This article describes how to install Softaculous’ Webuzo. Webuzo includes a control panel and an application installer.
To install Webuzo, you must have root access to the server.
STEP 1: REMOVE DEFAULT APACHE INSTALLATION
Apache is pre-installed on unmanaged VPS packages. Before you install Webuzo, you should remove the pre-installed Apache packages. To do this, follow the appropriate procedure for your Linux distribution.
CentOS and Fedora
To remove Apache from CentOS and Fedora, follow these steps:
- Log in to your server using SSH.
- To find all installed Apache packages, type the following command:
yum list installed | grep http
- To remove the Apache packages, type the following command:
yum remove httpd httpd-tools
This command removes all relevant Apache packages on a newly-provisioned VPS. If you have manually installed additional Apache packages, you may have to manually uninstall them.
Debian and Ubuntu
To remove Apache from Debian and Ubuntu, follow these steps:
- Log in to your server using SSH.
- To find all installed Apache packages, type the following command:
apt list --installed | grep apache2
- To remove the Apache packages, type the following command:
apt-get remove apache2
- To ensure all unneeded dependencies are removed, type the following command:
apt-get autoremove
This command removes all relevant Apache packages on a newly-provisioned VPS. If you have manually installed additional Apache packages, you may have to manually uninstall them.
STEP 2: INSTALL WEBUZO
After you have removed the default Apache installation, you are ready to install Webuzo. To do this, follow these steps:
- Log in to your server using SSH.
- As the root user, type the following command at the command prompt:
wget http://files.webuzo.com/install.sh
This command downloads the Webuzo installation script to your server. - To make the installation script executable, type the following command:
chmod 700 install.sh
- To run the installation script, type the following command:
./install.sh
- When the installation script finishes, it displays the configuration URL. The configuration URL is http://ip_address:2004, where ip_address represents your server’s IP address.
- Use your web browser to go to the configuration URL. The Webuzo Initial Setuppage appears.
- In the User Name text box, type a username.
- In the Email Address text box, type the user’s e-mail address.
- In the Password and Re-enter Password text boxes, type the user’s password.
- In the Primary Domain text box, type the server’s domain name or IP address.
- In the NameServer 1 and NameServer 2 text boxes, type the primary and secondary name servers for the domain.If you do not have name servers for the server, type ns1.example.com and ns2.example.com.
- If you have a license key, type it in the License Key text box. Otherwise, leave this text box empty.For more information about Webuzo license pricing, please visit http://webuzo.com/pricing.
- Click .Do not navigate away from the page or interrupt the installation process. The installation process can take a few minutes.
- When the installation process finishes, the Installation completed successfullypage appears.
- To access the Webuzo control panel, use port 2004. For example, if your domain name is example.com, use http://example.com:2004.
- To access the Webuzo application installer, use port 2002. For example, if your domain name is example.com, use http://example.com:2002.
