How to Install cPanel

How to Install cPanel

By: ZebraHost

cPanel the #1 hosted control panel in the cloud provider industry and you can easily install it.

What are the Requirements?

  • Fresh CentOS 6 or 7 installed on your VPS/server

How to Install cPanel

  1. Log into your VPS/server via the SSH client.

  2. Copy the following command and paste it into the SSH console. Then press Enter.

    cd /home && curl -o latest -L http://securedownloads.cpanel.net/latest && sh latest

  3. The cPanel installation has begun. It can take from 30 to 45 minutes.

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  4. Once the installation is complete, the console will display a message like “the cPanel install has been completed

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  5. Open http://your-server-IP-here:2087 (WHM)

  6. Enter the username “root” (without quota) in the username field.

  7. Enter your root password in the password field.

  8. Click the Login button.

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cPanel/WHM Setup Wizard

Step 1: Read and accept the user agreement

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Step 2: Setup Networking:

  • Server Contact Email Address: Enter your email address. You will receive cPanel related alerts on your email.
  • Hostname: if the hostname is ok, leave it as it is.
  • Resolvers: Enter 8.8.8.8 in primary and also enter 8.8.4.4 in secondary.

Scroll down to the end of the page and click the Save & Go to Step 3 button.

Step 3: If you have more than one IP and the IPs are not listed, add your new IP address and then click the Go to Step 4 button. Alternatively, if you do not have any additional IPs, click on Go to Step 4.

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Step 4:

  1. Under “Namerserver Configuration”, you can choose a Nameserver program like Bind, PowerDNS, etc or leave it as it is.

  2. Under “Choose which nameservers domains on this server will use” enter your domain nameserver such as ns1.example.com and ns2.example.com (replace example.com with your domain name).

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  3. Under “Configure Address Records for Nameservers & Hostname”, mark the option “Configure Address Records for Nameservers”, enter your IP address in IPv4 for NS1 NS2, and should you have an IPv6, enter it into the IPv6 field as well.

    Tick mark the option Add "A Entries" for Hostname and then click on Save & Go to Step 5.

Step 5: You can leave all the options as they are or change them should you want. Then click on Save & Go to Step 6.

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Step 6: (Final Step) Tick mark Use file system quotas and then click the Finish Setup Wizard button.

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Congratulations! the cPanel installation is now complete and now you will need to compile Easy Apache, change settings, install a firewall, etc.