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How to change your VPS hostname?

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The hostname is an identical name to the Linux machine. You can configure the hostname through CLI while ordering the VPS from KnownHost. This article will demonstrate how you can change the VPS hostname through the billing portal. 1. First, login into Billing Portal (my.knownhost.com) with registered email address and password. 2. In the Navigation […]

How to change the account password in DirectAdmin?

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In DirectAdmin control panel you can change the present configured password at anytime. In this article, we will cover the step-by-step guide on How to change the account password in DirectAdmin? Change Password Using GUI 1. First, to login into DirectAdmin control panel visit,  https://your-domain.com:2222 or https://IP-address:2222 or https://server-hostname:2222. 2. Top right-click → Click on Username → Click on […]

How to change Email Account Password in DirectAdmin?

You might forget the existing email account password or configure the new password of the Email Account in the DirectAdmin control panel; then, this article is for you. Earlier, we covered How to create an Email Account in DirectAdmin with the same step-by-step method; we will cover how to change the email account password in […]

How to Change Style in cPanel?

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Right from starting slowly, cPanel began to designing and developing skins/styles with a modern look. Presently cPanel has five types of styles, and you can use any of them as all are responsive except Retro Style. Let get started and know more about how to change the style in cPanel easily! 1. Log in to cPanel using Username & Password. i.e; (https://yourdomain.com:2083 […]

How to Change Language in cPanel?

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cPanel comes with English as a default language. It comes with multiple options of language to select the preferred language. In this guide, we will show you how to change language in cPanel. 1. Log in to cPanel using Username & Password. i.e; (https://yourdomain.com:2083 or https://yourdomain.com/cpanel) 2. Navigate to PREFRENCES → Change Language. 3. Select the language from the dropdown. 4. To […]

How to change an email account password in cPanel?

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Email is an important aspect in day to day life. It’s used for various different situations from invoices to newsletters and much more. As such, it’s important to keep a strong, secure and complex password for email accounts that handle sensitive information or really, anything personal! That’s why we’ll help go over how to change […]

How to change a MySQL users password in cPanel?

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MySQL users are used to connect to MySQL Databases in all sorts of different website based applications. Within cPanel this is performed by tying a MySQL user to a MySQL database in which that user will then authenticate to connect and access that database. Sometimes, you may find that you need to change the password […]

How to Change cPanel Password?

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Password security is important due to the nature of what is available within your cPanel account. We’ll go over how to change cPanel password in this article. Many times the default password of the cPanel comes with a very complex structure, and it is very hard to remember. Keeping the cPanel password memorable with a […]

How to change PHP Version in cPanel?

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As time goes by, new PHP versions are being introduced, and old ones reach their EOL (End Of Life). Hence, sometimes the default PHP version of the web server might not work as expected for your script, or you want to update the PHP version for the specific hosted Domain. In that case, you might […]