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sidebar_label: Shared Webhosting
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# Shared Webhosting

This guide will guide you through the installation of ThemeParkPanel on a shared webhosting.

*It assumes your hosting is using DirectAdmin. If your hosting does not use DirectAdmin, please ask your hosting to do
specific things if you are unsure.*

## 1. Creating the MySQL database

1. Click on `MySQL Management` under **Account Manager** in the left sidebar.
2. Click on `Create New Database` on the right sidebar.

   ![Control Panel buttons](../../static/themepark/setup_shared_mysql.png)

3. Fill in the details. Think of a name for the database and user, like `themeparkpanel`. It's recommended to generate a
   strong password.

   ![Filling in Database details](../../static/themepark/setup_shared_mysql_details.png)

   :::info
   **Make sure to safe the entered details somewhere, because you need them later!**
   :::

4. **Click on the name of the database.** Then add `%` to the **Access Hosts**. Click on **Add New**. This makes sure
   your Minecraft server can also access the database.

   ![Adding Access Host](../../static/themepark/setup_shared_accesshost.png)

5. Open phpMyAdmin (most of the time this can be found under **Extra Features** in the sidebar). Click on the name of
   your database in the sidebar. Then click on **Import** in the top menu. Click on **Choose file** and upload the
   provided `ThemeParkPanel.sql` file. Finish by clicking on **Import**.

   ![Uploading database on phpMyAdmin](../../static/themepark/setup_shared_phpmyadmin.png)

## 2. Creating an email account

1. Click on `E-mail accounts` under **E-mail Manager** in the left sidebar. Then click on **Create Account** in the
   right sidebar.
2. Fill in the details. Think of a name for the email account, like `panel`. It's recommended to generate a strong
   password.

![Creating an email account](../../static/themepark/setup_shared_email.png)

## 3. Uploading the files

**You need remote file transfer software to upload the files to your webhosting. You can use for example Filezilla or
WinSCP. *This guide assumes you have WinSCP.***

1. Click on **New Site**. Then enter the details of your webhosting account. *If you are unsure what to use, contact
   your hosting.* Then click on **Login**.

   ![Filling in the FTP details](../../static/themepark/setup_shared_upload.png)
2. **Select the folder with the name of your domain name.** Then upload the files in **the Non-SSH zip file**.
3. Copy the `.env.example` file and rename the copy to `.env`.
4. Start configuring your panel by opening the `.env` file.
    - Change `APP_URL` to the URL of your panel
    - At `DB_` change the credentials to the database details created above.
    - At `MAIL_` change the credentials to the mail details created above. *Not sure what to enter for the host, port or
      encryption? Ask your hosting.*

:::info
Some webhostings only support SSL (instead of TLS)! Change the `MAIL_ENCRYPTION` setting to `ssl`. No encryption at all?
Make the setting empty.
:::