Install WHM & cPanel on  Alma Linux and Ubuntu Linux OS

Last Updated on 3 months by Sachin G

Due to the long End of Life at least until 2029 and 2032 and commitment to supporting as a result AlmaLinux OS 8 & 9 Version respectively is becoming popular in the open-source software community. Now cPanel & WHM also support AlmaLinux OS and Ubuntu LTS. For those adopting the latest iteration of AlmaLinux, cPanel announces support for cPanel & WHM versions 114 and later. This ensures that users leveraging AlmaLinux 9 can enjoy the latest features and optimizations offered by cPanel & WHM. 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.

• Both Operating systems needed a Minimum of 1 GB RAM.
• Minimum Both OS Needed 20 GB Storage.
• Both Supporting 64-bit Architecture.
• In using an Antivirus Scanner, a Strongly recommended minimum of 3 GB RAM.

Others Basic Requirements

• The 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 

# yum -y install perl  

# yum -y install curl  

# 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

# 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 .

Sachin G

I am a professional freelance contributor and the founder of Tech Transit. I hold certifications in Linux, Ansible, and OpenShift from Red Hat, as well as CPanel and ITIL certifications. With a passion for education, culture, and community, I love writing and sharing knowledge. Since 2009, I’ve been actively using, setting up, supporting, and maintaining Linux systems. Linux truly rocks!

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