Install Configure cPanel and WHM in Azure

cPanel is an online Linux-based web hosting control panel that provides a graphical interface and automation tools designed to simplify the process of hosting a web site. cPanel utilizes a three-tier structure that provides capabilities for administrators, resellers, and end-user website owners to control the various aspects of website and server administration through a standard web browser.

In this article I will describe how to install  and configure Cpanal/WHM in your Azure environment. I will use Centos 7.4 server to host CPanal/WHM

Installation Requirements

• Create Azure VM with standard D2s V3 (2 vcpu ,  8 GB memory)
• Azure public IP
• A clean fresh minimal installation of CentOS 7.4 server.  
• DNS name setup for Azure VM

Before we proceed to the installation section, you must note these to important points:

• Once you have installed cPanel/WHM, it can’t be removed from your system. You will have to reinstall your the operating system to remove it.
• cPanel is commercial software and requires a licence to work, however, there is a 15 day trial (which is automatically activated once you install cPanel), you can install your software using the trial then purchase the software later.

Azure VM installed CentOS 7.4

configure public IP address for the Azure VM

set added hostname in to Centos server
hostnamectl set-hostname webxxxxxx.westus2.cloudapp.azure.com

to set the hostname in azure VM you should reset root password first

passwd root

>> enter new root password

yum install perl

yum install curl

# curl -o latest -L https://securedownloads.cpanel.net/latest

To run cpanal installation you should disable Network Manager

systemctl stop NetworkManager.service

systemctl disable NetworkManager.service

Change to the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts directory.

Open the ifcfg-eth0 and ifcfg-lo files with your preferred text editor and, if they exist, set the following keys' values:

NM_CONTROLLED=no

ONBOOT=yes

Now restart the network

systemctl restart Network.service

run the cpanal installation

sh latest

Installation Start

Before you configure your server, ensure that your firewall allows access on port 2087.

After ensuring that your firewall allows access on port 2087, you can configure your server.

Add firewall rules in Azure Application Security Group

login using root credentials

Finally you can see CPanal dashboard