# The rest of the cPanel tools
Source: https://docs.webgee.com/en/hosting/other-cpanel-tools



cPanel ships more tools than most accounts ever need. This page covers the
remainder in one place, so you know what something is before you open it.
Applies to shared, reseller and Premium hosting on cPanel.

Anything with its own guide is linked from the relevant section instead.

## Metrics [#metrics]

**Awstats** and **Webalizer** are traffic statistics programs that summarise your
access logs into visitor, page and referrer reports. Both predate modern
analytics and count bots as visitors, so the numbers run high. Use them for a
rough sense of server-side traffic; use analytics in the site itself for anything
you plan to act on.

**Metrics Editor** chooses which of those programs process logs for which
domain. The defaults are fine. Turning one off reduces processing but loses its
history.

**Track DNS** runs a DNS lookup and a traceroute from the server. Useful for
confirming what the server sees for a domain, which can differ from what your own
computer resolves — see
[Check what nameservers your domain uses](/en/domains-dns/how-do-i-check-what-nameservers-my-domain-is-using).

For raw request data rather than summaries, see
[Download raw access logs](/en/performance/raw-access-logs).

## Domains [#domains]

**Dynamic DNS** keeps a DNS record pointed at a changing IP address, by giving
you a URL that updates the record when called. It is for reaching a home or
office connection without a static IP — not something a hosted website needs.

## Email [#email]

**BoxTrapper** is challenge-response spam filtering: unknown senders receive an
email asking them to confirm before their message is delivered.

<Callout type="warn">
  Avoid BoxTrapper. It sends automated replies to addresses that are frequently
  forged, which makes your domain a source of unwanted mail and harms your
  sending reputation. Legitimate senders also routinely ignore the challenge, so
  you silently lose real mail. Use
  [MailScanner](/en/email/configure-mailscanner) instead.
</Callout>

## Software [#software]

**Application Manager** registers Node.js, Python and Ruby applications with the
Passenger application server. In practice, use the dedicated
**Setup Node.js App**, **Setup Python App** and **Setup Ruby App** tools — they
do the same thing with fewer steps. See
[Set up a Node.js application](/en/development/how-to-setup-a-nodejs-application-on-cpanel).

**Perl Modules** installs Perl modules from CPAN for your account. Only relevant
if you run Perl scripts.

**Backuply** is a third-party backup plugin. For backups on WebGee hosting use
**JetBackup**, which is what your automatic backups already use and what support
restores from — see [Restore from a backup](/en/backups/jetbackup-how-to-restore-your-account-files-or-databases).

## Advanced [#advanced]

**Apache Handlers** maps file extensions to the program that processes them —
for example, telling the server to run `.htm` files through PHP. Rarely needed;
see [Parse HTML files as PHP](/en/development/how-can-i-parse-html-or-htm-files-as-php)
for the common case.

**MIME Types** tells browsers what kind of file they are receiving. Add one only
when a file type downloads instead of opening, or opens as plain text — usually
a font or a newer media format the server does not recognise.

**Indexes** controls whether a directory without an `index.html` shows its
contents.

<Callout type="warn">
  Leave directory indexing **off**. A listable directory exposes filenames —
  including backups, exports and configuration files you did not intend to
  publish — and it is one of the first things an attacker checks.
</Callout>

See [Enable directory index listings](/en/hosting/enable-directory-index-listings-using-htaccess)
if you have a specific reason to turn it on.

## Preferences [#preferences]

**Account Preferences** sets your cPanel language, style and contact address.
Keep the contact address current: quota warnings and security notices are sent
there, and an address nobody reads is the reason problems go unnoticed.

## Related [#related]

* [A tour of cPanel](/en/getting-started/cpanel-complete-guide)
* [Download raw access logs](/en/performance/raw-access-logs)