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Install cPanel on Rocky Linux

Install cPanel on Rocky Linux

I have tried to run cPanel on Ubuntu but I have run into many different issues, cPanel is not supported on debian however I have found it runs perfectly on Rocky 8

Firewalls

The installer will attempt to open any needed ports during the installation process. We recommend that you disable OS firewalls before you run the cPanel & WHM installation.

If you are unsure if you have a firewall in place on your OS please run

systemctl status firewalld.service
  • If the firewalld service is not running, you can skip the following steps to deactivate firewalls on Rocky Linux servers.

To deactivate firewalls on Rocky Linux servers, run the following commands where ~/firewall.rules represents the firewall rules file:

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

Disable SELinux

SELinux is disabled by default in Rocky Linux. If you have enabled SELinux, you must disable it prior to installing cPanel & WHM.

To disable SELinux security features, use one of the following methods:

Use the graphical interface to disable SELinux while you configure your operating system, and then reboot the server.

Edit the /etc/selinux/config file to set the SELINUX parameter to disabled, and then reboot the server. The contents of the /etc/selinux/config file should resemble the following example:

# 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 these two values:
# targeted - Only targeted network daemons are protected.
# strict - Full SELinux protection.
SELINUXTYPE=targeted

Installation Guide - Installation

To install cPanel & WHM on your server, run the following command:

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

This command changes your session to the home directory, downloads the latest version of cPanel & WHM, and runs the installation script.