Minimum System Requirements of cPanel & WHM

Before install cPanel & WHM, you must make sure your computer has a minimum system requirements , Or this Software otherwise could not run on your computer and you might have to upgrade the hardware in order to install cPanel & WHM

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Created at : 23 Oct, 2011, Category : Software, , Comments : Be first to Comment »

To see if your PC is ready for cPanel & WHM, Your computer system must have the following minimum requirements for installing :

cPanel & WHM requirements

cPanel provides an intuitive interface to help website owners manage their sites, while WebHost Manager (WHM) automates server management tasks for server administrators. Together, they reduce overhead by simplifying complex tasks and allowing customers to manage their own accounts.

Hardware Requirements

Processor : 266 MHz processor
Memory : 512 MB RAM (1 GB recommended when hosting many accounts)
Disk Space : 10GB hard disk

Compatible Software

Supported Virtual Environments [1] [2]

  • KVM
  • Linux-VServer
  • Microsoft Server® 2008 Hyper-V [3]
  • OpenVZ (stable releases only)
  • Oracle VM VirtualBox, VirtualBox OSE
  • Virtuozzo™
  • VMware® Server, VMware® ESX Server
  • Xen, XenEnterprise™, XenExpress™, XenServer™

Supported Operating Systems

  • (i386 and x86-64 ONLY)
  • 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 [4]
  • CloudLinux 5.x, 6.x [5]

[1] cPanel does not support VPS licenses for the FreeBSD operating system.
[2] cPanel does not support 32-bit Virtual Environments that run on a 64-bit host kernel.
[3] cPanel supports the drivers and configurations provided by Microsoft.
[4] Servers running FreeBSD with cPanel & WHM will not be able to upgrade beyond cPanel & WHM version 11.30. Read our Operating System End of Life Policy for more details.
[5] CloudLinux is not compatible with OpenVZ or Virtuozzo. CloudLinux 6.x is compatible with cPanel & WHM 11.30.4 or later.

Installation Instructions

To install cPanel/WHM on CentOS:

  1. Download a free CentOS DVD ISO. To use this ISO, you must burn the image to a DVD. Then, insert the DVD into the server and turn it on.
  2. Upon its first reboot, the ISO will install cPanel and WHM in the background.
  3. For more details, read our documentation on Installing cPanel and WHM. If you have questions, please contact our sales team.