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CWP aims at providing the best possible experience to both sys.admins, as well as end users who need an interface to interact with the server.

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Installation Instructions

Setup Web Hosting platform with CWP

Installation guide

To avoid facing any issues, please make sure to read all of this instructions manual thoroughly prior to the installation process.

Requirements Before the Initialization of Control Web Panel installer

  • We do not provide an uninstaller

    After you install CWP, you must reinstall the server to remove it.

  • We only support static IP addresses.

    We do not support dynamic, sticky, or internal IP addresses.

  • Only install CWP on a freshly installed operating system without any configuration changes

For best performance

...We suggest you to order a VPS or Dedicated servers with our NOC Partners.

Thank you for using and Supporting CWP

You can easily donate to CWP development.

Keep in mind that every donation is spent only on this project.

Quick guide CentOS 8/ Almalinux 8
  1. hostnamectl set-hostname srv.example.com
  2. yum install epel-release -y
  3. yum -y install wget
  4. yum -y update
  5. reboot
  6. cd /usr/local/src
  7. wget http://centos-webpanel.com/cwp-el8-latest
  8. sh cwp-el8-latest

System Requirements

Make sure that you complete the following tasks before you start the installation process:

1. Setup Hostname

This hostname cannot be the same as any domain that is on your server (for example, if example.com is a domain on your server, use hostname.example.com as your fully qualified hostname).

You can use the following command for hostname setup eg. srv1.example.com

hostname srv1.example.com
2. Setup Server IP addresses

Define additional IP address, subnet address, and default gateway IP address for your server — your service provider can provide you with this information.

3. Software Requirements

You must have a clean/fresh installation of supported operating systems:

  • CentOS 7 MINIMAL is recommended version. (RECOMMENDED STABLE)

    The best version to be used with CWP as it provides the most features and CWP Secure Kernel.

  • Alma Linux 8 & 9 MINIMAL or BOOT (RECOMMENDED STABLE/LATEST)

    The best option in 2024 is still the AlmaLinux 8.
    AlmaLinux 9 has some missing features and PHP versions are limited to PHP 7.4 or higher.  *EL9 is in beta stage

  • CWP-CentOS 8 MINIMAL or BOOT Stream-Delayed.

    We have our custom repositories making CentOS 8 Stream a stable version. More Info

  • CentOS 8 & 9 Stream MINIMAL or BOOT

    Direct installation or converted from CentOS 8 Linux. (Recommended) *EL9 is in beta stage

  • Rocky Linux 8 & 9 MINIMAL or BOOT

    Compatible but with possible issues, Recommended is to use CentOS 8 Stream or CentOS 7. *EL9 is in beta stage

  • Oracle Linux 7 & 8 MINIMAL or BOOT

    Compatible but with possible issues, Recommended is to use CentOS 8 Stream or CentOS 7

4. Hardware Requirements

    64 bit operating systems require a MINIMUM of 2GB RAM.

    Recommended System: 4 GB+ RAM so you would have the full functionality such as Anti-virus scan of emails.

    OPTIONAL: You can download CentOS 7/8 Installation here (if your hosting provider doesn’t offer it).

    Thank you for using and Supporting CWP

    You can easily donate to CWP development.

    Keep in mind that every donation is spent only on this project.

    Quick guide CentOS 8/ Almalinux 8
    1. hostnamectl set-hostname srv.example.com
    2. yum install epel-release -y
    3. yum -y install wget
    4. yum -y update
    5. reboot
    6. cd /usr/local/src
    7. wget http://centos-webpanel.com/cwp-el8-latest
    8. sh cwp-el8-latest

    Server Updates

    1. Preparing Server

    Let’s install required packages for CWP installation

    yum -y install wget

    CentOS 8/Stream, Alma Linux and Rocky Linux: may need to install the EPEL repository to be able to install tools like wget:

    yum install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm
    dnf install wget -y
    2. Server Update

    Now we need to update your server to the latest version

    yum -y update
    3. Reboot Server

    Reboot your server so that all updates can take effect.

    reboot

    Thank you for using and Supporting CWP

    You can easily donate to CWP development.

    Keep in mind that every donation is spent only on this project.

    Quick guide CentOS 8/ Almalinux 8
    1. hostnamectl set-hostname srv.example.com
    2. yum install epel-release -y
    3. yum -y install wget
    4. yum -y update
    5. reboot
    6. cd /usr/local/src
    7. wget http://centos-webpanel.com/cwp-el8-latest
    8. sh cwp-el8-latest

    Installation

    Now you are ready to start CWP Installation

    CWP installer can run more than 30 minutes because it needs to compile apache and php from source.

    Installer for CentOS 7
    cd /usr/local/src
    wget http://centos-webpanel.com/cwp-el7-latest
    sh cwp-el7-latest
    Installer for CentOS 8/stream, Alma Linux, and Rocky Linux (recommended)
    cd /usr/local/src
    wget http://centos-webpanel.com/cwp-el8-latest
    sh cwp-el8-latest
    
    Installer for CentOS 9/stream, Alma Linux 9, and Rocky Linux 9 (beta)

    CWP is released for EL9 as a beta, and old PHP versions are removed i.e. only PHP 7.4 to 8.3 are supported.

    cd /usr/local/src
    wget http://centos-webpanel.com/cwp-el9-latest
    sh cwp-el9-latest
    
    Optional Installer Arguments

    Available long name arguments
    –restart yes (for automatic restart after successfull install)
    –phpfpm [5.3|5.4|5.5|5.6|7.0|7.1|7.2|7.3|7.4] (you can use only one)
    –softaculous yes (install softaculous – script installer)

    Available short name arguments
    -r yes (for automatic restart after successfull install)
    -p [5.3|5.4|5.5|5.6|7.0|7.1|7.2|7.3|7.4] (you can use only one)
    -s yes (install softaculous – script installer)

    Example for centos 7 (you can combine short and long name arguments)

    sh cwp-el7-latest -r yes --phpfpm 7.3 --softaculous yes

    Any of this additionals can be also installed later from cwp gui.

    Reboot Server

    Reboot your server so that all updates can take effect and CWP gets started.

    reboot

    Thank you for using and Supporting CWP

    You can easily donate to CWP development.

    Keep in mind that every donation is spent only on this project.

    Quick guide CentOS 8/ Almalinux 8
    1. hostnamectl set-hostname srv.example.com
    2. yum install epel-release -y
    3. yum -y install wget
    4. yum -y update
    5. reboot
    6. cd /usr/local/src
    7. wget http://centos-webpanel.com/cwp-el8-latest
    8. sh cwp-el8-latest
    Supported operating systems:

    CentOS Linux 7/8/9
    Rocky Linux 8/9
    Alma Linux 8/9
    Oracle Linux 7/8/9
    Red Hat Linux 7/8/9

    *EL9 is in beta stage

    Cloud Linux Installer

    You need to have CloudLinux License.

    wget //repo.cloudlinux.com/cloudlinux/sources/cln/cldeploy
    sh cldeploy -k YOUR-KEY
    cd /usr/local/src/
    wget //dl1.centos-webpanel.com/files/c_scripts/cloudlinux.sh
    sh cloudlinux.sh

    After CloudLinux installer is done it will automatically reboot the server!!

    After reboot, you need to build CageFS and enable it
    /usr/sbin/cagefsctl --init
    cagefsctl --enable-all

    Thank you for using and Supporting CWP

    You can easily donate to CWP development.

    Keep in mind that every donation is spent only on this project.

    Quick guide CentOS 8/ Almalinux 8
    1. hostnamectl set-hostname srv.example.com
    2. yum install epel-release -y
    3. yum -y install wget
    4. yum -y update
    5. reboot
    6. cd /usr/local/src
    7. wget http://centos-webpanel.com/cwp-el8-latest
    8. sh cwp-el8-latest

    Configuration

    Log in to your CWP server using the link provided by the installer on your server.

    Control WebPanel Admin GUI at http://SERVER-IP:2030/
    Username: root
    Password: YOUR_ROOT_PASSWORD

    • Setup root email
    • Setup at least one hosting package

      Or edit default package.

    • Setup shared IP

      Must be your public IP address.

    • Setup nameservers

    And now you are ready to host domains.

    For additional configuration instruction, please check our wiki/documentation site:

    Thank you for using and Supporting CWP

    You can easily donate to CWP development.

    Keep in mind that every donation is spent only on this project.

    Quick guide CentOS 8/ Almalinux 8
    1. hostnamectl set-hostname srv.example.com
    2. yum install epel-release -y
    3. yum -y install wget
    4. yum -y update
    5. reboot
    6. cd /usr/local/src
    7. wget http://centos-webpanel.com/cwp-el8-latest
    8. sh cwp-el8-latest