Determining your account's server name
If you have shared hosting or reseller hosting, your account is on a server with other accounts. Learn how to determine the server name in this article.
This article describes several methods for determining the server name for a shared hosting or reseller hosting account. You may need to know the server name to configure or access account features, such as e-mail and FTP.
Method #1: Use the Hosting Panel to determine the server name
You can use the hosting.com Hosting Panel to determine the server name for your account. To do this, follow these steps:
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Log in to the Hosting Panel at https://my.hosting.com.
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In the left sidebar, click Products & Services:
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In the list of products and services, click your hosting product:
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On the Overview tab, look in the Control Panel row. This is the server name:
Method #2: Use cPanel to determine the server name
You can use cPanel to determine the server name. To do this, follow these steps:
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Log in to cPanel.
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If you do not know how to log in to your cPanel account, please see this article.
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In the left sidebar, click the Statistics icon:
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In the GENERAL section, click Server Information:
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On the Server Information page, locate the Server Name row and note the value:
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To determine the full server name for your account:
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If you have a shared hosting account, add a2hosting.com to the Server Name value. For example, if cPanel displays mi3-ss21 for your server name, then the complete server name is mi3-ss21.a2hosting.com.
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If you have a reseller hosting account, add supercp.com to the Server Name value. For example, if cPanel displays mi3-sr10 for your server name, then the complete server name is mi3-sr10.supercp.com.
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Method #3: Use the command line to determine the server name
You can use the command line to determine the server name for an account. To do this, follow these steps:
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Log in to your account using SSH.
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At the command line, type the following command:
hostname
The full server name for your account appears.
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