To that effect, we need to provide it with a valid hostname. cPanel is very picky about making sure that server that it is installed on has a Fully Qualified Domain Name.
#Reinstall cpanel whm install#
You can find out more about cPanel pricing hereīefore installing cPanel on our droplet, we need to take two additional steps.įirst we need to make sure that Perl is installed on the server sudo yum install perlĪfter installing perl we need to take one more preliminary step. DigitalOcean does not cover the cost of cPanel. Additionally, cPanel is subject to a licensing fee which may come out to be around $200 a year.Once cPanel is installed, it cannot be removed from the server without a complete server restore.Although the installation for cPanel is relatively simple, the script does take several hours to run. If available, we strongly recommend using a guide written for the version of CentOS you are using.ĬPanel is a convenient application that allows users to administer servers through a GUI interface instead of the traditional command line. This guide might still be useful as a reference, but may not work on other CentOS releases. For this reason, this guide is no longer maintained. Reason: CentOS 6 reached end of life (EOL) on November 30th, 2020 and no longer receives security patches or updates. If you are currently operating a server running CentOS 6, we highly recommend upgrading or migrating to a supported version of CentOS. This article covers a version of CentOS that is no longer supported.