{"id":1667,"date":"2018-12-26T11:18:34","date_gmt":"2018-12-26T11:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=1667"},"modified":"2026-04-15T10:40:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T10:40:38","slug":"installing-softaculous-in-cpanel","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/docs\/admin\/installing-softaculous\/installing-softaculous-in-cpanel\/","title":{"rendered":"Installing Softaculous in cPanel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following guide will show you how to install Softaculous on cPanel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Requirements<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A server with cPanel<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you have a firewall, then please allow access to download all packages from&nbsp;<strong>*.softaculous.com<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alert alert-info wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Note<\/strong>&nbsp;: Please allow access to the following domains to your firewall as these are the mirrors used to download the script packages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">162.55.80.8 #api.softaculous.com<br>192.198.80.6 #s0.softaculous.com<br>51.38.208.85 #s1.softaculous.com<br>37.27.68.87 #s2.softaculous.com<br>178.63.132.196 #s3.softaculous.com<br>95.216.2.79 #s4.softaculous.com<br>15.235.60.218 #s5.softaculous.com<br>51.38.94.231 #s6.softaculous.com<br>15.204.134.13 #s7.softaculous.com<br>148.113.15.242 #s8.softaculous.com<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Installing Softaculous<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Note<\/strong>: Before starting the installation make sure ionCube Loaders are enabled. You may refer to the following guide&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/softaculous.com\/docs\/Enable_Ioncube_cPanel\">Enable_Ioncube_cPanel<\/a>. Please make sure that the Ioncube loader is selected for the backend copy of PHP. Now SSH to your server and enter following commands:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted bash hljs\">wget -O install.sh https:\/\/files.softaculous.com\/install.sh<br>chmod 755 install.sh<br>.\/install.sh<br><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For new Softaculous installs <a href=\"https:\/\/backuply.com\/server\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Backuply Server<\/a> will be installed by default. Backuply Server Pro license is included for Free with Softaculous Premium license and will be premium as long as Softaculous license is premium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you do not wish to install Backuply Server please execute the following install command :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted bash hljs\">wget -O install.sh https:\/\/files.softaculous.com\/install.sh<br>chmod 755 install.sh<br>.\/install.sh --no-backuply-server<br><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now go to&nbsp;: WHM &gt; Plugins (Add-Ons on older versions than 11) &gt; Softaculous &#8211; Instant Installs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following webpage will open if the installation was successful:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/license_page-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/license_page-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/license_page-3.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/license_page-3-300x132.png 300w, https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/license_page-3-768x337.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thats it the installation of Softaculous is completed!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">suPHP Settings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you have suEXEC or suPHP enabled on your server, please read the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/softaculous.com\/docs\/SuPHP_Settings\">suPHP Settings<\/a>&nbsp;page for configuring Softaculous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thats it the installation of Softaculous is completed!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick Installation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you wish to finish the installation quickly and then download the script packages in background use this method.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Note<\/strong>: Before starting the installation make sure ionCube Loaders are enabled. For that go to WHM and click on Tweak Settings. Please make sure that the Ioncube loader is selected for the backend copy of PHP. Now SSH to your server and enter following commands:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted bash hljs\">wget -O install.sh https:\/\/files.softaculous.com\/install.sh<br>chmod 755 install.sh<br>.\/install.sh --quick<br><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dont use 3rd Party PHP<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you do not want Softaculous to use 3rd Party PHP binary then you can simply pass a parameter and Softaculous will use cPanel&#8217;s default PHP binary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted bash hljs\">wget -O install.sh https:\/\/files.softaculous.com\/install.sh<br>chmod 755 install.sh<br>.\/install.sh --nocpphp<br><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Using Proxy settings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want Softaculous to use proxy settings then you can simply pass the parameters and Softaculous will use the proxy setting provided by you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted bash hljs\">wget -O install.sh https:\/\/files.softaculous.com\/install.sh<br>chmod 755 install.sh<br>.\/install.sh proxy proxy_ip=YOUR_IP:PORT proxy_auth=USERNAME:PASSWORD<br><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Proxy Parameters&nbsp;<\/em>&nbsp;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>proxy_ip (Required)&nbsp;: Enter your Proxy server&#8217;s IP and port.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>proxy_auth (optional)&nbsp;: Enter the proxy server&#8217;s authentication details i.e. Username and Password<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":1666,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","docs_category":[],"class_list":["post-1667","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1667"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6211,"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1667\/revisions\/6211"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"docs_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs_category?post=1667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}