2.1. INSTALLATION

CHAPTER 2. HOW DO I USE WEBHOST MANAGER?

  SSL/TLS   The SSL/TLS area enables you to manage all areas of SSL certificates, from generating new

certificates to installing and changing them.

  Restart Services   The Restart Services area allows you to restart various system services.

2.1

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:

  RedHat Linux 6.2 (SERVER INSTALL) or newer (RedHat 7.0 is not supported due to compiler bugs) OR

  Mandrake Linux 7.2 (SERVER INSTALL) or newer

  A CPanel license (CPanel/WebHost Manager will not run without a license file). You can obtain a li 

cense from an authorized cpanel.net distributor or a test license by mailing beta@cpanel.net. For a list of

distributors, please see http://www.cpanel.net/

We recommend the following partition scheme:

  /boot 35 Meg

  /usr 2048+ Meg (If you have a 60 gig drive try 4096 for /usr, 5000 if you have an 80 gig drive, etc.)

  /var 1500+ Meg

  /tmp 1024 Meg

  / 1024 Meg

  /home grow to fill disk

  swap 2x memory size

Minimum CPU/RAM/HD:

  P266

  256 Meg of ram

  4 Gig of space

To install WebHost Manager

1. Make sure you are logged in as root.

2. # cd /home

3. # wget http://layer1.cpanel.net/lastest

Note:

For FreeBSD, you need to download and untar the latest installer package from

http://www.cpanel.net/ .

4. # sh lastest

5. The installer has now started, and will take between 10 and 70 minutes depending on your machine. If you

are asked any questions just press enter, or q if there is no default. After the install completes, you need to

setup WebHost Manager   refer to page 13 for more information.

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