Install WHM & cPanel on  AlmaLinux and Ubuntu Linux OS

Due to the long End of Life at least until 2029 and commitment to supporting as a result AlmaLinux OS is being popular in the open-source software community. Now cPanel & WHM also supporting for AlmaLinux OS and Ubuntu LTS. This post also describes installation on both operating systems. It looks like AlmaLinux is the best alternative to CentOS 8 Linux. Let’s Check the System Requirements for AlmaLinux & Ubuntu Server.

System Requirements for AlmaLinux & Ubuntu OS

Currently, cPanel / WHM is supporting AlmaLinux OS version 8 and Ubuntu version 20.04 LTS Server.

Operating System RAM Disk Space CPU Processor
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Recommended: 4 GBRecommended: 40 GBMinimum: 1.1 GHz
AlmaLinux 8 Recommended: 2 GBRecommended: 40 GB 1.1 GHz
  • Both Operating systems needed a Minimum of 1 GB RAM.
  • Minimum Both OS Needed 20 GB Storage.
  • Both Supporting 64 -bit Architecture.
  • In using Antivirus Scanner, a Strongly recommended minimum of 3 GB RAM.

Others Basic Requirements

  • Hostname should be in a fully qualified domain name and the domain should not be matched in the Cpanel account. The below command will set the hostname in both operating systems.
# hostnamectl set-hostname cpanel.techtransit.org 
  • cPanel recommends disabling the OS firewall . The Cpanel installer opens the necessary port at the time of installation. To deactivate firewalls on AlmaLinux OS 8 and Ubuntu follow the below steps.

Disabling Firewall on AlmaLinux

# iptables-save > ~/almafirewall.rules
# systemctl stop firewalld.service
# systemctl disable firewalld.service

Disable Firewall on Ubuntu Linux

# iptables-save > ~/ubuntufirewall.rules
# systemctl stop ufw.service
# systemctl disable ufw.service
  • cPanel recommends the Operating System should be in the minimal install state. To set on a minimal target run the below command as the root user to set on multi-user. target, which represents the target. state target.
# systemctl set-default multi-user.target
# systemctl get-default 
  • Perl must be installed . Below command will install perl package on your server.
# yum -y install perl  
  • Install curl command .
# yum -y install curl 
  • Disable Security Enhanced Features ( SELinux )

To disable, open the SELinux configuration file /etc/selinux/config and set the parameter SELINUX to disabled.

# This file controls  the state of SELinux on the system.
# SELINUX= can take one of these three values:
# enforcing - SELinux security policy is enforced.
# permissive - SELinux prints warnings instead of enforcing.
# disabled - No SELinux policy is loaded.
SELINUX=disabled
# SELINUXTYPE= can take one of three two values:
# targeted - Targeted processes are protected,
# minimum - Modification of targeted policy. Only selected processes are protected.
# mls - Multi Level Security protection.
SELINUXTYPE=targeted

Installation Steps for Ubuntu & AlmaLinux OS

Now we will download the Cpanel script on the home directory of the server, which will install Cpanel & WHM. Follow the below steps for installation.cPanel License you can buy from the below button.

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

OUTPUT  

Now the script will take some time. You will get some output related to installation information access details. Use in login root as a user and use the password of the root user. You will get WHM access like the below URL.

WHM Access URL

https://your –server-public-ip:2087
OR
https://server-hostname:2087 
Hope this post works for you.please comment here and give us feedback .

About Sachin G

I am a professional freelance contributor and founder of tech transit. Love to write and lover of education, culture, and community. I have been using it, setting, supporting, and maintaining it since 2009.Linux rocks!

Have any Question or Comment?

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *