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Moving from shared hosting to VPS hosting for the first time .. Need help :/

ahmadka
Hi guys ... Well I have a small site which till now I was hosting on shared hosting .. For that, all I had to do was point my website address to my hosting provider's provided nameservers .. Now that I have my own VPS, I have no idea whatsoever on how to link my website address to my VPS .. I have installed a hoster provided image of centos 6.4 64-bit 'minimal' version, and tried to just install cPanel on it .. After about 3 hours or so, the installation has finished, but I can't access the panel using IP:2087 or IP/cpanel or anything like that .. So my questions are: 1) How do I firstly verify that the installation itself was successful ? 2) How do I diagnose that why I can't open the cPanel portal ? 3) Also, can someone point me to a guide to connecting a website address with a VPS ? I'm completely a n00b at this .. Please use these example values if you post instructions of any kind: Current Shared Hosting provider: tangohost.com New VPS Hosting Provider: viprovps.com My website's address: directlink.com.sg Static IP address of my VPS: 182.63.78.139 Current nameservers my website address is using: ns1.tangohost.com & ns2.tangohost.com Using the values in your answers will help me relate to what you're saying, instead of just using terms like domain, new domain, old domain, website domain, NS, nameservers, etc., which will just confuse me ..

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  • ahmadka
    A little update. Turns out I can open cPanel console from within the VPS, using localhost:2087 (which gets mapped to
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  • ahmadka
    Question regarding IP setup during cPanel installation .. I'm just getting started with installing cPanel on my new VPS (previously always used shared hosting). After cPanel installation, during the setup wizard there is a place where you're asked on which IPs do you intend to use cPanel on. Well I have 1 VPS, but I have 2 IPs, one for each nameserver (ns1.example.com & ns2.example.com) .. So what should I do on this step ? Should I skip it with default settings (used when you only have one IP, according to the guide), or should I specify both IPs here, as if I intend to use the cPanel on both IPs ? Do note that I only have 1 VPS, which will have the IP used for ns1.example.com, and that is the machine on which my cPanel is installed and licensed, and on which I intend to run my website ..
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  • 24x7server
    Re: Question regarding IP setup during cPanel installation .. Hello, You can add both IP's on your server in Basic cPanel setup wizard. Please check it : [url=http://docs.cpanel.net/twiki/bin/view/AllDocumentation/WHMDocs/WHMInitialSetup]WHM Initial Setup Also you can add your IP's through your WHM [url=http://docs.cpanel.net/twiki/bin/view/AllDocumentation/WHMDocs/AddNewIP#Add%20a%20New%20IP%20Address%20%28or%20Address]Add a New IP Address
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  • ahmadka
    Re: Question regarding IP setup during cPanel installation .. Can I just add the first one for now, and maybe add the second one at a later point in time, if needed ? Would doing this cause any problems ?
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  • ahmadka
    Bad certificate error in cPanel right after installation .. Hi guys. I have a Cloud VPS Hosting account, on which I've just setup an isolated network, have installed two virtual routers, and then have attached one VM instance to one of the two virtual routers (Router #1). Each virtual router has its own public static IPv4 address. Here is a diagram showing this hierarchy: .vB The problem is that after I setup cPanel, when I go into the cPanel, the browser shows me a bad certificate message, and doesn't let me proceed :( ... This is a picture of the error: .vB So I want to quickly verify if I correctly setup the IPs, hostnames, FQDN, nameservers, etc. during cPanel setup. Most likely I messed up somewhere. Assume the following: Website URL:
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  • HostingH
    Re: Question regarding IP setup during cPanel installation .. Hi, You can add other IPs through WHM >> Home " IP Functions " Add a New IP Address option. It will not create any problem.
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  • ahmadka
    Does cPanel support a NAT setup ? Hi guys. I have a Cloud VPS hosting based virtual Isolated Network defined. Inside that network, I have a VM, which is connected to a virtual router. The VM communicates with the outside world through the router, and the VM itself doesn't have a public IP. It only has the internal IP, which the router has assigned it. This picture shows my Isolated Network layout: .vB Question is, does cPanel support running on a machine which is inside a NAT network ? Or does it require the the machine running cPanel DIRECTLY have a public IP, without having to go through a router ? I ask this because cPanel support people said that cPanel doesn't work properly from inside a NAT network. It can create issues later on, and the cPanel support doesn't officially support this. Does anyone have any experience on this ? Of course I can give the VM direct internet access, but an Isolated Network has its own advantages, such as firewall on the router, proper port forwarding, load balancing, etc .. So looking for some advice here.
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  • talk2prakash
    Re: Does cPanel support a NAT setup ? Hi ahmadka, [QUOTE]Does cPanel support a NAT setup ?
    I noticed the following url which states about the cPanel server behind NAT Configuration. /http://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/show/31437-running-a-cpanel-server-behind-nat However, I do understand that officially cPanel doesn't support NAT Configuration. I'm still expecting a cPanel staff to answer this question correctly.
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  • Infopro
    Multiple threads merged into this one.
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  • cPanelMichael
    Hello :) cPanel will begin supporting 1:1 NAT in version 11.40. It's documented at: NAT Support Versions prior to cPanel 11.40 do not include native support for a NAT configuration, however some users can implement this successfully with manual configurations. Thank you.
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