An orientation guide to cPanel for customers on Lynx Digital's cPanel business hosting. cPanel is the control panel for managing a single hosting account: email, files, domains, databases, backups, and statistics, all from one dashboard. You reach it at your-domain.com/cpanel or through your Lynx client area, and sign in with the username and password issued when the account was set up. The dashboard groups tools into clearly labeled sections, so most tasks start by finding the right section rather than memorizing where a feature lives. The guide also clarifies the difference between cPanel, which manages one account, and WHM, which is the higher-level panel used to administer the server and create or manage multiple cPanel accounts (relevant for reseller and dedicated setups). The takeaway is that cPanel is designed to be navigated by section, and Lynx support is available when a task is unclear.
If your site is on our cPanel business hosting, cPanel is where you manage it: email, files, domains, databases, backups, and statistics, all from one dashboard. This guide gets you oriented.
Logging in
You can reach cPanel two ways:
- Go to
your-domain.com/cpanel(or:2083) and sign in with the username and password we issued when your account was set up. - Or open it from your Lynx client area, which links straight through without a separate login.
If you have lost your credentials, contact us and we will reset them.
Finding your way around
The dashboard groups every tool into labeled sections, so the fastest way to work is to find the right section rather than hunt for a single icon:
- Email — accounts, webmail, forwarders, autoresponders, spam filtering.
- Files — File Manager, backups, FTP accounts, disk usage.
- Domains — subdomains, addon domains, redirects.
- Databases — MySQL databases and users.
- Metrics — visitors, bandwidth, errors, and logs.
Use the search box at the top of cPanel to jump straight to a tool by name.
cPanel vs WHM
Two panels sometimes get confused:
- cPanel manages one hosting account (yours). This is what most customers use.
- WHM (Web Host Manager) is the server-level panel used to create and administer multiple cPanel accounts. It matters for reseller and dedicated setups, not day-to-day site management.
Need a hand?
Every task below in this cPanel series is a section away. If something is unclear, that is what our support is for, reach out and we will walk you through it, or handle it for you with managed hosting.
- cPanel Login
- cPanel Dashboard
- Account Management
- cPanel vs WHM
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