February 10, 2012 Jamison
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Sometimes everyone needs a change from one platform to another and needing a change from one hosting panel to cPanel is not much different. There are times when we need to transition from legacy systems that have limited functionality and replace them with a platform that is more stable and robust. The migration from your existing panel to cPanel will provide your clients with new features and functionality.
However, before migrating from one panel to cPanel, there are a few things that you should be prepared before beginning the migration process, and during. You should also be prepared to correct any potential issues that may arise as part of this migration process. There are cases that certain issues do not present themselves until the process is ongoing. The best advice is to do it properly the first time in order to avoid any other potential issues later.
Before beginning the migration, the following requirements must be in place before the migration can proceed.
- New Installation of cPanel without existing accounts
- A valid cPanel license
- Root access to the server from which you are transferring the accounts (i.e., the remote server)
- Your cPanel server must be running the latest CURRENT release of cPanel and WHM
- The MySQL version on your remote server should be at least 4.1
- The Perl version on your remote server should be at least 5.6.2
If you server set up meets these pre-requisites, then an in-depth analysis of your system will need to be performed. This process tests for items such as software compatibility, and how your server utilizes its resources. During each step of the migration, consistent testing will occur in order to validate the transfer.
Once the migration is complete, your server will be running the most recent cPanel and WHM license.
February 3, 2012 Jamison
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Whether you are installing cPanel/WHM from a new server or from an existing server, you need to purchase a cPanel and WHM license for the IP address of your server.
If you are installing cPanel and WHM onto a new server, you must install your operating system before you can begin installing cPanel/WHM. For an existing server, simply follow the next set of installation steps.
Once you have your cPanel and WHM license you are ready to install the software. The first step is to open your home directory by typing the command cd / home. cPanel and WHM must be downloaded from the servers by using the wget command. You should have the complete address of the download server as provided by your sales rep.
After the download completes, you will then type the command sh latest. This opens the installation files and executes them. During the installation, the cPanel and WHM license will be verified. If the license check fails, simply follow the instructions that your sales rep provided to manually complete the process.
By default, the cPanel and WHM installation also installs the latest Apache and PHP versions. Once installation is complete, you can customize your configuration with EasyApache, which is included with WHM.
If you are installing cPanel and WHM on DNSONLY, you follow the same instructions as indicated above, with the exception of you include DNSONLY in the wget and sh latest commands per the instructions from your customer representative.
Upon completing the cPanel and WHM installation, you are then ready to log into the WHM. You do this by entering https://$IP:2087 into your web browser. This is similar fashion as when logging into a cPanel account. You will be prompted to enter a Name. In this field, enter the word root. Then enter your password in the password field. Then click log in.
You are now ready to setup your server using WHM!
February 3, 2012 Jamison
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You have read all of the product literature, and what seems to be an almost endless train of reviews about cPanel, and you are ready to purchase a cPanel license so you can install the software on your server. Now what do you do? You have read the purchase information in the online store at BuycPanel.com and you now ask which license you purchase. Perhaps a better question for you to ask is how you intend to use your servers.
cPanel is licensed for different environments – virtual and dedicated. There is no difference in the cPanel functionality between either setup. In each environment, cPanel is licensed for each account that is set up on your server. It should be noted, however, that a license for a virtual server will only work on a virtual server, and a license for a dedicated server will only work on a dedicated server. You cannot interchange the two license types.
In addition, even though one cPanel license covers all of your accounts on one server, you cannot use the same cPanel license on multiple servers. One cPanel license only covers one server. Therefore, if you have two servers that you want to install cPanel on, you must purchase two licenses. One server cannot include both a virtual and a dedicated environment. Each cPanel license is intended for use on only one environment.
Once cPanel is installed and verified on one server with one environment, the license does include any type of account on that server, and includes unlimited IP’s on that server.
When you order your cPanel license from BuycPanel.com, your license will be activated instantly and will be ready for you to install on your server. If you still have questions about purchasing your cPanel license from BuycPanel.com, please contact us via email, or by Live Chat. We will be more than happy to answer any questions you may have about purchasing a cPanel license.
February 1, 2012 Jamison
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One of the most difficult parts of being a web host is in being responsive to sudden spikes due to a resource overload from one account on your server. These spikes appear like lightening out of nowhere, and if left unchecked can shut down your server and cause your clients to contact your support desk in great numbers and could overload that too. Most virtual environments are capable of handling small spikes of short duration. However, in today’s competitive environment, you cannot afford to risk having one single account shut down your entire server. This is why you need to look for answers before something goes wrong.
CloudLinux could possibly be the answer you are seeking! It was designed specifically with the needs of the web host in mind, and functions in the types of high-demand situations as were previously mentioned.
CloudLinux isolates each tenant on the server. What this means to you is that if one tenant creates a sudden resource demand on your server that could potentially exceed its capacity, CloudLinux isolates that resource spike to the tenant that it originates. This leaves the rest of the tenants on your server running as if nothing is happening. Which in reality, it is not happening on their part of the server.
Another feature that CloudLinux includes is called SecureLVE. This feature further isolates the tenants in that they are no longer able to see each other’s file systems. This not only improves privacy, it increases the security of your servers. Since hackers cannot see the adjacent file system, they are unable to formulate an attack.
CloudLinux is capable of operating on shared hosting environments or datacenters. This flexibility allows you to focus more on running your hosting environment than on monitoring for these unanticipated resource spikes. The only tenant these clients will affect will be their own space. Leaving you worry free!
January 27, 2012 Jamison
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Since 1997, cPanel has provided web hosts with a stable and affordable interface for their clients. As part of the company’s commitment to its customers, cPanel integrates with a variety of operating systems (OS). This flexibility allows cPanel’s customers to operate the servers and operating systems that suit their own personal and specific needs. This further allows these web hosts to provide their own clients with perhaps the best point-and-click hosting solution available – cPanel.
cPanel supports the following operating systems:
- CentOS versions 4.x, 5.x, 6.x
- Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® versions 4.x, 5.x, 6.x
- FreeBSD®-RELEASE versions 7.3, 7.4, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2
- CloudLinux 5.x, 6.x
In addition, cPanel also supports the following virtual environments:
- KVM
- Linux-VServer
- Microsoft Server® 2008 Hyper-V
- OpenVZ (stable releases only)
- Oracle VM VirtualBox, VirtualBox OSE
- Virtuozzo™
- VMware® Server, VMware® ESX Server
- Xen, XenEnterprise™, XenExpress™, XenServer™
Many of us have our own preference that normally determines which operating system we use on our servers. These preferences are often the result of our own experiences and bias’. However, the tried and proven operating system for many server uses is based on the Linux kernel. This is easy to see from the operating system list above. The exception to this is in FreeBSD, which is a separate OS.
The supported virtual environments that cPanel supports includes several OSs, with many of them being non-Linux environments. This shows a great deal of flexibility for cPanel.
While there are many variables to consider when selecting which OS to use with your servers, reliability, security, and scalability, are some important factors to consider. It is also worthy of a mention at this point that it is beyond the scope for us to recommend a particular OS for your environment. This is a decision that must be made to fit your particular situation.
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