How to install zPanel on CentOS 6

It is important that you are installing zPanel on a FRESH install of CentOS 6.x. If you have already installed software, please reinstall the OS before running the zPanel installation program.

 

 

If you are running the installation in a Cloud environment, it is recommended to create a snapshot of the fresh OS before beginning the installation.

Create a Snapshot

Stop The Instance

Locate the instance you wish to install zPanel on and click “Stop”. Confirm you are on the correct instance when prompted.

Create the Snapshot

Click the Snapshot button.
When prompted enter a title for the snapshot. In this example we used “Fresh Install”
Click [Create Snapshot] After a few moments, the dialog window will disappear and the words “Backing Up” will appear under the Snapshot Status column. Depending on the size of your instance, this process may take a minute to much longer to complete.
Once the snapshot has been created, the words “Backed Up” will appear in the Snapshot Status column.
[createsnapshot4]

Restart the Instance

Click the [Start] button. The word “Starting” will be displayed in the “Status” column.
Once the reboot has completed, “Running” will appear under the Status column.

Install zPanel

Console the instance

Click the [>_Console] button. After a few moments, the Console screen will appear.

Log Into the server

At the login prompt, type “root” and [Enter] Next enter the root password you were provided when the instance was created, followed by [Enter].
**For security, no characters will be displayed on the screen while you enter your password**
Once you have successfully logged in, you will be at the Linux root prompt, which is designated by the ‘#’ symbol.

Update your system

Run the following command:

yum -y update

This process updates all of the software included with your Operating System and may take several minutes to complete.
Once it has finished, it will display the word “Complete!” followed by the root command prompt.

Complete!
[root@cloud01 ~]# _

Download the installation program

Enter the following command.

wget https://raw.github.com/zpanel/installers/master/install/CentOS-6_4/10_1_1.sh

Make the script executable

Before you can run the installation program, you have to allow the program to be executed. To do this, run the following command:

chmod +x 10_1_1.sh

Run the Installation

Start the installation by entering the following command

./10_1_1.sh

Welcome Screen

After the display screen, you will be prompted to continue. Press y [Enter]

Would you like to continue (y/n)? y Enter

Select Timezone Continent

Select the continent or geographical location you would like to use for the server’s timezone by entering the corresponding number, then press Enter.

#? 2 Enter

Select Country

Select the country by entering the corresponding number, then press [Enter]

#? 49 Enter

Select Timezone

Enter the desired timezone, then press Enter.

#? 11 Enter

Confirm Timezone

The program will display the options you have chosen. If these are correct, type 1 Enter. If you need to make changes, type 2 Enter to re-enter the values.

You can make this change permanent for yourself by appending the line
TZ=’America/Chicago’; export TZ

Press Enter

zPanel Domain

If you have not purchased a dedicated domain for your zPanel installtion, you can use a subdomain of your website domain. We recommend zpanel.domain.com, replacing “domain.com” with your actual domain.

FQDN  for zpanel: zpanel.domain.com

Public IP

Verify the software is displaying the public IP for your server. If not, manually enter it here and press [Enter]

Enter the public (external) server IP: 123.456.78.9  Enter

Install required packages

Now that the configuration has been completed, continue the installation by pressing y [Enter] Zpanel is now ready to perform the installation. Are you ready (y/n) y Enter

The installation program will install all of the software required for basic hosting and email (Apache, MySQL, PHP, Postfix, etc.)

Note Password and usernames

After the installation program has installed all of the required software, it will display important passwords and usernames it randomly chose during the installation process.
** if you lose these values, you can always get them from your server by running the following command:

cat /root/passwords.txt

Once it has completed, a restart is required.

Restart your server now to complete the install (y/n)? y Enter