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How to change the Hostname of a cPanel/WHM server?

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Occasionally, you may want to change your server’s main domain that you initially set up for use as the hostname. Perhaps you have rebranded, accidentally allowed the old domain to expire, or some other reason has caused you to want to change your main domain. Learn, How to change the Hostname of a cPanel/WHM server?


1. First, login into WHM panel,

https://your-domain.com:2087https://IP-address: 2087 or https://server-hostname: 2087.

login-to-whm-panel

2. Navigate to Networking SetupChange Hostname.

navigate to change hostname whm

3. Here, you have present hostname configured for the cPanel/WHM server.

present hostname whm

4. Enter the new hostnameClick on Change.

enter new hostname click on change whm

5. Congratulations! You have successfully changed the hostname for cPanel/WHM server.

How to change the Hostname of a cPanel:WHM server
Once you update the hostname from the WHM interface, you must add the A record and update the PTR records for the hostname.

Conclusion

Now that we’ve gone over how to change the Hostname of a cPanel/WHM server. As me mentioned above, once you make the changes from WHM, do not forget to update A record as well as PTR record for the hostname.

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