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How to access site through IP address when website is on a shared host?

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Can you access a website with just an IP address?

According with the HTTP/1.1 standard, the shared IP hosted site can be accessed by a GET request with the IP as URL and a header of the host.

How do I access my cPanel website using IP address?

To access cPanel, enter the IP address or domain and the 2083 port in your preferred browser. For example: https://198.51.100.1:2083 — Access cPanel over an encrypted connection with your IP address. https://example.com:2083 — Access cPanel over an encrypted connection with your domain name.

What are the main problem's with only using an IP address to access a website?

Shared Servers– The most common reason that websites cannot be addressed through an IP address is because they are websites served from a shared server account where the domain is one of many under a single IP address. Shared server accounts include Business, Reseller or WordPress specific hosting plans.


According with the HTTP/1.1 standard, the shared IP hosted site can be accessed by a GET request with the IP as URL and a header of the host.

Here there are two examples(wget and curl): $ wget --header 'Host:somerandomservice.com' http://67.225.235.59 $ curl --header 'Host:somerandomservice.com' http://67.225.235.59

Resources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shared_web_hosting_service

http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.23


Include the port number with the IP address.

For example:

http://19.18.20.101:5566

where 5566 is the port number.


You can access you website using your IP address and your cPanel username with ~ symbols. For Example: http://serverip/~cpusername like as https://xxx.xxx.xx.xx/~mohidul