Login to WHMCS
Login at WHMCS website with your account details
https://www.whmcs.com/members/clientarea.php
My Licenses & Services
At the following URL you can find Licenses & Services which are available under your account.
https://www.whmcs.com/members/clientarea.php?action=products&module=licensing
Download WHMCS
Visit https://download.whmcs.com/
Download the latest WHMCS, you can also download Incremental Patches OR Beta Releases if required.
Installing Ioncube
WHMCS is encrypted using ionCube Loader® to protect the source code. Install PHP Extension Ioncube if not installed.
PHP Extension Ioncube Installation
Creating a Database
Create a new database in MYSQL & update privileges.
WHMCS requires the following database privileges:
- DELETE
- INSERT
- SELECT
- UPDATE
- LOCK TABLES
- ALTER
- CREATE
- DROP
- INDEX
Service Information
At the Licenses & Services section, view service information, here you will get License Key, Valid Domains, Valid IPs, Valid Directory, & License Status. Service information can be used for installation of WHMCS further.
For local/developer installation
MAMP server can be used in MacOS
Valid IP (::1)
Valid domain (localhost,www.localhost)
Valid Directory (/Applications/www/whmcs)
Create Valid Directory
mkdir /Applications/www/
Update Root Directory
At MAMP server update root directory.
Open Preferences -> Click on Server -> Update Path of Document Root to /Applications/www/
Restart MAMP Server
Installing WHMCS
Unzip the contents of the .zip file to the folder on your computer.
copy folder whmcs to /Applications/www/
Rename the configuration.php.new to configuration.php
Open URL to start installation
http://localhost/whmcs/ OR http://localhost/whmcs/install/install.php
If you see an ionCube-related error message, perform the ionCube installation steps above.
Further provide details for the database, like database name, server, username, password etc at next step of installation form.
Delete the /install/ directory from your server.
Required file and folder permissions
/configuration.php CHMOD 400 Readable
/attachments CHMOD 777 Writable
/downloads CHMOD 777 Writable
/templates_c CHMOD 777 Writable
Set Up the Daily Cron Job
Set up a cron job in your control panel to run the following command every five minutes or as frequently as your hosting provider allows:
/usr/bin/php -q /Applications/www/whmcs/crons/cron.php
Example:
*/15 * * * * /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php7.3.29/bin/php -q /Applications/www/whmcs/crons/cron.php
