Install cPanel on your server

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This guide is for Acenet cloud servers and dedicated servers ordered with a cPanel license, if cPanel isn't already installed. To check, try logging in to WHM at https://your-server-ip:2087.

Before you start

  • Start with a fresh installation of an operating system that cPanel supports, such as AlmaLinux or CloudLinux, with nothing else installed. See cPanel's system requirements.
  • Set the server's hostname to a fully qualified name that isn't one of your websites' domains, for example server.example.com, and point it to the server's IP address in DNS.
  • The installation takes 30 to 60 minutes.

Install cPanel

1. Log in to your server as root over SSH.

2. Run: 

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

3. When the installation finishes, log in to WHM as root at https://your-server-ip:2087 (for example https://192.0.2.10:2087) and complete the setup wizard.

License

Your cPanel license is provided by Acenet and is tied to your server's IP address. If WHM shows a license warning after installation, run this as root to refresh it: 

/usr/local/cpanel/cpkeyclt

If the warning stays, please open a support ticket.

For full details, see cPanel's installation guide.

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