Last updated on 4th March 2026

Deploying to Namecheap via DeployHQ: Automated Web Deployment

Deploying to your site hosted with Namecheap is very simple with DeployHQ. Namecheap offers shared hosting, VPS, and dedicated servers — all of which support SFTP deployment.

Firstly, you'll need to set up your DeployHQ project, then connect to your Namecheap server.

Setting up your project

Head to the Projects screen in DeployHQ, then click the New Project button to get started.

You'll be prompted to enter a name for your project, then select where your repository is hosted.

New Project

Next, click Create project and you'll be taken to a screen where you can log in with your repository hosting account to authorise access and then choose your repository.

Setting up Namecheap

Once you've configured your repository, you'll need to connect to your Namecheap server. The setup differs depending on your hosting type.

Shared hosting

Namecheap shared hosting uses port 21098 (not the standard port 22) for both SSH and SFTP. This is the most important thing to get right.

If you want to use SSH (rather than just SFTP), you'll need to enable it first:

Log in to cPanel (via your Namecheap dashboard or directly)
Scroll to the "Exclusive for Namecheap Customers" section
Find "Manage Shell" and toggle it to ON

To find your connection details:

Hostname: Found in cPanel under Server Information (e.g. server126.web-hosting.com), or use your server's IP address
Username: Your cPanel username
Password: Your cPanel password (can be reset from Namecheap dashboard > Hosting List > Manage)
Port: 21098

Note: Only the main cPanel account works for SFTP — FTP sub-accounts cannot use SFTP.

VPS and dedicated servers

VPS and dedicated servers use the standard port 22. The default user is root, and you'll have full SSH access. If you've opted for Namecheap-managed (Basic or Complete management), the port may be 21098 instead.

Adding the server in DeployHQ

Head to Servers & Groups, and click the New Server button at the top of the screen. If you've just added your repository, you will have been taken to this page automatically.

Start by entering a name, and choosing SSH/SFTP as the protocol. Then enter your hostname, username, password, and the correct port (21098 for shared hosting, 22 for self-managed VPS/dedicated).

For the deployment path, enter:

Primary domain: /home/USERNAME/public_html
Addon domain: /home/USERNAME/public_html/addon-domain-folder

Replace USERNAME with your actual cPanel username.

Within Deployment options, you can choose to automatically deploy your server and, if you're only deploying files from a certain directory in your repository, enter a Deployment subdirectory.

Click Create Server to finish, then you can proceed to start your first deployment.

Run your first deployment

By default, DeployHQ will upload the whole repository to your server on the first deployment, because there is no previously deployed commit to compare to.

If your files are already on Namecheap and up to date with the latest commit, you can follow this guide to skip that first deployment:

Don't deploy your whole repository on the first deployment

Otherwise, just follow this guide to start your first deployment, then after the first deployment, only files that have changed will be uploaded in future.

Running your first deployment

That's it! You've now set up and run your first deployment to your Namecheap server and your future changes will be uploaded for you automatically, or at the simple click of a button.