To install this software, you must first: To connect to your server remotely via SSH: To connect to your server from a Windows® PC via PuTTy: Visit the PuTTy site for more details. Remember: Once you are logged on to your server, you must run POSIX-standardized commands to manipulate files, regardless of whether you are connecting via PuTTy or another SSH client. If you do not already own a license for cPanel & WHM, you should obtain one for your IP address before attempting installation. To obtain a cPanel & WHM license, visit the cPanel Store. Note: The cPanel Store offers 15-day test licenses at no cost. To install cPanel & WHM, run these commands: If licensing fails (due to a strict firewall or modified IP), run the command Note: During the cPanel & WHM installation process, Apache 2.2 and PHP 5.2.17 are installed by default. After this installation process is complete, you can customize your server's Apache and PHP configuration with WHM's EasyApache feature. To install cPanel DNSONLY, run these commands: To access the WHM interface: For more information on getting started in WHM, see our WHM Initial Setup Wizard documentation. If you are looking to set up cPanel user accounts, navigate to WHM's Create a New Account feature. cPanel user accounts allows users to create email and FTP accounts, as well as perform other website management tasks.
Connecting to your server remotely via SSH
ssh root@$IP
(where $IP
represents your target server's IP address).Connecting to your server from a Windows® PC via PuTTy
Obtaining a cPanel & WHM license
Installing cPanel & WHM
cd /home
— Opens the /home
directory.wget -N http://httpupdate.cpanel.net/latest
— Fetches the latest installation files from cPanel's servers.sh latest
— Opens and executes the installation files./usr/local/cpanel/cpkeyclt
to activate your cPanel & WHM license.Installing cPanel DNSONLY
cd /home
— Opens the /home
directory.wget -N http://httpupdate.cpanel.net/latest-dnsonly
— Fetches the latest installation files from cPanel's servers.sh latest-dnsonly
— Opens and executes the installation files.Getting started in WHM
https://$IP:2087
into your preferred web browser.
$IP
represents your server's IP address.root
into the Name field.