Hestia Host Control Panel is a free, simple, and fast web host control panel that you can use to host websites, mail servers and other web hosting features from a simple web interface. Hestia which also runs on low-resource servers comes with Nginx + PHP-fpm and advanced caching that are available right out of the box. With its auto-installer, you’re able to install more than 439 apps with one click. If you need a next-generation hosting control platform that is built for speed, security, and stability, then you may want to give Hestia host control platform a try. These are some of the features that come with Hestia: WEB domains, DNS domains, MAIL domains, Databases, CRON, User Directories, and more. For more about Hestia, please visit its homepage. When you’re ready to install Hestia, continue with the steps below:
Configure Ubuntu Local Host Domain
Before installing Hestia, you will want to set up Ubuntu local domain on the server. To do that, run the commands below to open the Ubuntu local hosts file. Then type in the server address to domain mapping. You can use your public IP address instead of the local one. Should look like the lines below: Save the file and exit
Download the Hestia installer script
Hestia has an easy installer script to get the platform working on Ubuntu. To get the installer script, run the commands below First, update the Ubuntu server by running the commands below: If you don’t already have wget installed, the commands below also help you install it. Then use the commands below to download the script into the /tmp directory. You’ll want to use the tmp directory because the content in it is automatically deleted upon server reboot.
Install Hestia
After downloading the script and changing the permissions above, run the commands below to begin the installation. When you do that, you should see a series of prompts to guide you with the installation. Choose the highlighted options below to have a smooth installation. Removing conflicting packages will be done. You will then be prompted to install the listed packages on your server. After that, the script should start downloading and installing the packages you chose. When the installation is completed, you should see a similar screen to the one below with the administrator login details. When prompted if you want to reboot now, choose Yes. Log back into Ubuntu, then use the credentials above to sign into the Hestia host control panel using the domain name you created. Copy the details and log on to the control panel portal. https://hestia.example.com:8083 That should bring up the login page when you can log on with the admin info printed above. That’s it! You can now begin setting up your host environment and other settings after logging on to the back-end panel. Conclusion: This post showed you how to install the Hestia web host control panel on Ubuntu 18.04 | 16.04. If you find any error above, please use the comment form below to report. Thanks, You may also like the post below:
