Manage hosting

When you click a site under Hosting in the sidebar, you open a hosting control page with tabs. This guide walks through each tab for shared and WordPress hosting packages.

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Open your hosting account

1. Sign in at npanel.nisccloud.com.
2. Click Hosting under Cloud Services.
3. Click the hosting package or domain name in the list.
4. Tabs appear at the top of the page.

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Overview tab

Purpose: Summary of the account plan name, primary domain, disk usage, nameservers, IP address, and quick status.

What to do:

1. Read nameservers copy them to your domain under Domains → Nameservers if the domain is registered with Nisc Cloud.
2. Note IP address if you use A records instead of nameservers.
3. Check disk and bandwidth usage if displayed.
4. Find links to webmail or control panel if shown.

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DNS tab

Purpose: Manage DNS records for sites using this hosting accountNisc Cloud's DNS zone.

What to do:

1. Click DNS.
2. Add or edit A, CNAME, MX, TXT records like on domain DNS.
3. Use for subdomains (blog, shop) pointing to this hosting.

If your domain uses nameservers elsewhere, this tab may not affect public DNS edit at the nameserver provider instead.

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Mail tab

Purpose: Email settings tied to this hosting package create mailboxes, forwarders, or webmail links when email is bundled with hosting.

What to do:

1. Click Mail.
2. Create mailbox username and password if the interface allows.
3. Open webmail URL or configure clients using server hostname from this tab.

For standalone business email products, use Emails in the sidebar instead. See Business email.

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File Manager tab

Purpose: Upload, edit, and delete website files in your hosting space (like public_html).

Upload your site:

1. Click File Manager.
2. Open the web root folder (often public_html or www).
3. Click Upload and select HTML, PHP, or WordPress files.
4. Wait for upload to complete.

Edit a file:

1. Right-click or select a file → Edit.
2. Change code or text, save.

Permissions: Leave default permissions unless a CMS install guide says otherwise.

For WordPress, prefer WordPress tab one-click install instead of manual upload when available.

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Subdomains tab

Purpose: Create addresses like blog.yourdomain.com.

1. Click Subdomains.
2. Enter subdomain name (e.g. blog).
3. Choose document root folder if asked.
4. Save.
5. Add DNS A or CNAME if not automatic see DNS tab.

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Databases tab

Purpose: Create MySQL or MariaDB databases for WordPress, Laravel, etc.

1. Click Databases.
2. Click Create database note database name.
3. Create a database user and strong password.
4. Assign user to database with All privileges.
5. Use these credentials in your app config (WordPress wp-config.php, etc.).

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WordPress tab

Purpose: Install or manage WordPress on this hosting account.

1. Click WordPress.
2. Choose Install or select existing installation.
3. Pick domain/subdomain, admin username, password, and email.
4. Start install and wait for completion.
5. Open site URL and /wp-admin to log in.

More detail: Install WordPress and Manage WordPress.

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Backup tab

Purpose: Create or restore backups of files and databases.

1. Click Backup.
2. Click Create backup or enable scheduled backups if offered.
3. Wait for backup job to finish.
4. To restore, choose a backup point and follow prompts restoring overwrites current data.

See WordPress backups.

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