Installing VestaCP to your Linux VPS
VestaCP is a control panel comes with variety of functionalities that enable you to easily control and manage your server. This tutorial shows how to install VestaCP on your Linux VPS.
Requirements
Requirements
- A Linux Server
- Root password for your server
Step 1. Connecting to Linux VPS
- Firstly, open the Putty software.
- Secondly, enter your hostname/IP address in the Host Name (or IP address) text area.
- Choose SSH for the connection type.
- Then, click ¡®Open¡¯. A command prompt will pop up.
- The command prompt will show something like ¡°login as: ¡°. Just type ¡°root¡± and press enter.
- After that, it will ask for the password. Just type your password and press enter. Note: Your password will not appear in the command prompt.
- After the process finishes, the command prompt will show this:?
[root@test~]#
Step 2. Install VestaCP
- Open any browser and search for?vestacp.com.
- Next, click ¡°Install¡± from the web page header.
- Then, scroll down to ¡®ADVANCED INSTALL SETTING¡¯.
- Under the ADVANCED INSTALL SETTING, choose apache for WEB, proftpd for FTP, and choose no for the SOFTACULOUS if you haven¡¯t subscribed to softaculous. For the MAIL, DNS, Firewall and DB, just left it as default.
- Scroll down until you see the green box. Copy the bold text under the #Download Installation Script and paste it on the command prompt. Press enter.
- Next, copy the bold text under the #Run it and paste again on the command prompt. Press enter.
- Wait it to process until the command show this: ¡°Would you like to continue [y/n]: ¡±
Press ¡®y¡¯. - After that, enter your admin email address.
- Lastly, when the command prompt show this: ¡°Please enter FQDN hostname [youremail]: ¡°, just press enter.
- The installation process will take about 15 minutes to complete.
- After the process is complete, the command prompt will provide you a link, username and password. Save the details.
Step 3. Login to VestaCP
- Firstly, open the link given in your browser.
- Then enter your username and password given into the login page.
- You have successfully login to your VestaCP.
For more detailed instruction, watch the video below or click to watch the video on Youtube.