External Authentication
External Authentication
Your system administrator may allow users to access cPanel with external authentication credentials (for example, cPanelID, WHMCS, Google Accounts, Facebook, or your hosting provider's portal). This functionality allows you to reduce the number of passwords that you need to remember.
The External Authentication tab lists the credentials for OpenID Connect-compliant identity providers that you can use to log in to cPanel and Webmail.
You can also use this section of the interface to link new credentials or unlink existing credentials.
Notes:
- This section only appears if the server administrator has configured at least one external authentication module.
- This interface only displays the external authentication identity providers that your hosting provider selects in WHM's Manage External Authentications interface (Home >> Security Center >> Manage External Authentications).
- Most identity providers allow you to register for an account as part of the authentication process.
- Your cPanelID uses the same username and password that you use for the cPanel Store, the cPanel Tickets system, and the Manage2 billing system. If you do not already use a cPanelID, you can register for one during the authentication process.
You can link one or more external accounts to one or more cPanel accounts, WHM accounts, or Webmail accounts.
- If you link to an external account through an identity provider that uses two-factor authentication, you must also authenticate through that identity provider in addition to any two-factor authentication that you configure on your server.