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Add cPanel login details and use the WordPress Installer

If a site is hosted on a cPanel server, you can save its cPanel login in Xagio and open cPanel with one click from Websites. The WordPress Installer installs a fresh copy of WordPress on any domain in a cPanel account, then offers to install the Xagio plugin.

Save cPanel login details for a site

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From the Websites list:

  1. Open Websites in the sidebar.
  2. Click the cPanel button on the site.
  3. In Enter cPanel credentials, fill in cPanel URL, cPanel Username and cPanel Password.
  4. Click Save Changes.

From the site’s own page:

  1. Open the site with Manage in Xagio (in the site’s … menu).
  2. Open the Credentials tab.
  3. Under cPanel Credentials, enter the cPanel URL (for example https://your-hosting.com:2083), cPanel Username and cPanel Password.
  4. Click Save Changes.

After you save, the cPanel button logs you in to cPanel in one click.

The Credentials tab also has Auth Credentials (a username and password). Use it when the site is behind HTTP basic authentication.

Install WordPress with the WordPress Installer

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  1. Open WordPress > Sites, then Actions > WordPress Installer. (With no sites connected yet, the Websites page also links to the WordPress Installer.)
  2. Enter your cPanel Hostname, pick the port (2083 (SSL) or 2082 (No SSL)), then enter your cPanel Username and cPanel Password.
  3. Click Verify Credentials.
  4. Pick a domain from Main Domains, Sub Domains or Addon Domains, then click Select Domain.
  5. Fill in Site Title, Username, Your E-mail, Password and Repeat Password. Tick Allow search engines to index this site. if the site should be indexed.
  6. Click Install WordPress.
  7. Keep the page open while Xagio connects to cPanel, uploads and extracts WordPress, creates the database and installs WordPress.
  8. When you see Success!, save the username and password shown. Click Install Xagio on this Website to connect the new site.

Click Abort Installation only if you must stop. Aborting can cause problems the next time you install WordPress with the installer.

Troubleshooting

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  • “The cPanel credentials that you have provided are not correct. Please try again.” Check the hostname, port, username and password. Use port 2083 for SSL hosts.
  • “cPanel credentials are not set!” You clicked the cPanel login for a site with no saved cPanel details. Save them first (see above).
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