After installing cpanel & WHM, the installer detects for your server on a NAT-configured network. If it is a NAT-configured network, your server will configure itself for NAT mode and attempt to automatically map local IP addresses to public IP addresses’
Enable NAT in cpanel server.
File acting as a NAT mode are /var/cpanel/cpnat. In case installer misguidedly detects a NAT-configured network, /var/cpanel/cpnat file can be deleted to disable NAT mode. Cpnat can be rebuilt if needed, to enable it, you can run the following command:
/scripts/build_cpnat script
cPanel tries to attempt to map all non-loopback IP addresses bound to any network interface on the server to a public IP address.
cPanel server then sends an outgoing connection from each local IP address to the http://myip.cpanel.net/v1.0/ server.
The build_cpnat script uses http://myip.cpanel.net/v1.0/ to map local IP addresses to public IP addresses.
Following options can be managed for local and remote IP addresses in WHM:
- Add a New IP Address
- Show or Delete Current IP Address
- If multiple local IP addresses match the same public IP address which is NOT recommended, only the first local IP address listed in /var/cpanel/cpnat will be mapped.
- If you wish to use a different IP address lookup service, open the /etc/cpsources.conf file with your desired editor and add the following link: MYIP=http://whatismyip.tv/ip_only
Refer with cpanel documentation https://documentation.cpanel.net/display/ALD/1%3A1+NAT Manage IP Addresses and Check CPNAT main page for further information.
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