Step 1: License
If you do not have own license for cPanel & WHM, you need to purchase license and obtain one for your IP address before you attempt the installation from cPanel store.
- The cPanel Store offers 15-day trial licenses at no cost.
- If no one has ever licensed your IP address before, your IP address automatically receives a trial license.
- You do not need a license in order to install cPanel.
Step 2: Hostname
The hostname should be in the form of FQDN(Fully Qualified Domain Name).
Ex: server1.hostname.com
Step 3: Operating System
cPanel supports kernel based operating systems like CentOS, Cloud Linux and RedHat.
- New installations of cPanel & WHM on CentOS servers must use CentOS version 7 or later.
- We recommend that you use the minimal installer, for CentOS 8.
- cPanel & WHM only supports 64-bit systems on CentOS 7.
- cPanel Does not support the use of Xen PV (paravirtualization) with CloudLinux.
Step 4: Login to Server via SSH
Login in SSH of your server with default port and proper login details.
Step 5: Commands
Use the following commands to install the cPanel
Always update operating system modules before installing the cPanel.By using SUDO YUM UPDATE Command.
[root@localhost]# sudo yum -y update
reboot the server after updating.
[root@localhost]# sudo reboot
We have a single command to install the cPanel on your server.
root@localhost]# cd /home && curl -o latest -L https://securedownloads.cpanel.net/latest && sh latest
Step 6: Access cPanel
After the successful installation,
To access cPanel, perform the following steps:
To access WHM, perform the following steps:
Enter your WHM username in the Username text box.
Enter your password in the Password text box.
Click Log in.
To access Webmail, perform the following steps:
Navigate to the following location in your browser:https://ip_address:2095
Enter your email address in the Username text box.
That's it!!
