In this tutorial we will guide you how to install and set up zPanel on centOS 6 VPS.
If you want a free Control Panel for your VPS which is very easy to use and user friendly, then zPanel is preferable.
In case of resource usage zPanel is very lightweight but it is strongly recommended to have at least 512MB of RAM if you wish to use any control panel with your VPS.
To begin the installation, login to your server via SSH as root.
Now if you already have MySQL and Apache installed on your VPS , try to stop these services.
service httpd stop service mysql stop
Then remove Apache and MySQL service:
yum remove httpd yum remove mysql
Hit Y to confirm the removal.
Now we will download the installer files:
For CentOS 64-bit use:
wget -O installer-10-1-0-centos-64.sh.x <code>https://github.com/zpanel/zpanelx/releases/download/10.1.0_orig/installer-10-1-0-centos-64.sh.x</code>
For CentOS 32-bit use:
wget -O installer-10-1-0-centos-32.sh.x <code>https://github.com/zpanel/zpanelx/releases/download/10.1.0_orig/installer-10-1-0-centos-32.sh.x</code>
Now to make the installer executable, run the following commands:
For CentOS 64-bit:
chmod +x installer-10-1-0-centos-64.sh.x
For CentOS 32-bit:
chmod +x installer-10-1-0-centos-32.sh.x
Now to install the required packages:
yum install ld-linux.so.2 curl
Finally, run this command to start installing zPanel:
For CentOS 64-bit:
./installer-10-1-0-centos-64.sh.x
For CentOS 32-bit:
./installer-10-1-0-centos-32.sh.x
The process should take few minutes and you have to answer few simple questions. So have a cup of tea and wait till it finishes.
At the end of the process you’ll see the generated passwords displayed, write that down. Also, this process requires restarting your server and you’ll automatically be logged out from your server.
Now open up your favorite web browser and access your server by typing its ip address. You’ll now see default zPanel login page. Use zadmin as username and use generated password to login.
That’s all there is to do and it is that simple to install zPanel on your Centos6 VPS.Hopefully that helps and do comment below sharing your thoughts and experiences.