Process of installing cPanel on new server
Today I am going to show you how to install cPanel on your new server, so that you can start automating your processes right away!
cPanel offers hosting providers the tools that they need to manage their businesses. The customers can use an easy interface to control virtually every aspect of the website like: Email tools, Security features, Domain management and Database management, all easy to apply and hosting providers can expand these features with third party plugins and customization.
Now let’s get started with all the information for installing cPanel, to help you make sure with the right choice for you. cPanel offer free 15 day trial licenses for new servers. These licenses are available for the servers with the static IP address that has not already been licensed with cPanel.
When you install cPanel on a new server, you need to purchase a license and then it will get activated.
When you license your server, you also need to choose whether you want a Dedicated, VPS or cPanelsolo license.
cPanelsolo licenses are for individuals or for small businesses that would only need one user account to manage this server and his single hosting account.
VPS licenses are for businesses that would need multiple users to get everything done. You should choose this kind of license if you are installing cPanel in a virtual environment and
Dedicated licenses are for data centers or large web hosts that need multiple users on a dedicated server.
Before you can start installing,
You need to make sure that your system needs the following system requirements: –
Now, let’s talk about your server itself:
We support CentOS, CloudLinux and Red hat enterprise Linux version 7.
Important: –
Here is what you need for Version 7: –
Depending on the exact server configuration you are using you might have to require a few other requirements: –
When it comes to configuring cPanel and WHM itself you got a few options for installation: –
/root/cpanel_profile/cpanel.config
/etc/cpupdate.conf
/etc/cpsources.conf
Now it’s the times for the main event! Installing cPanel and WHM: –
First let’s log in to server as root. You want to do this in a screen session so the interruptions don’t force you to start it over. Most Linux installations come with screen but you can install it with YUM too.
You have to run following command for installing cPanel on your server:
cd /home && curl -o latest -L https://securedownloads.cpanel.net/latest && sh latest |
Now you can log in to WHM and start running your cPanel/ WHM server.
Once your server is setup we recommend that you can setup backups, checkout the “Contact Manager” interface and its settings. Configure “EasyApache”. Take care of any remote MySQL DNS clustering if you want to use.
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