# cPanel & WHM version 98 for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

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## Overview

This document details information for cPanel & WHM’s experimental software version for Ubuntu® LTS. cPanel & WHM version 98 is available for use in servers running Ubuntu 20.04.

Warning:

cPanel & WHM version 98 for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS is **experimental** software and is **not** recommended for production environments.

## Operating Systems

We’ve written this document for advanced WHM users who are familiar with installing Ubuntu in their servers. For more information, read our [Installation Guide](https://docs.cpanel.net/installation-guide/system-requirements-ubuntu/).

We tested cPanel & WHM version 98 in the following environments:

- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

## Changes that impacted functionality

These are the biggest changes in Ubuntu 20.04 that affected functionality in cPanel & WHM:

- Ubuntu 20.04 uses `apt` for package installation (versus `yum` package installer for Red Hat-based systems).

## Functionality

Currently, functionality of cPanel & WHM version 98 for Ubuntu 20.04 is limited to the following interfaces and functions:

- [Installation](https://docs.cpanel.net/installation-guide) — Users should be able to successfully install cPanel & WHM version 98 in an Ubuntu 20.04 server.
  - [cPanel DNSOnly®](https://docs.cpanel.net/knowledge-base/dnsonly/cpanel-dnsonly) — cPanel & WHM version 98 for Ubuntu 20.04 does not support cPanel DNSOnly.
- Account creation and management:
  - [*Account Functions*](https://docs.cpanel.net/whm/account-functions)
  - [*Account Information*](https://docs.cpanel.net/whm/account-information)
  - [*Backup*](https://docs.cpanel.net/whm/backup)
  - [*Multi-Account Functions*](https://docs.cpanel.net/whm/multi-account-functions)
  - [*Packages*](https://docs.cpanel.net/whm/packages)
  - [*Resellers*](https://docs.cpanel.net/whm/resellers)
- Webhosting:
  - [*cPanel*](https://docs.cpanel.net/whm/cpanel)
  - [*Service Configuration*](https://docs.cpanel.net/whm/service-configuration)
  - [*Software*](https://docs.cpanel.net/whm/software)
    - [*EasyApache4 Interface*](https://docs.cpanel.net/whm/software/easyapache-4-interface)
      - EasyApache 4 only provides the *cPanel Default* profile in cPanel & WHM version 98 for Ubuntu 20.04.
      - The list of currently available `.deb` packages will successfully support a WordPress® installation. However, not all EasyApache 4 `.deb` packages are available for use. The interface will alert you about any unavailable packages. We will add new `.deb` packages as we complete development.
- Email management:
  - [*Email*](https://docs.cpanel.net/whm/email)
  - [*Server Contacts*](https://docs.cpanel.net/whm/server-contacts)
- DNS tools:
  - [*Clusters*](https://docs.cpanel.net/whm/clusters)
  - [*DNS Functions*](https://docs.cpanel.net/whm/dns-functions)
- MySQL® Management:
  - [*SQL Services*](https://docs.cpanel.net/whm/sql-services)
    - MySQL 8 is the default database service for cPanel & WHM version 98 for Ubuntu 20.04.
    - cPanel & WHM version 98 for Ubuntu 20.04 does not support MariaDB.
- Firewall Management:
  - [*Security Center*](https://docs.cpanel.net/whm/security-center)
  - [*SSL-TLS*](https://docs.cpanel.net/whm/ssl-tls)
- Network Management:
  - [*IP Functions*](https://docs.cpanel.net/whm/ip-functions)
  - [*Networking Setup*](https://docs.cpanel.net/whm/networking-setup)
- Additional tools:
  - [*Development*](https://docs.cpanel.net/whm/development)
  - [*Locales*](https://docs.cpanel.net/whm/locales)
  - [*Market*](https://docs.cpanel.net/whm/market)
  - [*Restart Services*](https://docs.cpanel.net/whm/restart-services)
  - [*Scripts*](https://docs.cpanel.net/whm/scripts)
  - [*Server Configuration*](https://docs.cpanel.net/whm/server-configuration)
    - [*Server Profile*](https://docs.cpanel.net/whm/server-configuration/server-profile) — cPanel & WHM version 98 for Ubuntu 20.04 does not support the *Mail Node* profile.
  - [*Server Status*](https://docs.cpanel.net/whm/server-status)
  - [*System Health*](https://docs.cpanel.net/whm/system-health)
  - [*System Reboot*](https://docs.cpanel.net/whm/system-reboot)
  - [*Themes*](https://docs.cpanel.net/whm/themes)

We haven’t tested the functionality for cPanel & WHM version 98 in the WHM interfaces and functions below. However, we plan on testing these in a future release:

- [*Plugins*](https://docs.cpanel.net/whm/plugins)
- [*Support*](https://docs.cpanel.net/whm/support)
- [*Transfers*](https://docs.cpanel.net/whm/transfers)