cPanel DNSOnly Installation Guide

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cPanel DNSOnly Installation Guide
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Table of Contents

• Overview
• cPanel
• Configuration Requirements
• Install cPanel DNSOnly

• Access cPanel DNSOnly
• Remove the Trial License Banner
• Trial Licenses Removal from the Server
• cPanel DNSOnly and DNSSEC

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Overview

• The information provided here describes the
  process involved in installing cPanel DNSOnly on
  a server. It needs to be specified here that
  cPanel DNSOnly is not supported by the version 98
  of cPanel WHM for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. This
  version is an experimental software. Hence, it
  isnt recommended for use in production
  environments.
• The cPanel DNSOnly software enables a user to run
  a dedicated physical nameserver. This can be used
  along with other servers for the creation of a
  DNS cluster. cPanel DNSOnly is cPanel WHMs
  simplest version. It merely replicates DNS zones
  to a users other servers. You need to follow the
  required instructions in order to install cPanel
  DNSOnly.

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cPanel

• cPanel refers to an online Linux-based control
  panel for simplifying website and server
  management. It enables any user to manage
  domains, publish websites, create email accounts,
  organize web files, etc. cPanel has two
  interfaces. The user interface is known as cPanel
  and the server management interface is known as
  WHM (Web Host Manager).
• Most of the web hosting companies provide cPanel
  in their hosting plans. Web hosting is the
  service that renders websites accessible over the
  Internet. It is provided by web hosting
  companies. The Best Website Hosting, the Best
  Windows Hosting, the Best Cloud Hosting are
  some of the terms that are used frequently to
  refer to the most popular hosting services.

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Configuration Requirements

• Your system needs to be equipped with the
  below-mentioned requirements in order to
  successfully install and use cPanel DNSOnly.
• Your server has to meet the system requirements
  for its specific OS (Operating System).
• There should not be any previous content on your
  server.
• Traffic on ports 53, 953, and 2087 needs to be
  allowed by your server.
• Traffic must be allowed on port 25 if you want
  email notifications to be sent by the server.
• Your DNS cluster configuration, needs to meet the
  requirements for DNS clusters.
• If your DNS cluster is meant to include those
  domains that use DNSSEC, then all the servers of
  the cluster have to run PowerDNS.

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Install cPanel DNSOnly

• You need to carry out the following steps in
  order to install cPanel DNSOnly
• Navigate to the /home directory on your server.
• Run the below-mentioned command for fetching the
  latest installation files from cPanels servers.
• curl -o latest-dnsonly -L https//securedownloads.
  cpanel.net/latest-dnsonly
• Run the following command for opening and
  executing the installation files
• sh latest-dnsonly

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1-800-123 -8156

• Whoa! Thats a big number, arent you
  proud?

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Access cPanel DNSOnly

• You have to carry out the below-mentioned steps
  in order to access the cPanel DNSOnly interface.
• Navigate to https//IP2087 in the browser of
  your preference.
• In it, IP represents the IP address of your
  server. If you have a domain name which resolves
  to the server, then you can use it rather than
  the IP address.
• Enter root in the text box, Username.
• Enter your password in the text box, Password.
• Click Log in

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Remove the Trial License Banner

• Here it needs to be mentioned that you must have
  a cPanel DNSOnly license. This is obtained
  automatically by the server during installation.
  If that isnt the case, then you should contact
  cPanel Customer Service.
• You will get a Trial License banner in your WHM
  Home interface, if a trial license is being used
  by your server. If you want to remove this banner
  then you need to remove the trial license from
  the server.

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Trial Licenses Removal from the Server

• In order to remove the trial license from the
  server, you need to carry out the following
  steps
• Contact cPanel Customer Service.
• Request them to deactivate your trial license.
• Create a directory for containing the cPanel
  license files.
• Move the following two files to the directory
  that you have created
• cpanel.lisc file
• /root/.cpanel/datastore/_usr_local_cpanel_cpanel_-
  F file
• For this purpose, you need to run the following
  commands
• mv /usr/local/cpanel/cpanel.lisc
  /root/trashfiles/
• mv /root/.cpanel/datastore/_usr_local_cpanel_cpane
  l_-F /root/trashfiles/
• The term trashfiles in the above-mentioned
  commands represents that particular directory
  which contains the license files.
• Restart cPanel DNSOnly. You need to run the
  following command for this purpose
• /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/restartsrv_cpsrvd

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cPanel DNSOnly and DNSSEC

• DNSSEC (DNS Security Extensions) in DNS clusters
  are supported by cPanel WHM. A DNS resolver
  compares the DNSSEC record of the DNS server with
  the registrars DS record. If these match, then
  the record is considered valid.
• The DNSSEC keys of a domain can be created,
  deleted, or managed in the Zone Editor interface
  in cPanel. cPanel gtgt Home gtgt Domains gtgt Zone
  Editor
• The following script is used by the system for
  synchronizing and revoking those DNSSEC keys in a
  DNS cluster that are currently active
• /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/dnssec-cluster-k
  eys
• For performing this step manually, you need to
  run that script as the root user.

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