HostGator has several login portals for different functions. Where should you look for webmail, cPanel or other portals? Read on to find out.

• The Billing/Customer Portal
  
• Cpanel
  
• Web Host Manager (WHM)
  
• Webmail
  

Once you sign up with HostGator, you may have several accounts to log in to. For example, there's the customer portal, webmail, cPanel, etc. Each of them will have their own login.

To help you with this, we've compiled a simple guide on how to log in to all the major accounts.

Logging In To The Billing/Customer Portal

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When you sign up with HostGator, you'll have a main Billing/Customer account. Here's where you can:

• View your hosting plans
  
• Check the status of your domains
  
• Make payments

To log in to your Billing/Customer portal, you'll need to know your username and password. You receive this in a welcome email after signing up. Then simply visit HostGator to enter your info.

Take note: The welcome email will have two logins—one for your cPanel, and the other for your Billing portal.

For Shared accounts, you may be able to access your Billing portal and your cPanel with a single login. HostGator calls this their 'Single Sign On' feature.

For HostGator's guide on Single Sign On and how to log in to the Billing/Customer portal, click here.

HostGator won't send the welcome email until after you pay for your new hosting. After payment, it takes up to 1 hour for Shared Web and Reseller Hosting, and up to 48 hours for Dedicated Hosting for you to receive your welcome email.

Also, although HostGator calls it 'welcome email,' it won't actually say 'welcome email' in the subject. Try searching for 'HostGator' or 'Your Account' instead of 'welcome.'

If you still can't find it, look in your spam and junk folders. If it's not there either, be sure to whitelist sales@hostgator.com before requesting it again from their support channels.

Logging In To Cpanel

cPanel is where you manage all aspects of your web hosting account. It has a separate login from your Billing portal.

If you know your login information (also from your welcome email) then you can access cPanel through several ways.

Option 1
If you know your server name (from the welcome email), then simply log in at https://ServerName:2083.

Option 2
Use HTTPS and your server's IP address, followed by the secure port number: https://server-IP-address:2083

Option 3
For this method, you'll have to first point your domain name to HostGator's servers. You can read on how to do that here.

Then use HTTPS and your domain name, followed by the secure port number: https://domainexample.com:2083

Logging In To Web Host Manager (Whm)

When you sign up for HostGator's VPS, Dedicated Server, and Reseller hosting, you'll be using the Web Host Manager (WHM) platform.

The welcome email will have the link to your WHM login page, as well as your username and password.You can also log on to WHM using these options:

Option 1
Use the server name to login to WHM at https://ServerName:2087

Option 2
You can also use HTTPS and the IP address, followed by the secure port number at https://IPaddress:2087

Logging In To Webmail

Before you can log in to your webmail account, you'll need to create one. You can do this via the Email section on cPanel. You can read HostGator's guide on how to create emails here.

Once you've created an email account, you can now log in to it. There are several ways to log in:

Access Webmail via Direct Link
If your domain is live, you can access your webmail by typing a special URL directly into your browser.

• Use the address http://www.example.com/webmail, where example.com is your primary domain or add-on domain name.
• You can also use HostGator's default webmail port, which is 2095. Just input the following address into your browser:
  http://www.example.com:2095
• You can also use http://webmail.example.com, although this method won't work for add-on domains.

Access Webmail via cPanel (Admin only)
If you're the admin, you can access the cPanel to see all the different email accounts you have.

You can do this via the billing portal Hosting tab, or from your cPanel home page.

1. Click on the Email Accounts icon (NOT the Webmail icon).
2. Find the email account you'd like to log in to from the list of email accounts.
3. On the right side of the email account, click on More, and then Access Webmail.
4. A new page asking for your password will pop up. Enter your password.
5. Select the webmail application you'd like to use. This could either be Horde or RoundCube.

Accessing Horde or RoundCube via Direct Link
You can also go directly to the Horde or RoundCube interface by using these URLs. Simply replace example.com with your main domain name.

• Horde:
  https://www.example.com:2096/horde/index.php
• RoundCube: https://www.example.com:2096/3rdparty/roundcube/index.php

Logging In To Plesk

HostGator customers who subscribe to VPS with Plesk, Windows Shared, and Windows Dedicated plans will have access to the Plesk control panel.

When you sign up with a plan that uses Plesk, your username and password will be in your welcome email. You'll also get information like your server IP and domain name—simply replace these in the addresses below.

Here's how to log in:

Secure Login Page:
Plesk username: admin
Address: https://server-IP:8443

Site Preview URL:
https://server-IP:8443/sitepreview/http/domain.com/ (replace values for server-IP and domain.com)

Welcome Email
There should be a link to your Plesk login page. Simply click on it and use your Plesk password.

1. Click the link in your email or type it into your browser.
2. Your username is admin.
3. Type your password.
4. Leave the Interface Language as default or change it to your preferred language.
5. Click Log in.

Bottom Line

Depending on your account type with HostGator, there'll be multiple accounts for you to log in to.

Your welcome email will have all the important login information for you to log in to cPanel/Plesk and the billing portal. If you haven't received this email, make sure to check your junk and spam folders.

If it's not there, then make sure to whitelist sales@hostgator.com before contacting support and asking them to resend it to you.

You can also head over to their support page—there are plenty of guides to help you.

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Table of Contents

• Overview
• Connect to your server via SSH
• Manage SSH keys
• Generate a New Key
• Import Key
• Manage your keys

Table of Contents

• Overview
• Connect to your server via SSH
• Manage SSH keys
• Generate a New Key
• Import Key
• Manage your keys

SSH Access

Valid for versions 82 through the latest version

Last modified: December 9, 2020

Overview

This interface provides information about how to connect to another web server via the SSH (secure shell) network protocol.

The SSH network protocol allows you to connect to another web server over the internet via a command line interface (CLI). You can use this network protocol to remotely manage your server, configure CGI scripts, and perform other tasks.

Many modern operating systems, such as MacOS® and Linux® distributions, include SSH. If you use Microsoft Windows® to connect to your server, you must use an SSH client, such as PuTTY, to log in to your server.

Many Unix-based operating systems include standardized commands. For a list of standardized Unix-based (POSIX) commands, read the GNU Coreutils documentation.

Connect to your server via SSH

To use PuTTY to connect to your server via SSH, perform the following steps:

1. Download and install the PuTTY client.

2. From the Windows Start menu, open the client.

3. In the Session interface, enter the hostname or IP address of the server in the Host Name (or IP address) text box (for example, 192.0.2.0).

4. Enter the port number in the Port text box (for example, 22).

5. Select the SSH protocol.

6. Click Open.

7. Enter your cPanel account’s username.

8. Enter your cPanel account’s password.

To log in to a server via SSH with PuTTY and a public key, perform the following steps:

1. From the Windows Start menu, open the client.

2. Navigate to the PuTTY Key Generator interface.

3. Under the Actions heading, click Generate. PuTTY will generate the key and display the result under the Key menu.

4. Copy the public key and paste it in the .ssh/authorized_keys file.

5. Enter a passphrase in the Key passphrase and Confirm passphrase text boxes.

6. Click Save private key and save the key as a .ppk file.

7. In the Session interface, from the Saved Sessions menu, select your preferred authorization session and click Load.

8. Navigate to the Auth interface under the SSH category.

9. Click Browse, select the private key file to upload, and click Open.

10. Navigate to cPanel’s Manage SSH Keys interface (Home >> Security >> SSH Access >> Manage SSH Keys) and import the server’s keys.

Log in with a Password

To log in to your server with a password via SSH using MacOS or Linux, perform the following steps:

1. Open a Terminal session.

2. Run the following command: ssh -p port user@IP where port represents the port number, user represents your username, and IP represents your IP address. For example:

3. Enter your password.

The password login process is similar to the following example:

Log in with a SSH Key

To log in to your server with a password via SSH using MacOS or Linux, perform the following steps:

1. Open a Terminal session.

2. Run the following command: ssh -p port -i ssh-key user@IP where port represents the port number, ssh-key represents the file path to your SSH key, user represents your username, and IP represents your IP address. For example:

3. Enter your SSH key password. If you did not set a password when you created the SSH key, press Enter when the system prompts you for a password.

The SSH Key login process is similar to the following example:

Manage SSH keys

This section of cPanel’s SSH Access interface allows you to create, import, manage, and remove SSH keys. The system will use these keys when you confirm that a specific computer has the right to access your website’s information with SSH.

Generate a New Key

Use this section of the interface to create new SSH key pairs, which include a public key and a private key.

To generate a new SSH key pair, perform the following steps:

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1. Click Manage SSH Keys.

2. Click Generate a New Key.

3. To use a custom key name, enter the key name in the Key Name (This value defaults to id_rsa): text box.

   If you use a custom key name, you must manually specify the SSH key when you log in to the server.

4. Enter and confirm the new password in the appropriate text boxes.

   • This step is optional if your hosting provider sets the SSH Keys setting to 0 in WHM’s Password Strength Configuration interface (WHM >> Home >> Security Center >> Password Strength Configuration).
   • The system evaluates the password that you enter on a scale of 100 points. 0 indicates a weak password, while 100 indicates a very secure password.
   • Some web hosts require a minimum password strength. A green password Strength meter indicates that the password is equal to or greater than the required password strength.
   • Click Password Generator to generate a strong password. For more information, read our Password & Security documentation.

5. Select the desired key type.

   • DSA keys provide quicker key generation and signing times.

   • RSA keys provide quicker verification times.

6. Select the desired key size.

   Greater key sizes provide more security, but they result in larger file sizes and slower authentication times.

7. Click Generate Key. The interface will display the saved location of the key.

   For the new SSH key to function, you must authorize the SSH key. For more information, read the Manage your keys section.

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Import Key

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To import an existing SSH key, perform the following steps:

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1. Click Manage SSH Keys.

2. Click Import Key.

3. To use a custom key name, enter the key name in the Choose a name for this key (defaults to id_dsa) text box.

   If you use a custom key name, you must manually specify the SSH key when you log in to the server.

4. Paste the public and private keys into the appropriate text boxes.

5. Click Import.

Manage your keys

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The Public Keys and Private Keys tables display the following information about your existing keys:

• Name — The key’s name. Public and private keys use the same key name.

• Authorization Status — Whether you authorized the key.

  You must authorize new keys before you attempt to use them.
  This column only displays in the Public Keys table.

• Actions — You can perform the following actions:

  • Delete Key — Click to delete the key, and then click Yes to confirm that you wish to delete the key.

  • View/Download — Click to view or download the key. To download the key, save the contents of the Public SSH Key text box to your computer.

  • Manage — Click to manage authorization for the key. A new interface will appear. Click Authorize to authorize the key, or Deauthorize to revoke authorization for the key.

    • You can only perform this action for public keys.

    • After you deauthorize a key, that key’s users cannot log in with the associated private key.