I am having a problem with a cPanel installation. I have followed the directions http://www.cpanel.net/support/docs/11/whm/install_overview.html


I have done...
# cd /home
# wget http://layer1.cpanel.net/latest
# sh latest



I let it do it's thing, and have come back 2-3 hours later and it's still stuck at doing...
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CentOS 5.3 on a HyperVM as HyperVM says don't install it on the host node.



How do I fix this?


Thanks,
Jacob Wall


Can a mod please move this thread, I accidentally posted it here without even thinking.

cPanel can take a while to install. Maybe bang on your keyboard just a little bit to see if in fact it's frozen or if those lines are scrolling. I remember thinking the same thing, but it was not in fact frozen for me. And cPanel, even on fast systems, has taken a while to install for me before, so unless you're sure it's frozen, I wouldn't kill the install script or anything.

cPanel can take a while to install. Maybe bang on your keyboard just a little bit to see if in fact it's frozen or if those lines are scrolling. I remember thinking the same thing, but it was not in fact frozen for me. And cPanel, even on fast systems, has taken a while to install for me before, so unless you're sure it's frozen, I wouldn't kill the install script or anything.

Yeah it's not frozen, but those "....." are normal, correct?

Hes trying too install it on a VPS Node that has Hyper VM Installed i believe.

You cant install cPanel out of the Virtual Environment, You have too create a VPS and install it that way.

Hes trying too install it on a VPS Node that has Hyper VM Installed i believe.

You cant install cPanel out of the Virtual Environment, You have too create a VPS and install it that way.

We have a HyperVM master node, we created a VE, and I am installing it in a VE. The problem is, I am trying to do it for two customers, but both are having this "......" problem.


-Jacob

Yeah it's not frozen, but those "....." are normal, correct?

Like I said, cPanel has taken much longer for me to install than it says it should in their documentation, even on very fast systems. I remember it doing that .... thing for a very long time, and then the install completed and everything work. It took about five hours the last time I installed if I remember correctly. I would just give it some time if I were you, at the very least it can't do any damage.

I just got done with another Cpanel VPS install on a HyperVM box and it took about two hours to complete. It definitely isn't speedy.

I just got done with another Cpanel VPS install on a HyperVM box and it took about two hours to complete. It definitely isn't speedy.

Yes, but I am about to hit 5 hours and it is still doing "....."

The "....." is normal for cPanel installs. cPanel can take a long time to install even on a standalone dedicated server, so when installing on a VPS, you may want to temporarily allocate more resources or else it will take a long time.

I also recommend creating a clean cPanel install on a new VPS and creating a HyperVM image out of it. Then, all you have to do is choose the cPanel image to install. ;)

How much ram does the vps have ?

If its below 786 MB your looking at a good 6 HR Install.

Ive had one take up to 8 hours before.

Darn, im in a middle of one and i got to go, i also didnt screen the install :(

You should be seeing some +'s as well from what I recall. They could really use a better installation status display ;)

You should be seeing some +'s as well from what I recall. They could really use a better installation status display ;)

It does the .......+........+..+++......++++.......+, early in the install. It's was just


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Yes they could, that explains kind of what it is doing. Other than, "......" "......" "......" :P

-Jacob

I've never had a cPanel install take longer than an hour on an OpenVZ VPS...

Have you considered aborting the install and rebuilding the VPS?

Before doing the install, make sure that gcc, gcc-c++ and make are installed.

If its taking 5 hours then it sounds like either your VPS host node is underpowered hardware wise or it's just quite busy.

Seeing lots of .... is usual in a cPanel install but I've never seen a cPanel install run over a 2 hours.

I just screen it and renice the pid after I detach, then go eat lunch. :)

I actually have a Cpanel install running right now, 4 hrs+ on a Dual Xeon 2.0 with 4GB RAM.

I've never had a cPanel install take longer than an hour on an OpenVZ VPS...

Have you considered aborting the install and rebuilding the VPS?

Before doing the install, make sure that gcc, gcc-c++ and make are installed.

cpanel won't install if you didn't have perl and gcc, it'll stop on early installation process.

it's better to see the cpanel installation logs in /var/log

Took me around 6 hrs to install on a P4 with 768MB Ram

I actually have a Cpanel install running right now, 4 hrs+ on a Dual Xeon 2.0 with 4GB RAM.

It took me less than 50 minutes to do an install on a 512MB RAM VPS last night.

-Jacob

It's pretty common for the perlinstaller to get stuck, create another session and kill the process. It'll run it again further into the installer so you should be fine.

You can open up another ssh session and take alook at the installer log + load, see if it's actually doing anything or just sitting there at 0% usage putting ...s on the screen. honestly I've seen some take a really long time and some finish really fast.

It's pretty common for the perlinstaller to get stuck, create another session and kill the process. It'll run it again further into the installer so you should be fine.



This is the problem.

your server's internet connection also cost a lot of time if it's very slow as the installer do yum install and downloading source tar.gz file and then compile it.

You can open up another ssh session and take alook at the installer log + load, see if it's actually doing anything or just sitting there at 0% usage putting ...s on the screen. honestly I've seen some take a really long time and some finish really fast.

Yeah, I did two side by side, took all day/night. Did two yesterday, side by side just to see it again. 512MB Vs. 1024MB VPS's and finished both in less than a hour. I think it's just the luck of a draw, but now I know it can be done in less than a hour.

-Jacob

So, did it ever finish?

yes.. you mush have a atlease 1GB of ram for install in 1 hours. I try with 512MB of RAM vps and it looking take more then 2 hours of installation of the Cpanel, before i deside to upgrade to 1GB of RAM.

And all ok after that!

512 MB ram, 1 gb burst.

1 1/2 hour install :D

I just wondering, why there are no cpanel addon inside hypervm? Like lxadmin.
So, whenever people want to install it, they just click a button and get it installed. Then later ask a host for a license key or use a cpanel test license for a while.

Probably because LxLabs makes LxAdmin and HyperVM so they probably don't want to push competitors products. Plus it will probably cause headaches because some people will think it is free like LxAdmin and then complain when it stops working.

Try using the centos with cpanel DVD from http://layer1.cpanel.net/CentOS-5.0-x86_64-bin-DVD-cPanel.iso

ive seen that also,
but for me , as it says,

nothing is a good thing, so if youre not seeing error meassages, this means its working fine..
just leave it for couple of hours 5-7 hrs and all should be fine

Try using the centos with cpanel DVD from http://layer1.cpanel.net/CentOS-5.0-x86_64-bin-DVD-cPanel.iso
It was last updated in 2007. Simply too outdated to even try!

My installer ran for 8 hours before I had to kill it and reinstall the system. System specs were a Dual Quad Core Xeon 5140 & 16 GB RAM.

This has happened to me thrice this month!

It was last updated in 2007. Simply too outdated to even try!

My installer ran for 8 hours before I had to kill it and reinstall the system. System specs were a Dual Quad Core Xeon 5140 & 16 GB RAM.

This has happened to me thrice this month!

Grrr, that sucks :(

Sorry to reply to such an old thread, but I found this thread while having similar issues with installing cPanel so here is how it played out for me:

Server: Intel Xeon Quad Core 2.4GHz, 8GB RAM, CentOS5 running HyperVM using Xen and no active containers.

Attempt 1: Tried to install cPanel on the first VPS I created (2GB RAM, 4GB SWAP, unlimited CPU, and 0 IO priority) using the default CentOS 5 full OSTemplate.
Results: Would not install and could not get gcc installed (lots of yum errors).

Attempt 2: Same VPS but rebuilt with the default CentOS 4 full OSTemplate.
Results: After 6 hours of ...+... I killed the installation.

Attempt 3: Same VPS but rebuilt with a CentOS 5.3 OSTemplate from here (http://www.modernadmin.com/downloads/).
Results: Successful installation after 45 minutes.