Overview
StackPath allows you to deploy a CentOS server with cPanel and WHM already installed.
You can use this document to learn how to add your cPanel/WHM credentials to a virtual machine. Specifically, you will update the required root credentials on Linux which will allow you to log into the cPanel/WHM web interface
Before you begin, to use this document, you must:
- Have an active cPanel license
- Have an EdgeCompute virtual machine workload deployed with ports 80, 443, 22, and 2087 open
- Be able to access the virtual machine with your SSH key
- To learn more about this requirement, see Generate and Add SSH Keys for virtual machine workloads.
Step 1: Set a root password
Even though StackPath restricts access via SSH to your user when a virtual machine is deployed, you are still able to change the root password with the passwd
bash command. With this method, StackPath can set a root password for the virtual machine, and then use the information to log in to cPanel from the web interface.
- Access your virtual machine via SSH. Use the default user and SSH key.
- From the virtual machine, run the following command:
sudo passwd root
- The output will ask for a new password for too. Enter a new root password, and press Enter to confirm.
Step 2: Log in to the cPanel interface
- In a web browser, navigate to your virtual machine's IP address over port 2087.
- 2087 is the default port that cPanel uses for the web interface.
- To specify a port, after the IP address, add a colon ( : ), and then enter the port number, such as http://151.139.xx.xx:2087.
- In the cPanel / WHM login screen, enter root as the user, and then enter the newly created password.