How to Disable Network Manager to install cPanel/WHM

While installing cPanel/WHM in your server, you might have encountered the below error and you looking for the soultion.
Well, we have simple solution to solve your issue and continue installing cPanel/WHM in your server.

2020-04-11 12:55:10  593 (ERROR): ********************* ERROR *********************
2020-04-11 12:55:10  594 (ERROR): NetworkManager is installed and running, or      
2020-04-11 12:55:10  595 (ERROR): configured to startup.                           
2020-04-11 12:55:10  596 (ERROR):
2020-04-11 12:55:10  597 (ERROR): cPanel does not support NetworkManager enabled   
2020-04-11 12:55:10  598 (ERROR): systems.  The installation cannot proceed.       
2020-04-11 12:55:10  599 (ERROR):
2020-04-11 12:55:10  600 (ERROR): See https://go.cpanel.net/disablenm for more     
2020-04-11 12:55:10  601 (ERROR): information on disabling Network Manager.        
2020-04-11 12:55:10  602 (ERROR): ********************* ERROR *********************
2020-04-11 12:55:10  603 (FATAL): Exiting…

Why I got this error?

cPanel/WHM does not support Network manager. Hence, to install WHM/cPanel software in your server you’ll need to Disable Network Manager.
This error message is shown when Network manager is running in your server.

How to Fix disabling Network Manager?

To fix the error, you simply need to disable it.
Use the below commands to disable Network Manager according to your Operating System(OS).

For CentOS 6, CloudLinux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (RHEL), or Amazon Linux:

1. service NetworkManager stop
2. chkconfig NetworkManager off

For CentOS 7, CloudLinux 7, or RHEL 7:

1. systemctl stop NetworkManager
2. systemctl disable NetworkManager

Once you have disabled the network manager, you can again try to install cPanel/WHM in your server and it will be installed.
For full guide, follow our Ultimate cPanel/WHM installation Guide – Step by Step (2020)