Web Hosting¶

Managed web hosting with CWP control panel, one-click installs, SSL certificates, and daily backups.

What you get¶

cPanel/CWP control panel — file manager, MySQL/MariaDB databases, DNS zone editor, email integration
One-click WordPress — provision a fresh WordPress site in under 60 seconds with sensible defaults
Free SSL — Let's Encrypt certificates auto-provisioned for every domain you add; auto-renewed
Daily backups — site files + databases, 7-day retention; on-demand restore via control panel
SSH access — full shell on the account-isolated user (jailed; no other-tenant visibility)

When to use web hosting vs VPS¶

Choose Web Hosting if you…	Choose VPS Hosting if you…
Run WordPress / Drupal / Laravel / standard PHP apps	Run custom Node.js / Go / Python services
Want a managed environment (we patch the OS, you focus on your app)	Want full root and total OS control
Run 1-5 sites of moderate traffic	Run busy production workloads or non-PHP stacks
Are starting out and prefer predictable per-month pricing	Need dedicated CPU / RAM resources

For self-hosted apps that DON'T fit cPanel's PHP-Apache-MySQL shape (e.g. Node.js servers, dockerized stacks), use VPS Hosting.

Plans¶

Plan	Sites	Storage	Bandwidth	Use case
Starter	1	10 GB	100 GB/mo	Personal site, blog
Business	5	50 GB	500 GB/mo	Small business with a few sites
Pro	Unlimited	100 GB	1 TB/mo	Agencies / multi-site operators
Reseller	Unlimited (sub-accounts)	250 GB	2 TB/mo	Sell hosting to your own customers

Setting up your first site¶

After signup, the dashboard provides:

Control panel URL — typically cpX.capricorncorp.com:2083 or similar
Username + initial password — change the password on first login
Nameservers — point your domain to ns1.capricorncorphosting.com and ns2.capricorncorphosting.com

2. Add your domain¶

From the panel: Domains → Addon Domain → enter your domain. The panel creates:

A directory public_html/yourdomain.com/ for your files
DNS records (if your domain uses our nameservers)
An Let's Encrypt SSL certificate (auto-provisioned within 5-10 minutes)

3. Upload or install¶

Either:

Upload files — via the panel's File Manager, FTP/SFTP, or git
Install WordPress — Softaculous → WordPress → fill in admin email / password → install

For WordPress, the one-click installer:

Creates the MySQL database + user
Installs core WordPress
Configures wp-config.php with the database credentials
Sets up admin credentials

4. Point your domain¶

If your domain is registered elsewhere:

Either change nameservers to ours (full DNS management in the panel), OR
Add A/AAAA records pointing to the IP shown in the panel (keep DNS at your registrar)

DNS propagation takes 5 minutes to 1 hour depending on TTLs.

Common operations¶

Add a database¶

Panel: Databases → MySQL Databases → New Database. Then MySQL Users → New User → Add User to Database.

Update PHP version¶

Panel: PHP Selector → pick version → Save. Supported versions: 7.4, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3. Per-domain override available.

Configure scheduled tasks (cron)¶

Panel: Advanced → Cron Jobs → Add Cron. Standard cron syntax; logs are written to the user's mail.

View error logs¶

Panel: Logs → Error Log (Apache errors), Logs → PHP Error Log (PHP fatals + warnings).

SSL¶

Let's Encrypt is the default and recommended. For domains that need an EV certificate (extended validation, green-bar in some browsers), contact support — paid certs can be installed via the panel's SSL Manager.

Backups¶

Automatic — nightly, 7-day rolling retention
Manual snapshot before changes — Backup Manager → Generate Full Backup
Restore — Backup Manager → Restore → pick date

For databases specifically, Backup Wizard → MySQL gives per-database restores without restoring the whole account.

Limits¶

Outbound SMTP is rate-limited (200/hour per cPanel account) — use Business Email for higher volume
CPU + memory caps per account (set per plan); persistent over-use triggers a warning and account-tier review