In this article, we will have explained the necessary steps to install and configure VestaCP on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Before continuing with this tutorial, make sure you are logged in as a user with sudo privileges. All the commands in this tutorial should be run as a non-root user.
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Install VestaCP on Ubuntu
Step 1. First, before you start installing any package on your Ubuntu server, we always recommend making sure that all system packages are updated.
1 2 3 | sudoaptupdate sudoaptupgrade sudoaptinstallcurl |
Step 2. Configure Your Server’s FQDN.
Before installing Vesta, you will want to setup Ubuntu local domain on the server:
1 | sudonano/etc/hosts |
It probably looks something like this:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | 127.0.0.1localhost 127.0.1.1ubuntu # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts ::1 localhostip6-localhostip6-loopback ff02::1ip6-allnodes ff02::2ip6-allrouters |
And now we’ll add the following line at the end of the file:
1 | 192.168.36.46ranti.ratna.wahyuni |
Save the file and exit. Now run the following command to restart the network manager for the changes to be applied:
1 | sudosystemctlretartNetworkManager.service |
Step 3. Install VestaCP on Ubuntu 18.04.
First, Download Vesta installer using curl:
1 2 | curl-Ohttp://vestacp.com/pub/vst-install.sh sudochmodu+xvst-install.sh |
Below is a list of default packages installed:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 | _| _| _|_|_|_| _|_|_| _|_|_|_|_| _|_| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _|_|_| _|_| _| _|_|_|_| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _|_|_|_| _|_|_| _| _| _| VestaControlPanel Thefollowingsoftwarewillbeinstalledonyoursystem: -NginxWebServer -ApacheWebServer(asbackend) -BindDNSServer -EximMailServer+ClamAVSpamAssassin -DovecotPOP3/IMAPServer -MySQLDatabaseServer -VsftpdFTPServer -SoftaculousPlugin -IptablesFirewall+Fail2Ban Wouldyouliketocontinue[y/n]:y |
Step 4. Accessing VestaCP.
Now open a browser window and go to the Vesta control panel login screen on port 8083. You will see you have a valid security certificate and https is enabled.
1 | https://ranti.ratna.wahyuni:8083 |
That’s all you need to do to install Vesta Control Panel on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver. I hope you find this quick tip helpful. If you have questions or suggestions, feel free to leave a comment below.
