>Add an A entry for your hostname<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n<p>6. Here, you have to enter a new IP address for the &#8220;<strong>A Entry<\/strong>&#8221; for your hostname in the text box and click the <strong>Add Entry<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12497\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/whm_add_entry_hostname.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"555\" height=\"284\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The system will confirm if the IP address is unique and assign it to your hostname.<\/p>\n<div class=\"vlt-box vlt-red\">\n<div class=\"box-title\">Note<\/div>\n<div class=\"box-content\">\n<p>If the IP address is\u00a0already in use by some other entity, the system will fail to assign the A entry to your hostname.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>With it, you will have successfully changed the hostname for your web server.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may not have to change the hostname of your web server very often. 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