KU cPanel web hosting environment

The cPanel web hosting environment is where campus units are encouraged to develop customized web sites and applications that do not fit in the KU Content Management System (CMS). You may request an account on this environment using the online form.

Using cPanel

When your account has been created, you will have immediate access to cPanel. Click here for details on how to use cPanel. You can login using your cPanel name and password at: https://dept.ku.edu:2083/.

Uploading your website

You can upload or download from your website using any application that supports secure FTP (SFTP). Connection Information is as follows:

Host: dept.ku.edu
username: yourusername
password: yourpassword

All of your publicly viewable web files should be stored in the "public_html" folder. Your homepage should typically be called "index.shtml" (though this is configurable). For dreamweaver specfic instructions, click here.

Using PHP and MySQL

Both PHP and MySQL are enabled by default for accounts in this environment. PHP files can be run in any location on your account. MySQL can be setup and configured through cPanel. See the "Scripting and Databases" section for information regarding Shibboleth.


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