CPanel
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This article involves development tools that require you to be inside of RPI's campus network.
If not on-campus, you must connect with the VPN.
When you're working with the Student Development Server, cPanel is the place to start. cPanel ("Control Panel") is a graphical, web-based control panel for working with your account. It allows you to check your account status and configure many aspects of your web hosting environment.
Accessing cPanel
For security reasons, you must be on RPI's main campus in order to log in to cPanel. When developing from afar, you can connect to RPI's core network using the External VPN, at which point you'll be able to access cPanel as if you were on campus.
Use this link for a secure connection to cPanel: https://studentdev.union.rpi.edu:2083/.
Features
The best way to learn what you can truly accomplish through cPanel is to browse through the many icons on the front page. This is the place to change your account password, change account options, and browse and edit your files on the server through a graphical interface. Additionally, you may add databases and access them through phpMyAdmin, add sub-accounts for database and ftp access, create Ruby on Rails applications, and view logs. Even more features include various statistical tools, a backup manager, and security settings.
