Database Indexing in cPanel & WHM

Final modified: 2025 June 9

Overview

When a customer accesses a listing slightly than a web page in your web site, the browser usually shows the listing’s index web page. If no index web page exists, the browser shows a listing of the recordsdata in that listing. Use the Indexes interface to outline how the server shows a selected listing’s index to a customer, or to disable the index show for a listing.

Configure listing settings

To configure your listing settings, carry out the next steps:

1. Click on Settings after which choose one of many following areas by which to start navigation:
   • Residence — Start navigation within the dwelling listing for the area.
   • Internet Root — Start navigation within the doc root for the account’s main area.
   • Doc Root for — Choose the area that corresponds to the doc root by which you want to start navigation.
2. To configure the interface to all the time open your choice from Step 1, choose the At all times open this listing sooner or later checkbox.
3. Click on Save Adjustments.

Handle index settings

To handle a listing’s index settings, carry out the next steps:

1. Navigate to the specified folder with the next:
   • To navigate a listing, click on the folder icon () or the listing’s title.
   • To navigate up one stage of the listing tree, click on Up One Stage on the high of the listing of listing contents.
   • To to navigate the house listing, click on Residence above the listing of directories.
   • To view and choose subdirectories, click on the guardian listing’s title. Then, click on the specified subdirectory title.
2. To configure the safety settings for a listing or subdirectory, click on Edit below the Actions column. A brand new interface will seem.
3. Choose one of many following choices:
   • Inherit — The listing inherits the guardian listing’s index setting. If the guardian listing doesn’t possess index settings, the listing makes use of the system default settings.
   • No Indexing — The server doesn’t listing the contents of the listing. Browsers show a message that states that the contents are forbidden.
   • Present Filename Solely — The server lists the listing’s contents as filenames solely.
   • Present Filename and Description — The server lists file names and extra data, comparable to file dimension and file kind.
4. Click on Save. The brand new index setting will seem within the Indexes interface below the Index Sort column.