A Quick Installation Guide of CentOS Web Panel (CWP) on CentOS 7

 

CentOS Web Panel (CWP) is a Free Web Hosting Panel which provides quick and easy management of (Dedicated & VPS) servers. It  Provides a huge number of features similar to other paid hosting panels. You can use Apache/NGiNX or both as t the same time. It has also a pro version which enables few more options but as long as you are using for your own projects, you are not required to use the pro version.

Features of CWP:

• Apache Web Server ( Mod Security + Automatic updated rules optional).
• PHP 5.6 (suPHP, SuExec + PHP version switcher).
• MySQL/MariaDB + phpMyAdmin.
• Email – Postfix and Dovecot, mailboxes, RoundCube web interface (Antivirus, Spamassassin optional).
• CSF (Config Server Firewall).
• Backups ( this feature is optional).
• Easy user management interface.
• Setups Server for Web Hosting with WordPres.
• FreeDNS Server.
• Live Monitoring.
• File System Lock (means, no more website hacking due to locking of files from changes).
• Server configuration AutoFixer.
• cPanel Account Migration.
• TeamSpeak 3 Manager (Voice) and Shoutcast Manager (video streaming).

And more which can be found here.

You can check the demo of CentOS Web Panel Here:

Do not delete any files and don’t change password because Demo is a full-working version.
Demo is reset on a precise, hourly basis.

root/admin Panel Login:
https://demo1.centos-webpanel.com:2031
http://demo1.control-webpanel.com:2030
http://demo2.control-webpanel.com:2030
http://demo3.control-webpanel.com:2030

Username: root
Password: admin123


New End user Panel Login
https://demo1.centos-webpanel.com:2083
http://demo1.control-webpanel.com:2082
http://demo2.control-webpanel.com:2082
http://demo3.control-webpanel.com:2082

Username: testacc
Password: admin123

 

 

Requirements for CentOS Web Panel (CWP):

• Freshly Installed CentOS 7
• 32bit Server – 512MB RAM  or 64bit Server – 512MB RAM
• 10 GB of Space
• Static IP address
• CWP can not be removed so to clean your server you have to reinstall the OS.

 

Now Follow the process to Install CentOS Web Panel (CWP) on CentOS 7:

In my case, I am using my local machine and my ip is 192.168.10.218 .

1. To start the installation you need to login to your server via SSH as root.

2. Then you need to set your hostname. A hostname must be a FQDN ( Fully Qualified Domain Name) which is different from your domain name. eg: if your domain name is tutoblog.com then your hostname could be anything.tutoblog.com. I am using server.tutoblog.com . To set the hostname use this command :

hostname server.tutoblog.com

 

3. You need to have wget installed on your machine. so the command is:

yum -y install wget

 

4. Now update your server using this command:

 

yum -y update

 

5. Now you are ready to start CWP Installation.

Run the following lines one by one.

cd /usr/local/src
wget http://centos-webpanel.com/cwp-el7-latest
sh cwp-el7-latest

 

6. Wait for the installer to finish the process. After installation complete you will get the login information. Copy and save it in a safe place.

7. Reboot your server.

shutdown -r now

8. Log in to your CWP server using the link provided by the installer on your server

CentOS WebPanel Admin GUI at 
https://SERVER-IP:2031/

in my case it's

https://192.168.10.218:2031
Username: root
Password: your root password

 

You can always visit CWP wiki page here for further instructions.

Thanks