How We Determine a Browser Locale

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Overview

cPanel & WHM provides localized login page that allows users to select a locale for their session. Several factors determine the locale that you see  when you log in to cPanel, WHM, or Webmail .

cpsrvd service checks

When you log in to the cPanel, WHM, or Webmail interface, the cpsrvd service uses the following process to determine which locale to display:
    .1The cpsrvd service checks whether a locale query string parameter exists in the URL. If it does, the browser sets the session_locale cookie to the same value.
  • For example, the https://example.com:2083/login?locale=ru URL sets the Russian locale in the cPanel interface.
  • The session_locale cookie overrides the account’s configured locale and is valid for one year.
    .2The cpsrvd service checks whether your browser already contains the session_locale cookie. If it does, the login interface and the rest of the user’s session uses the specified locale.
    .3If the URL does not specify a locale query string and the browser does not have a session_locale cookie, the cpsrvd service checks whether your browser sent an Accept-Language header. If it did, the cpsrvd service uses the first valid locale that corresponds to the value of the Accept-Language header.
Note:
Some browsers don’t allow the Accept-Language header.
    .4If none of the above steps were able to set a language, the login system uses the Server Locale setting’s value in WHM’s  Tweak Settings  interface (WHM » Home » Server Configuration » Tweak Settings).
  • cPanel & WHM stores this setting in the /var/cpanel/cpanel.config file as the server_locale variable.
  • You can customize the language that the system uses to display a customer’s preferred locale in WHM’s  Configure Application Locales  interface (WHM » Home » Locales » Configure Application Locales).
    .5If your system does not meet any of the above conditions, the login system uses the U.S. English locale (en) by default.