Installation

Earth First Web Hosting Manager uses comprehensive installers that take most of the effort out of installing the complex Earth First Web Hosting Manager software package. You will need the following to install Earth First Web Hosting Manager:

• RedHat Linux 6.2 (SERVER INSTALL) or newer (RedHat 7.0 is not supported due to compiler bugs) OR

• Mandrake Linux 7.2 (SERVER INSTALL) or newer

• A CPanel license (CPanel/Earth First Web Hosting Manager will not run without a license file). You can obtain a license from an authorized cpanel.net distributor or a test license by mailing beta@cpanel.net. For a list of distributors, please see http://www.cpanel.net/

We recommend the following partition scheme:

• /boot 35 Meg

• /usr 2048+ Meg (If you have a 60 gig drive try 4096 for /usr, 5000 if you have an 80 gig drive, etc.)

• /var 1500+ Meg

• /tmp 1024 Meg

• / 1024 Meg

• /home grow to fill disk

• swap 2x memory size

Minimum CPU/RAM/HD:

• P266

• 256 Meg of ram

• 4 Gig of space

To install Earth First Web Hosting Manager

1. Make sure you are logged in as root.

2. # cd /home

3. # wget http://layer1.cpanel.net/lastest

   Note: For FreeBSD, you need to download and untar the latest installer package from http://www.cpanel.net/.

4. # sh lastest

5. The installer has now started, and will take between 10 and 70 minutes depending on your machine. If you are asked any questions just press enter, or q if there is no default. After the install completes, you need to setup Earth First Web Hosting Manager - refer to Logging on for the first time for more information.

Topics:

Logging on for the first time
Logging on
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