How to access your cPanel and site using temporary URL?

Updated: 28 September 2026

Before your domain points to our servers, you can still log in to cPanel and check your website.

Open cPanel before DNS changes

• Use the server's IP address or hostname from your welcome email: https://SERVER-IP:2083 or https://server-hostname:2083.
• Ucartz customers can also log in from the client area: Services › your hosting › the cPanel login button.

Preview your website

The reliable way is to tell only your own computer where the domain lives, with the hosts file:

1. Open the hosts file as administrator: C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts on Windows, or /etc/hosts on macOS and Linux.
2. Add a line with the server IP and your domain:

   203.0.113.10  example.com www.example.com

3. Save it and open your domain in a browser. You now see the site on the new server; everyone else still sees the old one.
4. Remove the line when you are done.

Note: The browser may warn about the SSL certificate until AutoSSL can issue one after the DNS change. That is expected for a preview.