Installation 

Installation 

WebHost Manager uses comprehensive installers that take most of the effort out 

of installing the complex WebHost Manager software package. You will need the 

following to install WebHost Manager: 

A basic server install of one of the supported operating systems listed at 

http://www.cpanel.net 

A cPanel license (cPanel/WebHost Manager will not run without a license 

file). 

NOTE: You can obtain a license from an authorized cpanel.net distributor or a 

test license by making a license request in the support section of 

http://www.cpanel.net. For a list of distributors, please see http://www.cpanel.net 

Before you begin: 

cPanel should only be installed on a blank server with a fresh operating system 

install. cPanel makes many changes to your system including downloading 

needed packages and configuring them for you. Because of the considerable 

amount of changes that cPanel will make to the system, the suggested method of 

uninstalling the cPanel software is to reformat the server. 

NOTE: The hostname of this server should be a Fully Qualified Domain Name 

that will not be used elsewhere on

cPanel

 the server. You should never set your 

hostname to an name that is already used (www, ftp, mail, etc) or to the name of 

an account on the server (www.domain.com). 

If you would like cPanel Inc to do your installation for you and you have obtained 

a license, you may request an installation at 

http://support.cpanel.net/

. Make sure 

to provide your IP, the root pass of your server, and the operating system 

installed on the server. We do not charge for installations. 

The following partition scheme is recommended: 

/boot   35 Megabytes (Mb) 

/usr     2048+ Mb (If you have a 60 gig drive try 4096 for /usr, 5000 if you have an 

80 gig drive, etc.) 

/var     1500+ Mb 

/tmp    512+ Mb 

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