Question about Apache web root and whm+cpanel

Hello,

The standard way for hosting sites when you have root or reseller access to WHM is to create one account for every domain you want to host. The path to web documents on every account is the same:

/home/username/public_html/

The directories username/public_html required for each account will be generated authomatically inside /home when you create an account, no need to worry about this.

Of course you can also create an account for your main domain and point a number of other domains to subfolders inside your main account, like you had set on your shared service, using "Addon Domains" and "Subdomains" features (on cPanel). Also, you may want to reproduce authomatically your old shared account structure if you try transferring your account through WHM --> Transfers --> "Copy an account from another server with account password". Your main account should be transferred as a whole, if all is working as expected, including your addon domains and subdomains/subfolders.

Regarding shared IPs, there's almost nothing to learn, because using the main shared IP is the default. When you create an account, on "Package" check "Select Options Manually" and below, under "Settings", you will see a box with the legend "Dedicated IP". Simply don't check it. Or, if you prefer to create previously some packages, do the same, don't check this box and all accounts that you assign one of these packages to will share the main IP.

Hope this helps. Check also WHM Home Screen

 

You can forget the above locations (besides the fact I am not able to locate any /home/root/public_html... ). /usr/local/apache/htdocs contains some default error pages, the default suspended page and so, things that you can customize through WHM and cPanel interfaces, there's no need to directly edit anything inside this directory.

Moreover, there's no such thing as a server web account owned by root. You must create your main web/cpanel account the same way as any other account for your customers, with a domain, a username, a password, a package, a quota (or "unlimited"), and so on, and after that create your mail accounts, databases, etc., accessing your own cPanel, the same as any of your customers will do.

Sure you will enjoy WHM, it is complex but awesome!