Installation Guides

Configuration and Installation

These documents describe the process of configuring, installing, and troubleshooting cPanel and WHM:

• Quick-Start Installation Guide — This guide explains the process of installing cPanel and WHM.
• Troubleshooting a Recent Installation — This guide suggests a few common fixes if you are experiencing difficulties after installing cPanel and WHM.
• Advanced Options: Pre-Installation Guide — This guide describes configuring cPanel and WHM before installing.
• Configuring Apache Pre-Installation — This guide describes the process of configuring Apache before installing cPanel and WHM.

Additional Software

These documents cover information about how to configure and install additional software on your cPanel/WHM server. This section will grow as we receive feedback about what you, our customer, would like to know. If you have any suggestions, please use the red feedback button on the right-hand side of the page.

• Installing PostgreSQL on Your cPanel/WHM Server — Installing PostgreSQL is not a difficult process, but you should follow the steps listed here in order to ensure that everything is properly configured.
• Installing Ruby — This document explains the Ruby's system requirements and instructions on how to install Ruby in a cPanel environment.

cPanel/WHM Versioning and End of Life Policies

• Operating System End of Life Policy for cPanel/WHM — This document describes how cPanel, Inc. determines when to end support for a specific operating system. This information is useful for determining which operating system you wish to install, and whether to keep it updated.
• cPanel/WHM Versions and the Release Process — This document details how we release and increment versions of cPanel/WHM.