I attempt to install cPanel/WHM on CentOS 7 but was greet with an invalid hostname error. I never encounter this error before although I do many times cPanel/WHM installation.
Below is the error message.
Your hostname is invalid. Update the hostname to a fully qualified domain name and rerun the installer.
My first attempt to solve this is by changing hostname in network configuration file. Seem strange but the hostname configuration already correct.
Second attempt is by issuing the following command
hostname host.domain.net
I try to reinstall cPanel/WHM & it works!. Make sure you change host.domain.net to your preferred FQDN.
WHM/cPanel, since version 11.42 allow user to do backup to Amazon S3. This is a great choice to do backup by utilizing reliable service like Amazon S3. Furthermore, new S3 user will get FREE 5GB backup storage for a year making this option even valuable. After FREE time is over, the cost is rather small only 3 cents per GB of storage
Below is the steps on how to backup cPanel/WHM in Amazon S3
Amazon S3 Configuration
- Login to your Amazon S3 account or create for a new account if you don’t have one.
- Browse to Dashboard → Services → S3
- Create a Bucket (Make sure there is no “.” dot in the Bucket name. If you have, you unable to connect to amazon servers due SSL issue and will give timeout error.
- Browse to Username → Security Credentials → Access Keys (Access Key ID and Secret Access Key)
- Click “Create New Access Key” button.
- Download the “Access Key” & keep it secure.
cPanel/WHM Configuration
- Login to cPanel/WHM
- Browse to Backup → Backup Configuration
- Edit Global Settings, Scheduling and Retention, Files, Databases & Configure Backup Directory as per your preference.
- In Additional Destinations, Select “Amazon S3™” & Click “Create new destination” button.
- Add “Destination Name” and optional “Folder” information in the space.
- Key-in “Bucket” name as (3) in Amazon S3 Configuration above.
- Key-ion “Access Key ID” & “Secret Access Key” as per (6) in Amazon S3 Configuration above.
- Click “Save and Validate Destination” Button.
