Sharing Multiple IP Addresses

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Sharing Multiple IP Addresses
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Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Log In
• Add IP Addresses
• Reserve the IP Addresses
• Rebuild the IP Address Pool

• Create the Reseller Accounts
• Create Packages for Resellers
• Configure the Resellers
• Change the IP Shared Addresses of the Resellers

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Introduction

• A reseller is allowed by the cPanel WHM
  interface to share a single IP address with its
  accounts. It is also allowed for the system to
  share a single IP address with multiple
  resellers. Many hosting providers want to let
  each reseller use an IP address of its own to
  share with accounts. This proves to be useful in
  the situation when poor reputation or spam
  listing of the IP address of a reseller is caused
  by a customer. In this situation, the hosting
  provider can isolate the other resellers as well
  as IP addresses from such a customer.
• To digress, web hosting providers not only
  provide the service of web hosting but also VPS
  (Virtual Private Servers). VPS can be Windows
  Managed VPS, Linux Managed VPS, Windows
  Self-managed VPS, and Linux Self-managed VPS.
• Let us now explore how to share multiple IP
  addresses with cPanel WHM.

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Log In

• The first step is to log in to WHM. This needs to
  be done as the root user.
• It needs to be mentioned that the entire process
  is being described here step by step. If accounts
  exist on your server, you can skip those steps
  that seem unnecessary.

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Add IP Addresses

• Add the IP addresses to the server by navigating
  to Add a New IP Address interface in WHM.
• WHM gtgt Home gtgt IP Functions gtgt Add a New IP
  Address.

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1-800-123 -8156

• Whoa! Thats a big number, arent you
  proud?

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Reserve the IP Addresses

• Follow the below-mentioned steps to reserve the
  IP addresses.
• Navigate to the Reserved IP Address Editor
  interface of WHM.
• WHM gtgt Home gtgt IP Functions gtgt Reserved IP
  Address Editor
• Reserve the previously added addresses. This
  prevents the system administrator from dedicating
  these to a particular user.
• Enter those resellers names that will own each
  IP address. These need to be entered in the
  appropriate text boxes, Notes.

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Rebuild the IP Address Pool

• Rebuild the IP address pool by navigating to the
  Rebuild the IP Address Pool interface in WHM.
• WHM gtgt Home gtgt IP Functions gtgt Rebuild the IP
  Pool

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Create the Reseller Accounts

• Create an account with reseller privileges by
  navigating to the Create a New Account interface
  in WHM.
• WHM gtgt Home gtgt Account Functions gtgt Create a New
  Account
• Repeat this process for creating additional
  reseller accounts.

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Create Packages for Resellers

• Create the necessary packages for the resellers
  use by navigating to the Add a Package interface
  in WHM.
• WHM gtgt Home gtgt Packages gtgt Add a Package

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Configure the Resellers

• Follow the below-mentioned steps to configure the
  resellers
• Navigate to the Edit Reseller Nameservers
  Privileges interface in WHM.
• WHM gtgt Home gtgt Resellers gtgt Edit Reseller
  Nameservers Privileges
• Select the reseller that needs to be edited.
• Click Submit.
• Select the appropriate packages for the reseller.
• In the situation where resellers own accounts,
  and all that is needed is to change these
  accounts to the new shared IP addresses, then
  Everything - All Features to the reseller has to
  be selected. This action enables reseller
  accounts to have full root-level access.
• If the resellers are not supposed to change their
  own accounts, then the Change Multiple Sites IP
  Addresses interface in WHM needs to be used to
  change the IP addresses.
• WHM gtgt Home gtgt IP Functions gtgt Change Multiple
  Sites IP Addresses
• This process needs to be coordinated with the
  resellers for scheduling any necessary change to
  the DNS entries as well as downtime for the
  domains of their clients.
• Click Save All Settings.
• This process has to be repeated for each
  reseller.

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Change the IP Shared Addresses of the Resellers

• The steps to be followed for changing the IP
  shared addresses of the resellers are mentioned
  below
• Navigate to the Manage Resellers Shared IP
  interface in WHM.
• WHM gtgt Home gtgt Resellers gtgt Manage Resellers
  Shared IP
• Select the reseller that needs to be edited.
• Click Submit.
• Select the shared IP address for the resellers
  use.
• Click Save.
• This process has to be repeated for each
  reseller.

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