HOW TO: Install Fantastico on cpanel server
Install Fantastico on Linux cpanel serverBefore installing Fantastico you must replace the buggy version of wget that ships with your OS or Fantastico will not install.
After you fix this you can continue with the installation process:
If you have Fedora Core 5/6 or CentOS 5 or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 on your server and are experiencing troubles with respect to upgrades (forced or otherwise) of Click Be! or Fantastico or Universina, please check the wget version that you have on your server.
If it is wget-1.10.2-3.3.fc5 or wget-1.10.2-7.el5 or wget-1.10.2-8.fc6.1, we suggest that you replace it immediately with an older and/or stabler version. This version does not honor the "-P" switch.
An alternate version that we suggest is wget-1.10.2-3.2.1
Fire the following commands from command line:
# rpm -qa wget ;
# wget ftp://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/fedora/core/5/i386/os/Fedora/RPMS/
wget-1.10.2-3.2.1.i386.rpm;
# rpm -e wget ;
# rpm -ivh --force wget-1.10.2-3.2.1.i386.rpm ;
# rpm -qa wget ;
Note: version of wget included with Fedora Core 7 does not have this problem, so that may be a better option for some people.
Installation process : SSH to your server(s) and enter following commands:
# cd /usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/docroot/cgi
# wget -N http://files.betaservant.com/files/free/fantastico_whm_admin.tgz
# tar -xzpf fantastico_whm_admin.tgz
# rm -rf fantastico_whm_admin.tgz
Note: if you have problems contacting this server, please try this alternate location:
wget -N http://files.netenberg.com/files/free/fantastico_whm_admin.tgz
Now go to WHM, login as root and follow the link
WHM -> Add-Ons (Plugins on v11.x or higher) -> Fantastico De Luxe WHM Admin (scroll down the left menu).
Upon loading, Fantastico De Luxe WHM Admin will auto-update your existing installation (if existing). All admin files (masterfiles, tarballs, settings etc) will be moved to or created at /var/netenberg.
After the installation is complete, click on "Settings" and go through the settings. While some settings are not important, some other (marked below with an *) are essential for a proper functioning of Fantastico installations.
Remote MySQL server:
Open the file
# /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/fantastico/includes/mysqlconfig.php
and follow the instructions.
If you tried to config Fantastico to use a remote MySQL server, without changing Cpanel's MySQL setting (i.e. CPanel uses the local Mysql).
you can create a new file named "mysqlconfig.local.php" with the following content:
Tweak:
In order to use remote MySQL server with Fantastico, you have to use the "Setup Remote MySQL Server" option, in WHM, to config CPanel to use this remote MySQL and
then create the "mysqlconfig.local.php".
You will have to keep update your copy of Fantastico at:
WHM -> Fantastico De Luxe WHM Admin -> Update/Get files -> Install latest Fantastico De Luxe.
posted by The Great Anil @ 12:19 AM
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