used for reseller and user account management & the configuration of services such as MySQL, PHP, and Apache.ports can be accessed by combining either http or https with /whm.cPanelĬPanel/WHM is structured with two different interfaces operating on different ports, each serving different users with different privileges. The ability to create multiple users with ‘admin’ access levels also allows one to share the overall server and reseller/user management responsibilities with other admin users while preserving absolute root control. ability to create multiple top-level ‘admin’ users if desiredĭirectAdmin’s management interface may seems simpler to use to someone that prefers to manage all accounts and/or domains themselves, though it is still simple enough to manage multiple access levels as well.You can switch between all user levels in the same interface if logged in as admin, and can log in as any user via “Show All Users”.An option exists to merge all access levels if you want to have access to all features in one single interface.3 access levels: admin, reseller, user (there is also an optional 4th email-only access level plugin).All interfaces (both SSL and non-SSL) served via port 2222 by default (lacks any mnemonic proxy path to :2222 like /whm is to :2087).DirectAdminĭirectAdmin’s interface seems to be a bit easier with regards to the number of ports and access levels. Administrator Settings Access Levelsīoth DirectAdmin and cPanel are structured with different access levels. Both are quite modern and facilitate server and domain management via a friendly, easy-to-use interface.īoth panels provide live demos (though cPanel only appears to provide the live demo of cPanel and not one for WHM).Īdditionally, you can enable Demo Mode on an account that you host so that you can use it as a sales tool.