Fresh install on CloudLinux 7.3 and latest cPanel

[Paul Adair]

First off, I have a lot of experience with Ubuntu/Lunix and have managed systems manually for many years. Generally, I know my way around linux and configuration etc.

I'm looking at setting up a new virtual server and deploying CloudLinux with cPanel so clients can manage their websites themselves or use alternate developers looking for cPanel interface.

Host is licensed VMware 6.0. I've created a vm with 4cpu, 8GB and 500GB disk. I've downloaded the latest CloudLinux 7.3 and did a very basic install (tried as a CentOS 7 and RHEL 7) selecting only the web host option and setup root/user accounts. After install was complete only modifications I made were to set a static IP, set the hostname and DNS servers in resolv.conf. After that I followed this step in the cPanel install guide.

"cd /home && curl -o latest -L https://securedownloads.cpanel.net/latest && sh latest"

Error received 6 times then fails is this.

2017-03-14 15:49:17  249 (DEBUG):   - ssystem [END]
2017-03-14 15:49:17  249 (DEBUG):   - ssystem [BEGIN]: /usr/bin/yum -y install kernel-headers
2017-03-14 15:49:18  249 (DEBUG):     Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks
2017-03-14 15:49:18  249 (DEBUG):     Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
2017-03-14 15:49:18  249 (DEBUG):     There are no enabled repos.
2017-03-14 15:49:18  249 (DEBUG):      Run "yum repolist all" to see the repos you have.
2017-03-14 15:49:18  249 (DEBUG):      To enable Red Hat Subscription Management repositories:
2017-03-14 15:49:18  249 (DEBUG):          subscription-manager repos --enable <repo>
2017-03-14 15:49:18  249 (DEBUG):      To enable custom repositories:
2017-03-14 15:49:18  249 (DEBUG):          yum-config-manager --enable <repo>
2017-03-14 15:49:18  249 (ERROR):   - ssystem [EXIT_CODE] '/usr/bin/yum' exited with 1 (ignored)
2017-03-14 15:49:18  249 (DEBUG):   - ssystem [END]
2017-03-14 15:49:18  253 (FATAL): yum failed 6 times. The installation process cannot continue.
Removing /root/installer.lock.
[root@web2 home]#

I know much more about 'apt-get' than yum but I did some poking around and found /etc/yum.repos.d and the cloudlinux.repo file. All of the repos had "enabled=0" in them. I set them to "enabled=1" again and re-ran the "sh latest" in the /home directory.

All of updates and downloads occurred and it looked like it was going well but then eventually failed.

Now this is what I get.

017-03-14 16:24:18  249 (DEBUG):   - ssystem [BEGIN]: /usr/bin/yum -y update
2017-03-14 16:24:19  249 (DEBUG):     Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks
2017-03-14 16:24:19  249 (DEBUG):     Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
2017-03-14 16:24:19  249 (DEBUG):      * cloudlinux-base: download.cloudlinux.com
2017-03-14 16:24:19  249 (DEBUG):      * cloudlinux-updates: download.cloudlinux.com
2017-03-14 16:24:21  249 (DEBUG):     Resolving Dependencies
2017-03-14 16:24:21  249 (DEBUG):     --> Running transaction check
2017-03-14 16:24:21  249 (DEBUG):     ---> Package kernel.x86_64 1:3.10.0-427.36.1.lve1.4.35.el7 will be installed
2017-03-14 16:24:21  249 (DEBUG):     --> Processing Dependency: kmod-lve-3.10.0-427.36.1.lve1.4.35.el7.x86_64 for package: 1:kernel-3.10.0-427.36.1.lve1.4.35.el7.x86_64
2017-03-14 16:24:21  249 (DEBUG):     --> Processing Dependency: kmod-e1000e-3.10.0-427.36.1.lve1.4.35.el7.x86_64 for package: 1:kernel-3.10.0-427.36.1.lve1.4.35.el7.x86_64
2017-03-14 16:24:21  249 (DEBUG):     --> Processing Dependency: kmod-ixgbe-3.10.0-427.36.1.lve1.4.35.el7.x86_64 for package: 1:kernel-3.10.0-427.36.1.lve1.4.35.el7.x86_64
2017-03-14 16:24:21  249 (DEBUG):     ---> Package kernel-tools.x86_64 1:3.10.0-427.18.2.lve1.4.27.el7 will be updated
2017-03-14 16:24:21  249 (DEBUG):     ---> Package kernel-tools.x86_64 1:3.10.0-427.36.1.lve1.4.35.el7 will be an update
2017-03-14 16:24:21  249 (DEBUG):     ---> Package kernel-tools-libs.x86_64 1:3.10.0-427.18.2.lve1.4.27.el7 will be updated
2017-03-14 16:24:21  249 (DEBUG):     ---> Package kernel-tools-libs.x86_64 1:3.10.0-427.36.1.lve1.4.35.el7 will be an update
2017-03-14 16:24:21  249 (DEBUG):     ---> Package kmod-lve.x86_64 1:1.4-27.1.el7 will be updated
2017-03-14 16:24:21  249 (DEBUG):     ---> Package kmod-lve.x86_64 1:1.4-35.el7 will be an update
2017-03-14 16:24:21  249 (DEBUG):     ---> Package python-perf.x86_64 1:3.10.0-427.18.2.lve1.4.27.el7 will be updated
2017-03-14 16:24:21  249 (DEBUG):     ---> Package python-perf.x86_64 1:3.10.0-427.36.1.lve1.4.35.el7 will be an update
2017-03-14 16:24:21  249 (DEBUG):     ---> Package rhn-check.noarch 0:2.0.2-8.el7.cloudlinux will be updated
2017-03-14 16:24:21  249 (DEBUG):     ---> Package rhn-check.noarch 0:2.0.2-10.el7.cloudlinux will be an update
2017-03-14 16:24:21  249 (DEBUG):     ---> Package rhn-client-tools.noarch 0:2.0.2-8.el7.cloudlinux will be updated
2017-03-14 16:24:21  249 (DEBUG):     ---> Package rhn-client-tools.noarch 0:2.0.2-10.el7.cloudlinux will be an update
2017-03-14 16:24:21  249 (DEBUG):     --> Processing Dependency: python-cllib >= 1.2-2.16 for package: rhn-client-tools-2.0.2-10.el7.cloudlinux.noarch
2017-03-14 16:24:21  249 (DEBUG):     ---> Package rhn-setup.noarch 0:2.0.2-8.el7.cloudlinux will be updated
2017-03-14 16:24:21  249 (DEBUG):     ---> Package rhn-setup.noarch 0:2.0.2-10.el7.cloudlinux will be an update
2017-03-14 16:24:21  249 (DEBUG):     --> Running transaction check
2017-03-14 16:24:21  249 (DEBUG):     ---> Package kmod-e1000e-3.10.0-427.36.1.lve1.4.35.el7.x86_64.x86_64 1:3.3.5.3-6.el7 will be installed
2017-03-14 16:24:22  249 (DEBUG):     ---> Package kmod-ixgbe-3.10.0-427.36.1.lve1.4.35.el7.x86_64.x86_64 1:4.5.4-7.el7 will be installed
2017-03-14 16:24:22  249 (DEBUG):     ---> Package kmod-lve-3.10.0-427.36.1.lve1.4.35.el7.x86_64.x86_64 1:1.4-35.el7 will be installed
2017-03-14 16:24:22  249 (DEBUG):     ---> Package python-cllib.noarch 0:1.2-2.16.el7.cloudlinux will be installed
2017-03-14 16:24:22  249 (DEBUG):     --> Processing Dependency: python-simplejson for package: python-cllib-1.2-2.16.el7.cloudlinux.noarch
2017-03-14 16:24:22  249 (DEBUG):     --> Processing Dependency: python-jinja2 for package: python-cllib-1.2-2.16.el7.cloudlinux.noarch
2017-03-14 16:24:22  249 (DEBUG):     --> Processing Dependency: python-simplejson for package: python-cllib-1.2-2.16.el7.cloudlinux.noarch
2017-03-14 16:24:22  249 (DEBUG):     --> Processing Dependency: python-jinja2 for package: python-cllib-1.2-2.16.el7.cloudlinux.noarch
2017-03-14 16:24:22  249 (DEBUG):     --> Processing Dependency: PyYAML for package: python-cllib-1.2-2.16.el7.cloudlinux.noarch
2017-03-14 16:24:22  249 (DEBUG):     --> Processing Dependency: PyYAML for package: python-cllib-1.2-2.16.el7.cloudlinux.noarch
2017-03-14 16:24:22  249 (DEBUG):     --> Finished Dependency Resolution
2017-03-14 16:24:22  249 (DEBUG):     Error: Package: python-cllib-1.2-2.16.el7.cloudlinux.noarch (cloudlinux-updates-testing)
2017-03-14 16:24:22  249 (DEBUG):                Requires: python-jinja2
2017-03-14 16:24:22  249 (DEBUG):     Error: Package: python-cllib-1.2-2.16.el7.cloudlinux.noarch (cloudlinux-updates-testing)
2017-03-14 16:24:22  249 (DEBUG):                Requires: python-simplejson
2017-03-14 16:24:22  249 (DEBUG):     Error: Package: python-cllib-1.2-2.16.el7.cloudlinux.noarch (cloudlinux-updates-testing)
2017-03-14 16:24:22  249 (DEBUG):                Requires: PyYAML
2017-03-14 16:24:22  249 (DEBUG):      You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
2017-03-14 16:24:23  249 (DEBUG):      You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest
2017-03-14 16:24:23  249 (ERROR):   - ssystem [EXIT_CODE] '/usr/bin/yum' exited with 1 (ignored)
2017-03-14 16:24:23  249 (DEBUG):   - ssystem [END]
2017-03-14 16:24:23  253 (FATAL): yum failed 6 times. The installation process cannot continue.
Removing /root/installer.lock.

I'm not sure what to try next. I could keep digging around but there must be something obvious I'm missing, there is NO WAY it should be this hard to get a brand new basic system with cpanel up and running. If it is this difficult there should be a manual or forum post or something documenting what the problems are here on a fresh vanilla install.

thanks, Paul.

 

[cPanelMichael]

Hello,

I would like to note that with the initial RHEL installation, some additional steps are required before starting the cPanel installation:

Installation Guide - System Requirements - Documentation - cPanel Documentation

However, if that doesn't help, feel free to open a support ticket using the link in my signature so we can take a closer look and determine why the installation failed. You can post the ticket number here and we will update this thread with the outcome.

Thank you.

 

[Paul Adair]

Michael, thanks for the reply. I may not of been clear, when I installed CloudLinux in VMware it asks what type of system it is. I tried it a few times, picking RHEL and CentOS. Both times though I installed CloudLinux from the ISO.

On that note, I see some specific instructions regarding a fresh CloudLinux setup. I hadn't see that before. Not sure how my 'googling' didn't find that link but anyway... I will start fresh again, will disable SELinux and run those 2 lines of commands in that link for CL.

I'll post back shortly how it goes.

thx, Paul.