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The basic cPanel/WHM Setup feature allows you to set your contact information for email, pager, AIM, ICQ; set your default theme and home directory; username; hostname; nameservers, and many other variables that are important to your server's setup. A complete list is shown below:

• Server Contact E-Mail Address - Enter an email address you can be reached in the text box provided in case a problem occurs with this server.
  
  Examples: john@doe.com, john.q.public@anonymous.com, user@host.com
   

• Server Contact Pager Address - Enter an cellular phone or pager email address that can be messaged in the text box provided in case a problem occurs with this server.
  
  Examples: john@cellphone.com, 8005551212@provider.com, user@host.com
   

• Server Contact AIM - Enter an AIM name you can be reached at in the text box provided in case a problem arises with this server.
  
  Examples: user54044
   

• AIM Username - You can set your system to alert you via AIM should a problem occur on your server. Enter your AIM username that this server should use when logging in to AIM to send alerts. You can register a new AIM username at http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/newreg/register2.adp.
   

• AIM Password - Enter your AIM password that this server should use when logging in to AIM to send alerts. This password should be the password used in conjunction with the AIM username you entered above.
   

• Server Contact ICQ - You can set your system to alert you via ICQ should a problem occur on your server. Enter your ICQ ID that this server should use when logging in to ICQ to send alerts. You can register a new ICQ ID at http://www.icq.com/.
   

• ICQ ID - Enter your ICQ ID that this server should use when logging in to ICQ to send alerts. You can register a new ICQ ID at http://www.icq.com/.
   

• ICQ Password - Enter your ICQ password that this server should use when logging in to ICQ to send alerts. This password should be the password used in conjunction with the ICQ ID you entered above.
   

• Default cPanel Theme - Enter the default cPanel theme for newly created accounts whose package does not specify a theme. The default theme set in the system is the "x3" theme. You can modify the theme name at any time as long as it represent an actual theme supported by the cPanel system. View the examples below.
  
  Examples: x, monsoon, bluelagoon
   

• Default Home Directory - Enter the default location where new user home directories will be created. By default all directories matching the "Home Directory Prefix" are checked for available disk space and the directory with the most free disk space will be used.
  
  Example: /home
   

• Home Directory Prefix - Additional home directories matching the value you enter in the text box provided will also be used for new home directory creations. The text box entry only accepts one value. A blank value disables this feature completely. View other examples below. Also note the default setting for this value is the "home" value.
  
  Examples: home matches /home, /home2, /newhome, /usr/home, /anythingwith/homeinit
   

• Minimum UID - Enter the minimum user ID value used when creating new accounts. Leave blank to use the OS defaults.
  
  WARNING! Values below 500 may result in a very broken system!
   

• Main Shared Virtual Host IP - Enter the IP address that will be used for setting up shared IP virtual hosts. The entry will only support one address. Do not enter multiple addresses.
  
  Example: 10.11.133.14
   

• Alternate Main Ethernet Device - If you are using a device other than the first ethernet device (eth0) as your public interface, enter the device name in the text box provided. See examples below.
  
  Examples: eth0:3, eth1, eth2 venet0:0 (virtuozzo servers)
   

• Hostname - Enter the server's current hostname in the text box provided. The server's hostname value should be a fully qualified domain name and will need to resolve properly. Changing the hostname value does not set the server's current hostname.
  
  Note: To change the server's current hostname, use the "Change Hostname" function as described in the Hostname document.
   

• Primary Nameserver - Enter the hostname of the primary nameserver (normally, the name of this server) you want to use when creating new domains or subdomains.
  
  Examples: ns.myhost.com, ns1.myhost.com, dns1.mydomain.com   
  
  Additional "Primary Nameserver" Buttons:
  
  1. Assign Ip Address - Click on the "Assign Ip Address" button to assign an IP address to the Primary Nameserver you entered.
  
  2. Add an A entry for this nameserver - Click on the "Add an A entry for this nameserver" button to add an A entry to the Primary Nameserver you entered. A new window will appear. Click on the "Add the entry" button. You will see a statement similar to the following:
  
  "Bind reloading on SERVER_NAME using rndc zone: [DOMAIN_NAME]"
   

• Secondary Nameserver - Enter the hostname of the secondary nameserver you want to use when creating new domains or subdomains.
  
  Examples: ns.myhost.com, ns1.myhost.com, dns1.mydomain.com   
  
  Additional "Secondary Nameserver" Buttons:
  
  1. Assign Ip Address - Click on the "Assign Ip Address" button to assign an IP address to the Secondary Nameserver you entered.
  
  2. Add an A entry for this nameserver - Click on the "Add an A entry for this nameserver" button to add an A entry to the Secondary Nameserver you entered. A new window will appear. Click on the "Add the entry" button. You will see a statement similar to the following:
  
  "Bind reloading on SERVER_NAME using rndc zone: [DOMAIN_NAME]"
   

• Tertiary Nameserver - Enter the hostname of an additional you want to use when creating new domains or subdomains.
  
  Examples: ns.myhost.com, ns1.myhost.com, dns1.mydomain.com   
  
  Additional "Tertiary Nameserver" Buttons:
  
  1. Assign Ip Address - Click on the "Assign Ip Address" button to assign an IP address to the Tertiary Nameserver you entered.
  
  2. Add an A entry for this nameserver - Click on the "Add an A entry for this nameserver" button to add an A entry to the Tertiary Nameserver you entered. A new window will appear. Click on the "Add the entry" button. You will see a statement similar to the following:
  
  "Bind reloading on SERVER_NAME using rndc zone: [DOMAIN_NAME]"
   

• Fourth Nameserver - Enter the hostname of an additional nameserver you want to use when creating new domains or subdomains.
  
  Examples: ns.myhost.com, ns1.myhost.com, dns1.mydomain.com   
  
  Additional "Fourth Nameserver" Buttons:
  
  1. Assign Ip Address - Click on the "Assign Ip Address" button to assign an IP address to the Fourth Nameserver you entered.
  
  2. Add an A entry for this nameserver - Click on the "Add an A entry for this nameserver" button to add an A entry to the Fourth Nameserver you entered. A new window will appear. Click on the "Add the entry" button. You will see a statement similar to the following:
  
  "Bind reloading on SERVER_NAME using rndc zone: [DOMAIN_NAME]"
   

• Domain Time To Live - This value defines the caching time for host name lookups for domains hosted on this server. When a caching nameserver queries the authoritative nameserver for a resource record, this value defines the number of seconds before the record will expire. Shorter TTL values can cause heavier loads on the nameserver, but can be useful for zones that contain frequently changing records. The range of values in seconds as defined by RFC 2181 is 0 to 2147483647.
   

• Nameserver Time To Live - This value is similar to the Domain Time To Live setting, but is specifically the value used for newly created zone file's authoritative nameserver entries.
   

• Master Nameserver - This setting is deprecated. Please consider using the Cluster configuration instead. Enter the IP address of the primary nameserver that will be sent domain and subdomain updates (if this is not the primary nameserver). Setting this value will make this server a slave nameserver. A trust key relationship must be established before entering the hostname.
  
  Examples: trusted.server.com, ns1.myhost.com, ns2.anotherhost.com
   

• CGI Script Alias - If you want to automatically create a cgi-bin script alias, enter the letter "y" without quotes in the text box. This setting can be individually overridden during account creation. If you do not want to automatically create a cgi-bin script alias, enter the letter "n" without quotes in the text box.
   

• Apache Access Log Style - If you want your Apache logs to contain all information including referers, user agents, and requested files, enter "combined" without quotes in the text box. If you want your Apache logs to contain only information about requested files, enter "access" without quotes in the text box.

Once you have modified all of the settings above, click on the "Save" button.