cPanel Installer Script...

[whodat]

Just a quick update..

I have the latest version of cpanel running flawlessly on Fedora Core 5. It's been running now for at least 18 hours and I've set up sites, reseller accounts, scripts ect and there have been no issues.

If you choose to install cpanel on a Fedora Core 5 VPS, once you have installed cpanel via the online docs, you will need to login to the shell of your vps account and create the /etc/named.conf for bind. This is the only thing that was not created during the install. Then simply cd /scripts and type ./fixeverything Reboot your vps and all is well.

Chris

[matta]

The problem is that Fedora has releases very frequently. Who wants to upgrade their distro every 6 months? CentOS is RedHat Enterprise rebuild and has a shelf life of 8 years at the very minimum.

[whodat]

I wasn't making these posts to debate which OS is better. I would prefer to simply run RedHat 9 as millions of web sites and dedicated servers run that free version.

CentOS may be a good OS, but it's not supported by RedHat. It's open source with many developers so it also can't be 100% bug free. But on the other hand, Tektonic no longer supports cPanel on the VPS Accounts as far as I've seen. Not even on CentOS...

It's that reason that I have tried to make posts so that those interested in cpanel can get ideas on getting it installed.

As far as OS updates. It's mentioned all over the web that VPS users should not update an OS using Yum or any other method since we don't have access to vzctl or vzcache ect. Upgrading the default OS can cause problems in Virtuozzo and HspComplete because it can screw up the monitoring process for memory, hd space ect, as well as quota usage.

[matta]

Originally Posted by whodat

CentOS may be a good OS, but it's not supported by RedHat. It's open source with many developers so it also can't be 100% bug free. But on the other hand, Tektonic no longer supports cPanel on the VPS Accounts as far as I've seen. Not even on CentOS...

We don't offer it on managed plans, we'll still sell licenses as an add-on for un-managed plans. I just don't want there to be any confusion about that. We run CentOS/cPanel on hundreds of managed Virtuozzo VPS's -- the switch to Plesk-only was only made very recently (and cPanel WILL come back when we get automated license provisioning + installation completed).

[whodat]

Hello All,

If you are going to run cpanel with Fedora Core 5 or 6 and you want to run the apache update to rebuild for use with php 5 with additional modules, you will need this yum.conf.. /etc/yum.conf

[main]
exclude=apache* courier* exim* httpd* mod_ssl* mysql* perl* php* proftpd* pure-ftpd* spamassassin* squirrelmail*
cachedir=/var/cache/yum
debuglevel=2
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
pkgpolicy=newest
distroverpkg=redhat-release
tolerant=1
exactarch=1
retries=20

[base]
name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Base
baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/$releasever/$basearch/os/

[updates-released]
name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Released Updates
baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/$releasever/$basearch/

#[updates-testing]
#name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Unreleased Updates
#baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/testing/$releasever/$basearch/

#[development]
#name=Fedora Core $releasever - Development Tree
#baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/development/$basearch/

To build newer versions of Apache such as 2x, here is some information for doing that.

http://www.cpanel.net/support/docs/easyapache.htm

Chris

[Scott]

Originally Posted by whodat

Hello all,

Since I prefer cpanel over plesk as I know what a lot of other people do to because of cpanel's popularity. I think I have a simple install system going.

Requirements: VPS with CentOS 4 Plain

You do not need to select any additional packages when ordering your vps. It needs to be Plain...

1. Log in to your shell account.
2. I created a temp directory..
3. cd temp
4. vi cpanel.sh

Copy and paste the shell script below into cpanel.sh

5. Make you sure input the correct resolver IP's.. The ones below are for the colo4dallas datacenter if I am correct. They worked for me anyway..

6. Hit ESC, then type :wq and hit enter..
7. chmod 775 cpanel.sh
8. type ./cpanel.sh and hit enter..

You will grab all of the needed files off of my vps account that runs one of my sites. I will post an update as I will be moving the files to another account and domain soon. I will update everyone on those changes..

Sit back and wait for cpanel to be installed..

Cheers,
Chris

#!/bin/sh
# Cpanel VDS Installation script

# Set up the resolvers
echo "nameserver 209.51.143.76" > /etc/resolv.conf
echo "nameserver 66.150.227.15" >> /etc/resolv.conf


# Install necessary yum RPMS
for i in \
    centos-yumconf-4-4.5.noarch.rpm \
    python-elementtree-1.2.6-4.2.1.i386.rpm \
    sqlite-3.3.3-1.2.i386.rpm \
    python-sqlite-1.1.7-1.2.i386.rpm \
    python-urlgrabber-2.9.8-2.noarch.rpm \
    yum-2.4.3-1.c4.noarch.rpm
do
    wget -q http://mirror.seomagnet.com/$i ;

    if [ ! -e "$i" ] ; then
        echo "NOT FOUND: $i - exiting";
        exit;
    fi

    rpm -Uvh $i ;
done

# Set up our own repo
rm -rf /etc/yum.repos.d/*
wget -q http://mirror.seomagnet.com/centos.repo
mv centos.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/centos-cpanel.repo


# Install the Perl v5.88 installer from cpanel
cd /root
wget -q http://layer1.cpanel.net/perl588installer.tar.gz

if [ ! -f "perl588installer.tar.gz" ] ; then
    echo "Could not locate perl588installer.tar.gz, exiting"
    exit
fi

tar zxvf perl588installer.tar.gz
cd perl588installer
./install
/scripts/updatenow --fromupcp

# Install cpanel
mkdir /home/cpins
cd /home/cpins

wget -q http://layer1.cpanel.net/latest

if [ ! -f "latest" ] ; then
    echo "Could not find latest, exiting"
    exit
fi

echo "CPANEL=stable" > /etc/cpupdate.conf
sh latest


# Update cpanel license
/usr/local/cpanel/cpkeyclt

Awesome, thanks for this