Creating VM in ESXi 7 .0, installing Centos 7.0 & then Installing cPanel & WHM server.

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Today, we will talk about , “How to create, and configure a virtual machine on vmware esxi version 7.0 we will then install and configure centos 7 and finally we will see how to install cpanel and whm server on the centos 7 inches first with virtual machines item selected on the navigation window of the esxi click the create or register virtual machine button this will open a pop-up window named new virtual machine which navigates through the steps of creating a virtual machine in the first step it asks you to select the creation type with three options select the first one which is create a new virtual machine this option navigates you to create a new virtual machine and to customize processors memory network connections and storage press next button that shows the next step selector name and guest os which ask you to specify a unique name and operating system please note the name of a virtual machine must be unique within each esxi instance and can contain up to 80 characters only identifying the guest operating system here allows the wizard to provide the appropriate defaults for the operating system installation in my case i am selecting esxi 7.0 as compatibility linux as guest os family and centos 7 64-bit as guest os version now press the next button to select storage in the next step in my case i have only data store 1 and that is already selected now i press the next button that shows me the next step customize settings this step allows us to configure virtual machine hardware and virtual machine additional options first select the number of cpus then enter memory either in mb or gb next select hard disk then select thin provision for the hard disk then select usb controller 1 and set it to usb 3.1 then select cd dvd drive and set it to the iso image of centos 7 stored in data store 1. now set scsi controller to lsr logic sas now press next button to complete the last step of reviewing the configuration done for the virtual machine to be created once reviewed please click finish to start creating the virtual machine you may see the status of the task in the recent task window of the vmware esxi at the bottom of the screen now click on the name of the virtual machine just created this opens a detail page of the virtual machine now click on the machine picture to start the process of centos 7 installation then just wait for the automatic boot in a few seconds now as instructed on the top of the screen press enter to start the installation at this point we can see the logs on the screen which tells us the status of the process is being executed but the detailed discussion of each of the processes is beyond the scope of this video if a good number of people really want to know about them i will explain them in a separate video till then i encourage my viewers to explain if they want to do so in the comment section in the next version of the video i will include the correct explanations of all viewers with their names if they want so after a long log on the black screen the welcome screen of the centos 7 appears it first asks to select the language to be used in the installation process after selecting it press the continue button at the bottom left corner of the screen it will show the installation summary page now press the date and time button under the localization section this will show the date and time page and allow you to configure the same configure it and press the done button to go back to the installation summary page now press the installation source button under the software section and press the verify button to verify the auto detected installation media on the installation source page appeared after verification press the done button to go back to the installation summary now press the software selection button and make sure to select the version of operating system you want to install in my case only the minimal version shows and that is selected by default press done button and get back to the installation summary page now press the installation destination button and confirm the destination media you may click the link full disk summary and boot loader to get the pop-up of summary of the selected installation disk press the close button to hide the pop-up now press the done button on the top right corner to get back to the installation summary page now press network and host name button then switch on the ethernet button and then press the configure button to make the ipv4 address static go to the ipv4 settings tab select the manual method and add ipv4 address netmask and gateway then enter dns server ip and finally press the save button this will take you back to the network and host name page now press the done button to come back to the installation summary page now press begin installation button this shows the configuration page press the root password button under the user settings section and configure the root password by entering the password in the given two text boxes then press done button to come back to the configuration page then press user creation button that displays create user page and ask you to enter full name user name select check box if you like to make this user administrator and next check box if you require a password to use this account enter the password twice to confirm the password then press the done button this initiates the post installation setup task after coming back to configuration screen on its completion the reboot button appears press the reboot button to reboot the system now the system reboots and shows a login prompt at this point it is very important to install vmware tools in the guest operating system it is seemingly easy to install vmware tools especially on linux in reality it can take hours to get it installed correctly for the first time here is one line to get your open vmware tools installed on centos s7 the command is yum install hyphen y open hyphen vm hyphen tools after this is done you may not see it running from the vsphere web client to get it running simply reboot the virtual machine by typing reboot command on the command prompt resetting the virtual machine will also do the job notice the above command has been tested on multiple centos 7 minimal install it should also work for earlier version 6. if not working for you please leave a comment this completes the creation of a virtual machine on esxi 7.0 with centos 7 installation now we will see how to install the cpanel and whm server on centos 7 minimal version first we need to update all packages in the centos 7 by running the yum update command as a root user yum update after a successful update of all the packages we will install screen by the command yum hyphen y install screen screen also known as linux screen is a terminal application developed by the new project often official documentation calls it a new screen and is used for terminal multiplexing in other words screen divides a physical terminal into multiple virtual sessions stops and summarizes the activity and then screen works like this if you work on a terminal session while using screen once you're finished with your work and turn off the computer it will save at that point when the terminal is reaccessed the terminal will return to the very same screen you worked on before shutting down it is really important especially if you work as a server administrator it's a really handy tool that can greatly improve your overall workflow after a successful installation of linux screen we will install perl by the command yum hyphen y install perl perl is a general purpose programming language originally developed for text manipulation and now used for a wide range of tasks including system administration web development network programming gui development and more after perl installation we will move on to download the cpanel installation setup directly from the cpanel download site by first giving the curl command curl space hyphen o space latest space hyphen l space https secure doorways panelnet latest c url pronounced curl is a computer software project providing a library lib curl and command line tool curl for transferring data using various network protocols the name stands for client url hyphen o or hyphen hyphen output space file name writes to file instead of stout and hyphen l or hyphen hyphen location follows redirects here curl command is used to transfer installation script from the cpanel server location at https colon slash slash secured open loads dot cpanel dot net slash latest to a file named latest in our server now run the installation script in latest file by giving the command sh latest here shell command is used to invoke scripts within the latest file look we got an error let's see what it is it says your host name localhost dot local domain is invalid and must be set to a fully qualified domain name before installing cpanel a fully qualified domain name must contain two dots and consists of two parts the host name and domain name you can update your host name by running host name your hostname example.com then re-running the installer at this point just check your host name by the command host name it displays localhost dot local domain which is obviously not a fully qualified domain name now set the hostname to a fully qualified domain name by giving the command hostname ctl space set hyphen house name space server dot tomtom dot today and then recheck it by the command host name now it shows the correct host name now rerun the installation script within the latest file by shl command now we get another error this says network manager is installed and running or configured to start up cpanel does not support network manager enabled systems the installations cannot proceed c https colon slash slash go dot cpanel dot net slash disable nm for more information on disabling network manager now to disable the network manager run the commands system ctl space stop network manager dot service and system ctl space disable network manager dot service now rerun the command sh latest wow it starts installing the cpanel the installation may take a few minutes while the installation is going on let us review some important features of cpanel cpanel is a web hosting control panel software that facilitates the management of a web hosting server developed by an american corporation named cpanel llc the software provides a graphical user interface gui and automation tools designed to simplify the process of hosting a website to the website owner or to the end user we can categorize its features into its two interfaces cpanel and whm the cpanel interface allows your customers to do a multitude of things to manage their sites intranets and keep their online properties running smoothly for example publishing websites cpanel interface allows your customers to choose from the most popular site builders to launch their web presence or give them the resources to build and monitor their own websites from the ground up creating emails and calendars cpanel gives your customers the ability to stay connected with the powerful email and calendar capabilities baked into cpanel and whm with cpanel software they can launch new email accounts create shared calendars and enjoy various levels of spam protection backup transfer and manage files cpanel securely allows your customers to backup and transfer all web files from within the cpanel interface or allow your customers to use the ftp controls manage domains cpanel offers your tech savvy site owners the power to manage their network of domains create aliases add or remove so domains manage dns zones and direct site visitors around any of your web properties launch databases cpanel provides customers with the power to design custom databases using mysql wizard p hp my admin and various other tools the web host manager whm interface has been tailor-made for hosting providers to get the most out of their machines so they can offer the most to their customers for examples migrate new customers with these whm transfer cpanel accounts from remote servers with no hassle migrations are simple cpanel technical support team can navigate the process for you customize and brand your service whm lets your customers use a dashboard that's perfectly fitted to your brand customized styling and notifications to deliver the power of cpanel with the feel of your company view analyze and diagnose server stats understand everything that is going on with your machine with our advanced server monitor tools view how resources are being utilized and get actionable insights on potential issues happening on your network create cpanel accounts and hosting packages launch e-panel user accounts and create custom hosting packages for your customers choose the services you want to provide create pricing tiers and scale your hosting business spawn cpanel user accounts create pricing packages offer special reseller hosting terminate and suspend accounts protect your machines and your customers with all of the security tools baked into cpanel and whm blacklist or whitelist individual ips or entire regions and countries deploy ssl certificates to sites across your server network encrypt all outbound messages offer multi-factor authentication to customers great the cpanel and whm installation is done now now we will open it in our favorite browser with either the local ip or the public ip with two zero eight seven port in my case i am opening it with my public ip https colon slash slash 117 dot 247 dot 71 dot 164 colon 2087 you may encounter a warning here don't worry just click advanced button and then click proceed to unsafe button here in the next moment a login screen appears i am entering here with my root user credential which was set while installing centos 7. next you will be presented the terms of agreement you have to press the agree to all button at the bottom of the screen to proceed further next you will be asked to enter your email address where you will be contacted for status and error notification from your server you may also enter the name servers here or leave the default ones you may also view the privacy policy by clicking the link just below the email address text field and download it if you wish now click the finish button to go to the home page of whm now click the yellow notification which will start rebooting your server to apply kernel and software updates refresh your browser after a few moments and you will be able to see the home page of whm again this completes the installation of cpanel and whm server you

Channel: OplTec

Views: 184

Keywords: VMWare, Vsphere, Virtual Machine, Centos, cPanel, WHM, Web Server, Installation, Configurattion, Creation, Datacenter, ESXi, ESXI 7.0, OPLTEC, OPLTEC.com

Id: K9uEvXSs76A

Length: 19min 48sec (1188 seconds)

Published: Wed Aug 26 2020