# cPanel

Tool · [Standard tools and platforms](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tools)

Also called: C Panel, cpanel hosting

A control panel that many [web hosting](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/hosting) companies give customers for managing a website, email accounts, files and [databases](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/database) from a [browser](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/web-browser).

**For example:** A [founder](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/founder) [logs](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/observability) into cPanel at the [hosting](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/hosting) company to set up a new email address for a hire.

Official site: <https://cpanel.net>

## Connects to (4)

- [Hosting](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/hosting): Renting space on a server so your site or app can be reached on the internet at all hours.
- [Server](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/server): A computer that stays on and connected to the internet so it can run your app and answer requests from people's phones and browsers.
- [DNS](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/dns): Domain Name System.
- [GoDaddy](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/godaddy): A company that sells domain names, along with web hosting and business email.

Map view: https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cpanel