does cPanel installation include apache?

[Grafa]

Do I need to install apache, PHP, and all these stuff separately? or it's included with the cPanel installaion?

 

[sawbuck]

Apache would be part of your Unix/Linux install

 

[Grafa]

and PHP, Perl MySQL and these stuff?

 

[sawbuck]

WHM/cPanel are basically a GUI for what exists on your server.

 

[Grafa]

so first I need to install all the things I want to be on the server and then install cPanel that will use them?

 

[sawbuck]

Yes that is the most logical way although nothing prevents you from adding anything in the future.

 

[Grafa]

lets say I will install cPanel w\o MySQL. How do I add it later? I install the MySQL and how do I get the panel to work with it?

 

[dgbaker]

Umm, sorry to correct here buttt........

When you setup cPanel on a server for the very first time, it will install apache, php, mysql, etc...

These do not have to be there first. Doing the following on a new setup;

cd /home
mkdir cpins
cd cpins
wget layer1.cpanel.net/latest
sh latest


That's it! Now you can start to configure your software and server.

As it says on the install

cPanel requires a fresh/clean server!
If you are serving websites off this server (and are
not already running cPanel) this installer will
overwrite all of your config files.

 

[Grafa]

Thanks a lot!

 

[sawbuck]

Thanks dgbaker. Wasn't entirely sure I had it right.