WHM API to change the main account domain name from the SSH

If you want to change the cpanel hosting account domain name using SSH or whmapi then you can run below command.

whmapi1 modifyacct user=username domain=newdomain.com

Replace username with actual username and domain name with the domain name which you want to change.

It will show output like below

[root@ ]# whmapi1 modifyacct user=username domain=younewdomain.com
--- 
data: 
  cpuser: 
    BACKUP: 1
    BWLIMIT: 0
    CHILD_WORKLOADS: ''
    CONTACTEMAIL: [email protected]
    CONTACTEMAIL2: ''
    CREATED_IN_VERSION: 11.98.0.6
    DBOWNER: username
    DEADDOMAINS: 
      - younewdomain.com
    DEMO: 0
    DISK_BLOCK_LIMIT: 0
    DOMAIN: younewdomain.com
    DOMAINS: 
  
    FEATURE-AUTOSSL: 1
    FEATURELIST: default
    HASCGI: 1
    HASDKIM: 1
    HASSPF: 1
    HOMEDIRLINKS: []

    IP:  
    LEGACY_BACKUP: 0
    LOCALE: en
    MAILBOX_FORMAT: maildir
    MAXADDON: unlimited
    MAXFTP: unlimited
    MAXLST: unlimited
    MAXPARK: unlimited
    MAXPASSENGERAPPS: 4
    MAXPOP: unlimited
    MAXSQL: unlimited
    MAXSUB: unlimited
    MAX_DEFER_FAIL_PERCENTAGE: unlimited
    MAX_EMAILACCT_QUOTA: unlimited
    MAX_EMAIL_PER_HOUR: unlimited
    MTIME: '1644149759'
    MXCHECK-younewdomain.com: 0
    OWNER: root
    PLAN: Advanced
    PUSHBULLET_ACCESS_TOKEN: ''
    RS: paper_lantern
    SSL_DEFAULT_KEY_TYPE: system
    STARTDATE: '1630740037'
    USER: username
    UTF8MAILBOX: 1
    _PACKAGE_EXTENSIONS: magicspam
    __CACHE_DATA_VERSION: '0.82'
    notify_account_authn_link: 1
    notify_account_authn_link_notification_disabled: 1
    notify_account_login: 0
    notify_account_login_for_known_netblock: 0
    notify_account_login_notification_disabled: 1
    notify_bandwidth_limit: 1
    notify_contact_address_change: 1
    notify_contact_address_change_notification_disabled: 1
    notify_disk_limit: 1
    notify_password_change: 1
    notify_password_change_notification_disabled: 1
    notify_ssl_expiry: 1
  domain: younewdomain.com
  setshell: unmodified
  user: username
metadata: 
  command: modifyacct
  output: 
    messages: 
      - "Ok\n"
      - "Ok\n"
      - "usernamegn.sa => deleted from server. \n"
      - "LOCAL MAIL EXCHANGER: This server will serve as a primary mail exchanger for younewdomain.com's mail.: This configuration has been manually selected.\n"
      - Horde user data updated.
      - Domain name changed
      - Updating /etc/domainips, /etc/pure-ftpd
      - Restarting apache
    warnings: []

  reason: Account Modified
  result: 1
  version: 1

If you want to cross verify it from SSH then run below command

root@]# whmapi1 accountsummary user=username
--- 
data: 
  acct: 
    - 
      backup: 1
      child_nodes: []

      disklimit: unlimited
      diskused: 112M
      domain: yourdomain.com
      email: [email protected]
      inodeslimit: unlimited
      inodesused: 93
      ip: 
      ipv6: []

      is_locked: 0
      legacy_backup: 0
      mailbox_format: maildir
      max_defer_fail_percentage: unlimited
      max_email_per_hour: unlimited
      max_emailacct_quota: unlimited
      maxaddons: unlimited
      maxftp: unlimited
      maxlst: unlimited
      maxparked: unlimited
      maxpop: unlimited
      maxsql: unlimited
      maxsub: unlimited
      min_defer_fail_to_trigger_protection: 5
      outgoing_mail_hold: 0
      outgoing_mail_suspended: 0
      owner: root
      partition: home1
      plan: 
      shell: /usr/local/cpanel/bin/noshell
      startdate: 21 Sep 04 12:50
      suspended: 0
      suspendreason: not suspended
      suspendtime: 0
      temporary: 0
      theme: paper_lantern
      uid: 1523
      unix_startdate: '1630740037'
      user: username
metadata: 
  command: accountsummary
  reason: OK
  result: 1
  version: 1
[root@ ]#