How to install a specific version of cPanel & WHM

Question

How do you install a specific version of cPanel & WHM?

Answer

For some servers, you may require the installation of a specific version of cPanel & WHM. Although this is not recommended, as we want your server to run the most up-to-date version of cPanel, this is still possible.

Note: We only recommend installing the versions of cPanel that are available in a release tier as listed on our update servers.

This will also enable you to install the "EDGE" experimental build of cPanel on a new system.

1. Log in to the server via SSH or WHM's Terminal as the root user

2. Create a file /etc/cpupdate.conf with your preferred text editor, with the following contents:

   CONFIG_TEXT: CPANEL=release
   RPMUP=daily
   SARULESUP=daily
   STAGING_DIR=/usr/local/cpanel
   UPDATES=daily

3. Edit the CPANEL line and replace the value with your targeted version. For example:

   CONFIG_TEXT: CPANEL=lts

   Note: You can specify any available tier or version above 94. Attempting to specify 92 or lower will fail. More information is available in our documentation:
   
   The cPanel & WHM Update Configuration File - cpupdate.conf | cPanel Docs
   
   To confirm the available tiered versions of cPanel, you can check with this command:
   
   # curl -s http://httpupdate.cpanel.net/cpanelsync/TIERS | grep ^[c-s]

4. Proceed with installing cPanel:
   Installation | cPanel & WHM Documentation