Custom partitions with cPanel CentOS ISO?

[shenzy]

Hello,
I download the Centos Cpanel iso, but the install is "very" automatic, and I want use specifics partitions.
Is there any way to make that step (partitioning) manually?

 

[24x7server]

Re: Custom partitions with Canel Centos ISO?

Which partitions you want to setup on your server ? Also let me know following command out of your server

df -h

 

[shenzy]

Re: Custom partitions with Canel Centos ISO?

Hello, my last server was installed with a centos minimal iso, and cpanel install via line command (wget).. and this partitions:
(Server with 2 Disk of 1TB in Raid 1 (sda) and other Disk of 1TB for Backups (sdb), with a HP Smart Array P420/1GB controller)

Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda2 296G 25G 256G 9% /
tmpfs 7,8G 0 7,8G 0% /dev/shm
/dev/sda1 339M 52M 271M 16% /boot
/dev/sdb1 917G 388G 484G 45% /hdd2
/dev/sda6 610G 211G 369G 37% /home
/dev/sda5 4,0G 145M 3,6G 4% /tmp

This server works fine, and the new server is identical.
¿Will there be any benefit to using the ISO downloaded from cpanel, compared to using the Minimal Centos ISO?

 

[cPanelMichael]

Re: Custom partitions with Canel Centos ISO?

Will there be any benefit to using the ISO downloaded from cpanel, compared to using the Minimal Centos ISO?

I recommend installing CentOS manually and configuring your advanced partition scheme. You can then install cPanel using the instructions at:

cPanel - Installation Guide

Thank you.

 

[shenzy]

Re: Custom partitions with Canel Centos ISO?

I recommend installing CentOS manually and configuring your advanced partition scheme. You can then install cPanel using the instructions at:

cPanel - Installation Guide

Thank you.

Thanks Michael!
I'll do it the way you indicate.

 

[StelarBlack]

Hi,

What is so called best practice with partitioning hard disk for cPanel/WHM CentOS instalations? Only two partitions swap and / (ext3), or should I create additional partitions for /boot, /tmp and /var? What about LVM, if I decide to add more disk space later? Thanks in advance.

 

[Infopro]

Have you looked at the docs cPanelMichael posted just above you? After reviewing that you might be interested in reviewing these docs as well:
Recommended partitions - cPanel Documentation

 

[StelarBlack]

@Infopro, thank you,

I have studied all of installation guides, but I 've seen many partition layouts, so I am a little bit confused, especially in installing cPanel/WHM on virtual host, where LVM is must, if you host many VPS.

 

[cPanelMichael]

I suggest using the recommended partition scheme if possible:

Recommended partitions - cPanel Documentation

Thank you.

 

[Telematica_at]

Hello,

I also want to know something about the current recommended partition setup, but the links don't work anymore.
I want to do a clean 11.52 install on a VMWare VPS with CentOS 7 and upgrade it then to CloudLinux.
It should be a new reselling Setup.

I was thinking about this partition scheme:

1x SWAP = 4 GB
1x OS / = 20 GB
1x SQL /var = 10GB
1x Userdata /home = 10 GB

is this best practice to be flexible to extend with LVM if i need more diskspace?

Or just do it like this way:
1x SWAP = 4 GB
1x OS / = 40GB+


I was thinking about to exclude the SQL /var to a dedicated partition that I can create a standalone vps for sql. or is this not best practice? better to keep all in one place?

 

[Infopro]

I have updated the links in this thread.

Recommended partitions - cPanel Documentation

 

[Telematica_at]

Hello,

thanks but there is just a notice:

For some servers, additional partitions are beneficial. This is particularly true for servers with high email volume. The OS can only access a limited number of files per partition.

so when is it beneficial by VPS setups?


thanks.

My thinking is the following:

1x SWAP = 4 GB
1x OS = 20 GB
1x Userdata /home = 10 GB (growing if i need more space)

I think if I do the userdata folder /home on a dedicated partition, I would be more flexible, or not?

 

[cPanelMichael]

Or just do it like this way:
1x SWAP = 4 GB
1x OS / = 40GB+

Yes, this partition scheme is better because you won't encounter issues with /var reaching it's disk space limit.

Thank you.