How to Install WHM cPanel on Our Self-Managed VPS?

Among web hosting control panels, cPanel is simply the gold standard. It is a tried and true panel with legions of devoted admins and that’s not for nothing. It’s got ease of use down pat, with an all-in-one dashboard that lets you find whatever you need in just a glance.

It offers a lot of app integrations using Softaculous, including the three most popular CMSs, WordPress, Joomla, and Drupal. It offers a lot of cool features for developers, including phpMyAdmin, Ruby on Rails, Perl Pears, and Git support. It’s also the only control panel to offer multi-factor authentication, a great way to beef up your server’s security.

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How to Install WHM/cPanel on Our Self-Managed VPS

Log in to Your VPS

First, you need to log in to your VPS using SSH. If you don’t know how; read our tutorial here or call our customer support hotline and we’ll have you logged in and working in no time.

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Install Perl

First, you need to install Perl, which is essential to running WHM/cPanel. Here, we’ll assume you’re running CentOS, but all the commands can be replicated with minor alterations in Ubuntu and Debian as well. Type the following command into the CentOS Command-Line Interface (CLI) to install Perl:

yum install perl

Next, to download the installation, you’ll be using the curl command. You probably already have one installed but if not, you can install it like this:

yum install curl

Now that you’ve got Perl, you’re almost ready to install WHM, the server-side twin of cPanel. You’ll be downloading the installation files so, of course, you’ll need to have a working Internet connection. The download and installation will take some time and since you’re using a remote connection, it’d be a good idea to use a screen so you don’t end up losing all your downloads halfway if your internet connection gets suddenly cut off. To run the “screen” simply type:

screen

Now you’re all set. Download and install WHM using the following command:

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

You may be asked to set a password for your root user, or the administrator. Make sure you use a strong password. You will then be using this password to log in to your WHM account. Once the download and installation are done, you should be seeing something like this (your server’s IP address will be shown instead of the white box we’ve used to ensure privacy):

Now the installation is completely done. Use the reboot command in the CLI to reboot your server:

reboot

Now the rest is done using a normal web browser like Firefox or Chrome. Use the one-time auto-login URL provided at the end of the installation to log in to WHM. In the above address, 2087 is the default port for WHM, you can change that later to give your security a boost. You’ll immediately face the license agreement for WHM/cPanel. Make sure you read it through and then accept the terms:

After clicking Agree to All, you’ll be directed to a page where you set up your name servers. You should have already received your name servers when you got your Cloudzy cPanel VPS plan. If you don’t, please call our customer support and we’ll give you a hand.

Also Read: Install Cpanel/WHM on CentOS 8

Just a few more clicks and you’ll be done. You just need to configure WHM, the server-side panel. All that remains then is to set up cPanel and you’ll be ready to rock your new VPS.

Create a New cPanel

To create the user-side cPanel, you need to create a new account. If you look at the sidebar to the left, you’ll see the Create New Account menu. Click on that and you’ll see the following page:
Just fill out all the information according to your preferences and click the create button. If all went well, you’ve successfully created your first cPanel. You can test it out by logging into the following address using your browser:

https://cpanel.example.com:2083

You should see something like this:

That’s it. You’ve set up both WHM and cPanel on your new Cloudzy VPS. We highly recommend hiring a cPanel antivirus option for enhanced protection. Enjoy!

Also Read: Fix Cannot Read license File Error on cPanel/WHM

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