How to install Joomla! on cPanel

Login into your CPanel for your domain, usually through www.yourdomain.com/cpanel or https://www.yourdomain.com:2083. You should use https since this protects you from eavesdropping.

In next steps you will:

• create MySQL database
• upload Joomla! installation file
• run installation
• enjoy fresh Joomla!

After logging you should see something like this:

Create MySQL database first. Click on MySQL Databases icon: 

You should see the following screen. In case of new account you should not see any databases or users yet.

Now you need to create new database, create a new user, and add user to the database.

1. Enter new database name, for example just "joomla", and click "Create Database" button. After that click "Go Back" to get back to MySQL Account Maintenance screen, which should now show the new database.

2. Enter new database user, for example just "user1, and the password for him - choose long and complicated one, since you don't have to remember it. It has to be entered during Joomla! installation later, so write it down for a while, or just Ctrl-C.

3. Now in MySQL Account Maintenance screen you should see the database and user you have created:

Instead of those red marks you should see your account name. Since a server with multiple accounts has to recognize the owner of a database or a user, the actual name would be for example: john_joomla for a database, and john_user1 for MySQL user.

Last thing left is to add user to the database - select username and database you just have created, and click "Add User To Database" button. Make sure ALL privileges is selected. That's it!

Now MySQL Account Maintenance screen should look like the one below (without the red marks).

Don't worry about the Connection Strings which showed up there. They are not needed for Joomla!. Now you can proceed to actual Joomla! CMS installation.

Download latest Joomla! from www.joomla.org to your computer. 

In CPanel main page click on File Manager icon.

New window should open up:

Click on the folder icon next to public_html folder to get inside, then click on "Upload file" link. You should be presented with the following screen. Select Joomla! installation file from your disk and click Upload.