How do I setup ZPanel?
Welcome to the zPanel Quick Start Guide, a way for you to gain an overview of the application. The list below will run through these items; connecting, adding a domain, creating a database, adding a user to your database, installing scripts, creating a FTP account, creating your first email account and accessing Webmail.
How to connect to zPanel
- To connect to your zPanel admin area enter your servers IP address into your browser
- Login and change your zadmin password
- Default username and password are:
- User: zadmin
- Password: password
- Default username and password are:
- Under the Account section in your zPanel admin area click Change Password. On this page just follow the on screen directions and your password will be changed
Note: Please remember to include your password when you submit any support requests.
How to add your first domain
- If you’re not at the Zpanel Home page, click the home icon
- Scroll down the page to the “Domain Management” section and click “Domains”
- Under the “Create a new Domain” section enter your domain name and
- Ensure that you have “Create a new Home Directory” selected
- Now click “Create”
- Now you need to go back to the home page
- Go back down to the “Domain Management” section and click “DNS Manager”
- In the drop down box, select the domain that you added
- Click “Edit”
- You’ll now be presented a page that informs you that the DNS zones need to be created. Click “Create Records”
- Click on the NS tab
- If you’re using nameservers that we have provided to you, or nameservers that are already registered enter them in
- click Add New Record
- Go back to the domains page and you can see the status of the domain setup on your server. Refresh until the status says “Live”
Note: If you’re going to use the nameservers that Zpanel generates, you’ll need to register these nameservers with your domain registrar. If you’re not sure how to do this, then please open a ticket to support including your zadmin password and the login details to your domain registrar. We would be glad to assist you.
How to create a database
- From the Zpanel Home page click “MySQL Database” – this will be under “Database Management”
- Now under the “Create a new MySQL® database” enter the name you want to assign to your database
- Click “Create”
How to add a user to your database
- From the Zpanel Home page click “MySQL Users” this will be under “Database Management”
- Now under the “Create a new MySQL® User” enter the username you want associated with your database
- From the dropdown, select the database you created in the previous step
- Click “Create”
a. Please note that passwords are automatically generated for security reasons
- Your database username and password will appear in the “Current MySQL® Users” section
How to create an FTP account
- From the Zpanel Home page click “FTP Accounts” this will be found under “File Management”
- Enter your desired FTP username and password
- Set the access type.
Note: Read-only would allow someone to download files but not upload or modify. Write-only would allow someone to upload files but not download or modify them. Full access would give someone full control including upload, download and modify rights - Tick the option for “Use Domain directory”
- Select your domain directory from the drop down menu.
- Click Create
How to create an email account
- From the zPanel Home page click “Mailboxes” this can be found under “Mail”
- Under “Create a new mailbox” enter the desired e-mail address
- Select the domain from the dropdown.
- Enter the desired password
- Click “Create”
How to access your webmail
- From the Zpanel Home page click “WebMail” this can be found under “Mail”
- Click “Launch Webmail”
- This will take you to the “RoundCube” login page
- Enter your full e-mail address
- Enter your password
- Click “Login”