System Requirements
Installation Guide
Linux
- 266 MHz Processor or better (more processing power is highly recommended)
- 256MB of RAM (1+ GB recommended when hosting many accounts)
- 10GB-2TB disk space (more disk space is necessary to host more domains)
- A fresh install of a distribution listed below
Supported Operating Systems:
i386 Architecture:
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Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® | 2.1, 3, 4, 5 | Recommended! |
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CentOS | 3.x, 4.x, 5.x | Recommended! |
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FedoraTM | Core 5, 6, 7 |
x86-64/amd64 Architecture:
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Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® | 3, 4, 5 | Recommended! |
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CentOS | 4.x, 5.x | Recommended! |
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FedoraTM | 5, 6, 7 |
FreeBSD (recommended for advanced users only)
- 266 MHz Processor or better (more processing power is recommend)
- 256MB of RAM (1 GB recommended when hosting many accounts)
- 10GB-2TB disk space (more disk space is necessary to host more domains)
- A fresh install of the RELEASE branch of a version listed below
i386 Architecture:
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FreeBSD® | 6.0, 6.1, 6.2 |
x86-64/amd64 Architecture:
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FreeBSD® | 6.0, 6.1, 6.2 |
Supported Virtual Environments:
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Linux-VServer |
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User-Mode Linux |
| FreeVPS | |
| ServerXchange® | |
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Virtual IronTM |
| VirtuozzoTM | |
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VMware® Server, ESX Server |
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XenEnterpriseTM, XenExpressTM, XenServerTM |
Operating Systems at EOL
These operating systems are supported by cPanel but no longer receive updates from the vendor. cPanel recommends upgrading to a vendor supported distribution. New installations on these OSes are not supported.
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FedoraTM | Cores 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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Fedora-Legacy (Red Hat®) | 7.3, 9 |
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FreeBSD® | 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.8, 4.10, 5.0, 5.3, 5.4 |
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Mandriva | 7.2, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2 |
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SuSE® | 9.0 |
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Trustix | ES 2.0, 2.2 |
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