To clarify, before we start, here’s how I’ll have things set up on starting:<\/p>\n
If you don’t have domains, you can get free ones from FREENOM<\/a>. If you need a recommendation to buy domains from a registrar, then we recommend Namecheap<\/a>.<\/p>\n NOTE: <\/strong> You may have different requirements, and not want to do what we write in this guide. If that’s the case, and you need assistance, then feel free to leave us a comment and we’ll get back to you ASAP.<\/small><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Get a High RAM VPS at Entry-level Pricing<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n Starting with 2GB RAM at $6.99\/month<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n Take your pick from our KVM VPS that offer a generous amount of RAM at an affordable price. We've got 5 plans for you to choose from, our cheapest featuring 2GB RAM at $6.99\/mo.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Pick one of our KVM plans<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name) is your server’s complete domain name. It consists of the hostname and the domain name.<\/p>\n First, we’ll change the domain name using the We’ll update our hostname based on the subdomain we’ve want to access VestaCP on. In our case it’s going to be Next, we’ll edit our It probably looks something like this:<\/p>\n And now we’ll add the following line at the end of the file:<\/p>\n In my case, I’ll add something like the following:<\/p>\n Save and close the file when you’re done.<\/p>\n Now run the following command to restart the network manager for the changes to be applied:<\/p>\n Let’s check our hostname and FQDN, for good measure:<\/p>\n If everything’s ok up until now, then we can proceed.<\/p>\n First of all, let’s make sure that all of our packages are up-to-date by running the following commands:<\/p>\n Install Now download the VestaCP install script and make it an executable:<\/p>\n The VestCP website provides an awesome way to customize and generate the VestaCP install command, so you can configure your installation right a way. To do this, visit https:\/\/vestacp.com\/install<\/a> and scroll down just a little. You’ll find the form, where you can configure the command, under Advanced Install Settings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Now you can select your settings in accordance with your requirements.<\/p>\n We’ll explain a few of them, that we’re selecting in this demo:<\/p>\n WEB<\/strong> – Select your preferred web server. Most users choose DNS<\/strong> – If you want a a DNS server, choose Additional Repository<\/strong> – You can select an additional repository, Remi<\/strong>, which is a third party repository that includes up-to-date versions of Apache, MySQL, MariaDB, PHP<\/strong> and related software.<\/p>\n FTP<\/strong> – VestaCP does not include a file browser, so you can choose between to Firewall<\/strong> – You can choose between File System Quota<\/strong> – If you intend to use VestaCP for a Shared Web Hosting server, where you’ll have multiple users, you’ll probably want to choose MAIL<\/strong> – Here, it’s recommended that you choose SOFTACULOUS<\/strong> – If you either want the option to auto-install the packages available in the free version<\/a> or plan on buying Softaculous<\/strong> for auto installing a ton of software, then choose DB<\/strong> – Here, we chose Hostname<\/strong> – Where we want to access VestaCP. We’re using Email<\/strong> – Your email.<\/p>\n Password<\/strong> – Your desired VestaCP login password.<\/p>\n After selecting your preferred options, you can click the Here’s ours:<\/p>\n When you run the install command, you’ll end up with the following output, displaying your chosen configuration:<\/p>\n If you’re sure you want to continue, type The installation takes about 10-15 minutes.<\/p>\n When it’s finished installing VestaCP, you’ll be displayed something like the following screen, and you’ll also be sent the login details to your email.<\/p>\n Now that VestaCP is successfully installed, you can follow the instructions in the output after the installation, and visit the URL provided. In my case, I’m visiting The browser will complain about a self-signed certificate. You can safely add it as an exception and proceed to the login page.<\/p>\n The first thing you should do is change the admin password, and make it a strong password. You can also check other settings there as well.<\/p>\n You can change the admin password by clicking on You can see and manage installed services by clicking on The VestaCP menu is quite intuitive and straightforward. If you’ve got any questions you can either check the VestaCP Docs<\/a> or leave us a commend and we’ll do what we an to assist.<\/p>\n Basically, a Nameserver<\/strong> is a server on the internet specialized in handling queries regarding the location of a domain name’s various services.<\/p>\n Earlier, when we built our installation command, we chose DNS:<\/strong> By using nameservers we can easily add domains to our hosting – domain registrars allow us to do this when managing our domain, as you’ll see later on.<\/p>\n NOTE: <\/strong> If you’re confused, don’t worry. You’ll see how nameservers work further in this guide.<\/small><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Our nameservers will look like this:<\/p>\n As such, my nameservers are going to be these:<\/p>\n To create these nameservers, you’ll just have to go in the dashboard of the Domain Registrar<\/strong> from where you registered your domain, and create 2 A Records<\/strong> that’ll point to your server’s IP address.<\/p>\n Here’s an example of this. I’m using Cloudflare, but whatever your registrar is, you should be able to create A records and point them to your server’s IP address.<\/p>\n Now head over to your VestaCP Dashboard, in the Click the Change them to the nameservers you just created and save. In my case, it’ll look like this:<\/p>\n To add a new domain, in my case In my case, I registered After assigning the nameservers to your new domain, in the registrar dashboard, you can go in the VestaCP dashboard, on This will take you to the There should be a confirmation message that your domain has been added successfully.<\/p>\n Finally, head over to the All you have to do here is change the Template for the BIND9<\/strong> to That’s it. Now you can visit your newly added domain, and you should see the default VestaCP page.<\/p>\n If you selected Let’s Encrypt Support, your website should also work over Well done. You’ve now successfully installed VestaCP on Ubuntu 18.04 and added your first domain to it.<\/p>\n FYI. Earlier we had the choice of installing Softaculous. In case you do not know this, the paid version of Softaculous offers you the possibility of autoinstalling over 400 apps on your hosting – such as Magento, WordPress etc. You can check the Softaculous VestaCP Documentation<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n Other tutorials may differ from this one, with regards to how they add their new domain. If anything is confusing, you encounter any issue or have any questions, please do contact us and we’ll get right back to you.<\/p>\n Need Help?<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n Have a server from a different provider and need help? Hit us up!<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n We offer various services to assist you in achieving your business goal. Working in the industry, we've gained proficiency various areas related to hosting.\r\n Hire Us<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n VestaCP is a free and open-source web hosting control panel, with a set of features that includes integration with Softaculous, managing domains, databases, mail, DNS, cron jobs, backups, and more. It’s one of the free control panels that has stuck around and is still going strong – and for good reason! 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It’s one of the free control panels that has stuck around and is still going strong – and for good reason! Compared to other control panels, it’s lightweight and resource friendly, easy to install, and it’s a great cPanel alternative. In this tutorial we’ll install VestaCP on an Ubuntu 18.04 machine, after which we’ll configure it and add a new domain to it. Prerequisites This guide assumes that you have…<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"Hosting<\/a>, Open-source<\/a>, Ubuntu<\/a>","author_info_v2":{"name":"Vlad","url":"https:\/\/draculaservers.com\/tutorials\/author\/vlad\/"},"comments_num_v2":"1 comment","yoast_head":"\ndracula.host<\/code> – A Record<\/strong> points to server_IP<\/code> (our testing domain)<\/p>\npanel<\/code> – A Record<\/strong> points to server_IP<\/code> (we’ll access VestaCP by visiting panel.dracula.host<\/code>)<\/p>\ndraculawebsite.ml<\/code> – The domain that we’ll add to our hosting, after VestaCP is installed.<\/p>\nStep 1 \u2013 Configure Your Server’s FQDN<\/h2>\n
hostnamectl<\/code> command. This command will update the kernel about the hostname being changed, and you won’t have to reboot your machine.<\/p>\npanel<\/code>.<\/p>\n$ sudo hostnamectl set-hostname panel<\/code><\/pre>\n\/etc\/hosts<\/code> file:<\/p>\n$ sudo nano \/etc\/hosts<\/code><\/pre>\n127.0.0.1\tlocalhost\r\n127.0.1.1\tubuntu\r\n\r\n# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts\r\n::1 localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback\r\nff02::1 ip6-allnodes\r\nff02::2 ip6-allrouters<\/code><\/pre>\nIP_address subdomain.domain.tld subdomain<\/code><\/pre>\n123.231.111.23 panel.dracula.host panel<\/code><\/pre>\n$ sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager.service<\/code><\/pre>\n$ hostname\r\npanel\r\n$ hostname -f\r\npanel.dracula.host<\/code><\/pre>\nStep 2 \u2013 Install VestaCP on Ubuntu<\/h2>\n
Update Your System<\/h3>\n
$ sudo apt update\r\n$ sudo apt upgrade<\/code><\/pre>\nDownload and Install VestaCP<\/h3>\n
cURL<\/code>:<\/p>\n$ sudo apt install curl<\/code><\/pre>\n$ curl -O http:\/\/vestacp.com\/pub\/vst-install.sh\r\n$ sudo chmod u+x vst-install.sh<\/code><\/pre>\nGenerate the Install Command<\/h3>\n
nginx + apache<\/code>, which means Nginx will be used as the frontend webserver and Apache as the backend.<\/p>\nnamed<\/code>.<\/p>\nvsftpd<\/code> or proftpd<\/code> as your FPT server, for uploading\/downloading files.<\/p>\nfail2ban + iptables<\/code>, iptables<\/code> or no firewall. fail2ban<\/code> alters iptables<\/code> rules dynamically, to mitigate brute force attacks. We recommend you chose either of the 2 options, as choosing no<\/code> will leave your server vulnerable.<\/p>\nyes<\/code>, to limit users. Otherwise you can choose no<\/code>.<\/p>\nExim + dovecot + SpamAssassin + ClamAV<\/code>. Exim is responsible for receiving and sending emails to remote servers, dovecot<\/code> is responsible for storing the emails, SpamAssassin<\/code> will protect your server against SPAM, and ClamAV<\/code> will handle virus activity. A downside of ClamAV<\/code> is that it will increase load on your CPU.<\/p>\nyes<\/code>. If you don’t plan on doing that, then choose no<\/code><\/p>\nMySQL<\/code> since it’s what we primarily use.<\/p>\npanel.dracula.host<\/code><\/p>\nGenerate Install Command<\/code> at the bottom, and the command will be made available under # Run it<\/code>.<\/p>\nbash vst-install.sh --nginx yes --apache yes --phpfpm no --named yes --remi yes --vsftpd yes --proftpd no --iptables yes --fail2ban yes --quota yes --exim yes --dovecot yes --spamassassin yes --clamav yes --softaculous yes --mysql yes --postgresql no --hostname panel.dracula.host --email hello@dracula.host --password YOUR_PASSWORD_HERE<\/code><\/pre>\n![\"generate_vestacp_install_command\"](\"https:\/\/draculaservers.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/generate_vestacp_install_command.png\")
<\/p>\nRun the VestaCP Install Command<\/h3>\n
_| _| _|_|_|_| _|_|_| _|_|_|_|_| _|_|\r\n _| _| _| _| _| _| _|\r\n _| _| _|_|_| _|_| _| _|_|_|_|\r\n _| _| _| _| _| _| _|\r\n _| _|_|_|_| _|_|_| _| _| _|\r\n\r\n Vesta Control Panel\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe following software will be installed on your system:\r\n - Nginx Web Server\r\n - Apache Web Server (as backend)\r\n - Bind DNS Server\r\n - Exim Mail Server + ClamAVSpamAssassin\r\n - Dovecot POP3\/IMAP Server\r\n - MySQL Database Server\r\n - Vsftpd FTP Server\r\n - Softaculous Plugin\r\n - Iptables Firewall + Fail2Ban\r\n \r\nWould you like to continue [y\/n]: y\r\nInstallation backup directory: \/root\/vst_install_backups\/1546684280\r\n\r\n\r\nInstallation will take about 15 minutes ...<\/code><\/pre>\ny<\/code> and ENTER<\/code>.<\/p>\n _| _| _|_|_|_| _|_|_| _|_|_|_|_| _|_| \r\n _| _| _| _| _| _| _| \r\n _| _| _|_|_| _|_| _| _|_|_|_| \r\n _| _| _| _| _| _| _| \r\n _| _|_|_|_| _|_|_| _| _| _| \r\n\r\n\r\nCongratulations, you have just successfully installed Vesta Control Panel\r\n\r\n https:\/\/panel.dracula.host:8083\r\n username: admin\r\n password: YOUR_PASSWORD_HERE\r\n\r\nWe hope that you enjoy your installation of Vesta. Please feel free to contact us anytime if you have any questions.\r\nThank you.\r\n\r\n--\r\nSincerely yours\r\nvestacp.com team<\/code><\/pre>\nStep 3 \u2013 Configure VestaCP<\/h2>\n
https:\/\/panel.dracula.host:8083<\/code>.<\/p>\n![\"vesta_cp_login_page\"](\"https:\/\/draculaservers.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vesta_cp_login_page.png\")
<\/p>\nChange Admin Password<\/h3>\n
admin<\/code> in the extreme upper right corner of the VestaCP dashboard.<\/p>\nManaging Services<\/h3>\n
Server<\/code> , on the right, in the VestaCP top navigation menu. From there you can restart, stop, start or configure services.<\/p>\nCreate and Add Nameservers<\/h3>\n
named<\/code>. We did that because we want to create child nameservers for our VestaCP installation. Child nameservers<\/strong> are our own named private nameservers, that we can create through our registrar.<\/p>\nns1.your_domain.tld\r\nns2.your_domain.tld<\/code><\/pre>\nns1.dracula.host\r\nns2.dracula.host<\/code><\/pre>\n![\"cloudflare_nameservers\"](\"https:\/\/draculaservers.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/cloudflare_nameservers.png\")
<\/p>\nUSER<\/code> section. Hover your mouse in the area of Admin\/System Administrator<\/code> and the EDIT<\/code> button should appear.<\/p>\n![\"add_nameservers_dashboard\"](\"https:\/\/draculaservers.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/add_nameservers_dashboard.png\")
<\/p>\nEDIT<\/code> button, and on the next page, if you scroll down a little, you’ll be able to edit Default Name Servers<\/code>.<\/p>\n![\"default_name_servers\"](\"https:\/\/draculaservers.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/default_name_servers.png\")
<\/p>\nAdd a New Domain<\/h3>\n
draculawebsite.ml<\/code>, first go into the registrar’s dashboard, and change it’s nameservers to the ones you created earlier.<\/p>\ndraculawebsite.ml<\/code> from Freenom. I navigated on the page where I manage nameservers and added the nameservers I created earlier:<\/p>\nns1.dracula.host\r\nns2.dracula.host<\/code><\/pre>\n![\"managing_draculawebsite.ml\"](\"https:\/\/draculaservers.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/managing_draculawebsite.ml_.png\")
<\/p>\nWEB<\/code>, and click on the big green plus sign to add a new domain.<\/p>\nADDING DOMAIN<\/code> page.<\/p>\n\n
Domain<\/code> field type in your new domain. In my case it’s draculawebsite.ml<\/code><\/li>\nIP address<\/code> select the IP of your server.<\/li>\nADVANCED OPTIONS<\/code><\/li>\nAliases<\/code> section you can add aliases. It should be automatically filled out with the default alias www.your_domain.tld<\/code><\/li>\nSSL Support<\/code> checkbox. This’ll cause Lets Encrypt Support<\/code> to appear, which provides free SSL certificates. If you want to enable it then just check the Let’s Encrypt Support box too – we recommend you do that if you don’t have paid certificates.<\/li>\nwebalizer<\/code>, awstats<\/code> or none<\/code>.<\/li>\nAdditional FTP<\/code> and fill in the desired credentials for your new FTP account.<\/li>\nAdd<\/code> when you’re done, and after waiting a few seconds, the domain should be successfully added.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nDNS<\/code> page ( next to WEB<\/code>, under the top navigation ), hover over the domain you just created, and the EDIT<\/code> button should appear. Click that and you’ll be taken to the EDITING DNS DOMAIN<\/code> page.<\/p>\nchild-ns<\/code> and SOA<\/strong> to your nameserver ( in my case ns1.dracula.host<\/code> ) and save it.<\/p>\n![\"draculawebsite.ml_dns\"](\"https:\/\/draculaservers.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/draculawebsite.ml_dns.png\")
<\/p>\nhttps<\/code>.<\/p>\n![\"draculawebsite.ml_ssl\"](\"https:\/\/draculaservers.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/draculawebsite.ml_ssl.png\")
<\/p>\nConclusion<\/h2>\n
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\r\n - WHMCS
\r\n - LAMP Stack
\r\n - LEMP Stack
\r\n - VPN Protocols
\r\n - SMTP
\r\n - Remote Desktop Solutions
\r\n - Linux in general
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