VPS & Dedicated Hosting: How to Create a New cPanel Account

You can create a new cPanel in WHM to have separate accounts for you or your clients as you manage various websites, and this step-by-step guide will show you how to do it. Each cPanel account you create keeps files and users separated as well.

Create a New cPanel Account in WHM

1. Log in to your Bluehost Account Manager.
2. Click Hosting in the left-hand menu.
3. In the hosting details page, click the WHM button.

   
    

4. Look for the Account Functions section. The quickest way is to type the keyword in the Search box on the left-side panel.
5. Select Create a New Account from the list.

   
    

6. Under Domain Information, enter the domain, username, password (twice), and the contact email address.

   
    

7. In the Package section, select the package you have already created.

   
    

   If you have not created a package yet, please refer to the VPS & Dedicated Hosting: How to Add a New Package in WHM article.
8. Settings are features where you can create a theme and set the language of the cPanel Account you create in WHM.

   
    

9. Select how the mail is to be handled under Mail Routing Settings.

   
    

10. Under DNS Settings, choose which nameservers will be set in the records and the SPF and DKIM records in the local DNS nameserver tables.

    
     

11. Click Create.

If it is a successful creation, it will say:

Account Creation Complete!!!...Account Creation Ok...Done

Next, you will be able to log in to the new account through the new cPanel's domain (e.g., example.com/cpanel) or through the server's IP address with the cPanel port (e.g., 123.456.789:2083).

Summary

To ensure you manage and organize your clients on a VPS server or dedicated server as you like, inside the WHM, you can create separate cPanel accounts. Creating a new cPanel account in WHM keeps files and users separate from the websites you manage.