The bellow tutorial will explains that the MySQL® 8 is compatible with cPanel & WHM version 88. Throughout installation, the default version is MySQL® 5.7. This information can facilitate in installing new cPanel & WHM that uses MySQL® 8.

Check out the Procedure as follow:

1. Before installing, cPanel and WHM will need to know that you want MySQL® 8. You will need to create a directory in the /root/ folder named cPanel profile.

2. Make a directory using this command in SSH:

mkdir /root/cpanel_profile

3. A file named cpanel.config will need to exist within /root/cpanel_profile that specifies the custom MySQL® version.

4. The full path to this file will be:

/root/cpanel_profile/cpanel.config

5. Add the following line to the file to configure the cPanel & WHM installation to use the specified MySQL® version:

mysql-version=8.0

6. You can quickly create this file and add the required line using this command:

echo “mysql-version=8.0″ > /root/cpanel_profile/cpanel.config

7. Once this is complete, you can run the cPanel installation with the following command:

cd /home && curl -o latest -L https://securedownloads.cpanel.net/latest && sh latest

Note: Information regarding installation customization is available in installation guide.