i already have an account on Digital Ocean and i later find out that cpanel can work on Digital Ocean which will make it easier for me to manage.
Please how can i install cPanel on my existing droplet?
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Hi there,
The recommended way of installing cPanel is directly on a brand new server, otherwise, you risk breaking your existing one.
What I could suggest here is to create a new cPanel server using this 1-Click installation option here:
https://marketplace.digitalocean.com/apps/cpanel-whm
And then once the server is up and running you can transfer your existing website from the old server to the new one.
After that, once you’ve fully tested your site on the new cPanel server, you can change your DNS to point to the new server and shut down the old one.
That way you will minimize your downtime.
Hope that this helps. Best, Bobby
Hello, @babsajy
You can manually install cPanel on a CentOS droplet, but you will need to sort out the license manually as the price for the droplet does not include the cPanel license and you’ll need to purchase it directly through cPanel.
https://store.cpanel.net/view/cpanel/license-options?type=VPS
We have an existing tutorial on how to install cPanel/WHM on CentOS 6. If your CentOS version is newer you can still follow the listed steps in the tutorial as the process is not different from installing it on CentOS 6, the same rules apply to CentOS 7. You can check the tutorial here: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-cpanel-on-a-virtual-server-running-centos-6
To install cPanel & WHM on your server, run the following command:
- cd /home && curl -o latest -L https://securedownloads.cpanel.net/latest && sh latest
You can also check the official cPanel docs:
https://docs.cpanel.net/installation-guide/install/
As per Bobby’s reply, it is recommended to install cPanel on a blank server to prevent any issues with the existing software on your current server.
Regards, Alex
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