: How to edit /etc/hosts file on WHM/cPanel I need to add a domain/IP record to my hosts file on a CentOS box running WHM/cPanel, so that a domain which has no public DNS is routed to the

@Radia820

It is perfectly acceptable to update /etc/hosts in cPanel/WHM.

As a rule of thumb, incase of an update which may change the file (unlikely, cPanel doesn't tend to touch it after the initial install phase) run this command to take a backup.

# cp /etc/hosts /etc/hosts.bak


This will copy your hosts file to a new file in your etc directory called hosts.bak which you can rename to hosts again at anytime incase you need to revert any changes.

At current, cPanel does not provide a GUI for updating your hosts file however, if this is a feature that you feel will benefit others, you can submit a feature request where others can vote on and discuss your request.

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@BetL925

Yes, you can safely add entries to the hosts file. The only thing you might need to consider is that the entries may be erased if you update WHM/Cpanel.

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