Basic Virtual Private Server configuration does not have any proper application control manager used for shared hosting products and services. This enables the VPS to be managed either with or without the application of the Control Manager, to use these applications, VPS users must perform the applications installation process first. Some applications that can be used as the Control Manager on the VPS that is, the application WHM / cPanel, Webmin, ISP Config, and so forth.
The majority of hosting users are more familiar with or prefer to use WHM / cPanel. This is due to the easiness and completeness of its features to be used as an application Control Manager. On the VPS, this application installation must be done first, with a few things to note are as follows.
Support OS features.
Note that for WHM / cPanel can only be installed with a specific OS support, such as CentOS and Debian. For that, make sure that when the order is made you have selected your OS option, which is applied to the use cPanel, for example, in this case, the OS option "-cpanel CentOS 5 (32 bit)". If your OS yet or were not designed with the use cpanel, here are the steps - steps to re-install the OS on your VPS.
- Visit your VPS Control Panel on the following link URL, http://vps.imediabiz.com:5353/login.php.
- Login with your username and password have been informed to you via email.
- On the home page or home page of your VPS Control Panel, select or click the hostname of your VPS will be re-install the OS.
- On your VPS hostname management page, select the menu "Re-install the OS"
- For applications using WHM / cPanel, select "CentOS 5-32 Bit - cPanel", then click Reinstall,
- Reinstall the OS that made the process will last 2-4 hours. This is marked with a status of offline in detail VPS hostname is and will change its status back to online after OS reinstall process has been completed. To determine if your VPS is back online and reinstall the OS has been successfully conducted, can be done through command prompt by typing "ping hostname" (without quotation marks). Indications VPS hostname you get back online is by appointment of the appropriate IP address with that contained in the Control Panel of your VPS.
Note: Please check if your license is active http://www.cpanel.net/apps/verify/
Troubleshooting: If your license lists as active and you see this error when trying to access cPanel or WHM: License File Expired. Follow these steps:
- Make sure running this command as root on the server gives the IP that you expect: lynx -dump http://www.cpanel.net/showip.cgi.
- Run the following as root on the server: /usr/local/cpanel/cpkeyclt.
- If you are still having troubles, please Open a Support Request.
Initial Setup WHM
After the OS on your VPS has been set for WHM/cPanel support. The next step are WHM Setup/Installation. For guideance on WHM initial setup, please visit the WHM/cPanel official documentation related to WHM Setup on this link,http://docs.cpanel.net/twiki/bin/view/AllDocumentation/WHMDocs/WHMInitialSetup .
From WHM you are allowed to create an account to be hosted on your VPS Server, including your primary or main domain for your main hosting or main website. Please take a note, every account hosted trhough your VPS WHM will be provided with cPanel for each account.
cPanel Guideance
For your knowledge on troubleshooting, optimization and utilize your cPanel, it necessary to used a refference fromofficial cPanel documentation on this link,http://docs.cpanel.net/twiki/bin/view/AllDocumentation/CpanelDocs/WebHome