{"id":5680,"date":"2017-03-09T07:30:55","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T07:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/?p=5680"},"modified":"2021-02-01T07:47:29","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T07:47:29","slug":"change-cpanelwhm-port-using-command-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/change-cpanelwhm-port-using-command-line\/","title":{"rendered":"How to change cPanel\/WHM port using command line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">WHM\/cPanel is the most popular web hosting panel used globally by website hosts. Standard port numbers for cPanel and WHM are 2082\/2083 and 2086\/2087 respectively.<!--more--><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> We already discussed about the cPanel installation on server and many other cPanel\/WHM related topics. The installation steps are quite easy for cpanel. You can check this link for step by step guide<\/span> \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/how-to-install-cpanel-and-whm-on-centos\/\">Install Cpanel on centos<\/a>\u201c.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Default ports for cPanel and WHM<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To access the WHM, cPanel, webmail etc cPanel has default port numbers. The default port numbers for cPanel and WHM are given below:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">cPanel : 2082\/2083(ssl)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> WHM : 2086\/2087(ssl)<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">How to change cpanel port using Command line option?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">You can change the default port number to nay value. The cpanel ports basically defined in the configuration file<strong> \u2018\/var\/cpanel\/cpanel.config\u2019<\/strong>. We can edit the value from here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Follow the steps given below:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0SSH into server as root user.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0Open the configuration file by using your favorite editor and change the default port number.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"space1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre>nano \/var\/cpanel\/cpanel.config\r\n\r\n----------\r\nport=2082\r\n----------<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"space1\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">After changing the default port value with your desired one, run the following commands to take it effect:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"space1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre>\/usr\/local\/cpanel\/whostmgr\/bin\/whostmgr2 --updatetweaksettings\r\n\/etc\/init.d\/httpd restart<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"space1\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">That\u2019s all you have to do, Please check and\u00a0give your opinion below if you experience any issues or to discuss your ideas and experiences.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHM\/cPanel is the most popular web hosting panel used globally by website hosts. 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