cPanel on Ubuntu – Easy Installation Guide

 cPanel and WHM now support for Ubuntu Linux up to 20.04 version as on Nov 2023.

cPanel on Ubuntu 20.04

Here is the pre-installation check and installation guide.

1) Firstly, check your network if DHCP. cPanel on Ubuntu require STATIC only setup for network

ip r | grep default

If DHCP found, configure your network as STATIC.

2) Set your server hostname (must be a FQDN)

nano /etc/hosts

Edit the hosts file to match like your hostname.

127.0.0.1 localhost
172.XX.XX.XX server.yourdomain.com server

echo server.yourdomain.com > /etc/hostname

3) Change the operating state

systemctl set-default multi-user.target

4) Set time auto update

apt-get -y install ntp

5) Disable Firewall

iptables-save > ~/firewall.rules
systemctl stop ufw.service
systemctl disable ufw.service

6) Disable AppArmor

service apparmor stop
update-rc.d -f apparmor remove
apt-get remove apparmor apparmor-utils

7) Disable SELINUX, if installed

sestatus
nano /etc/selinux/config

FROM:
SELINUX=enforcing
TO:
SELINUX=disabled

8) Perl is required to install cPanel/WHM

apt update && apt upgrade && apt install perl perl-base

9) It’s time to check your disk-drives. Check if SWAP already enabled, and the most space is allocated on /

free -h

fdisk -l

lsblk

Now, reboot the server

reboot


10) Finally,  start install cPanel/WHM

echo "CPANEL=current" > /etc/cpupdate.conf

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

Wait for about 10 minutes or more !

11) Login to WHM

https://172.XX.XX.XX:2087

Ignore SSL security warning and proceed to login


User: root
Password: server root password

Agree the terms and activate trial account, you can buy license after 15 days of free trial


12) Configure Nameservers A record

Home > Server Configuration > Basic WebHost Manager Setup


12) Create a cPanel account for the hostname's main domain

Home > Account Functions > Create a New Account

13) Check the hostname's DNS settings and correct nameserver NS records

Home > DNS Functions > DNS Zone Manager

14) Set AutoSSL provider to Sectigo


Home > SSL/TLS > Manage AutoSSL

15) Activate the system's Service SSL Certificates

/usr/local/cpanel/bin/checkallsslcerts

16) Reboot server and configure other options

reboot

Browse each and every left-sidebar menu(s), and configure various options and features

Enjoy cPanel !