How to use VestaCP panel?Install Post Office/Add Multiple Domains & File Management

VestaCP is a very simple, yet powerful and efficient Linux network host control panel.

By default, it will install the nginx web server, PHP, MySQL , DNS server, and other software necessary to run a full web server — essential for website building and SEO . The VestaCP control panel can be installed on RHEL 5 and 6, CentOS 5 and 6, Ubuntu 12.04 to 14.04, and Debian 7. Due to its wide range of supported operating systems, the VestaCP panel is also very popular among web developers and system administrators.

Learn about VestaCP

VestaCP is a complete solution for customers, bundled with a free solution that they can install on their VPS or dedicated server. Most free panels like Z-Panel are not up-to-date, and most known security vulnerabilities remain open, while VestaCP actively develops its product. If you are unfamiliar with server maintenance, you can also order support packages from them.

Installation conditions

You can install VestaCP on a server with at least 1GB of RAM (recommended), but it can also run smoothly on servers with 512MB of RAM. However, to install the virus scanner, the panel's default settings require at least 3GB of RAM. However, users can override these settings and install virus scanning and other features on any server.

Install VestaCP, the following software will be installed

VestaCP installation preparation

Installing VestaCP is quite simple. First, make sure you aren't running any of the default software on your server. If so, remove any unnecessary software using the appropriate commands. We recommend using a clean OS installation, as it will prevent conflicts that may arise from installing other control panels.

Example of command to uninstall LAMP on CentOS

Step 1: Delete the MySQL server. Delete MySQL on the CentOS server by running the following command: ▼

yum remove mysql-client mysql-server mysql-common mysql-devel

Step 2: Delete the MySQL database

yum remove mysql-libs

Step 3: Remove the existing PHP installation

yum remove php php-common php-devel

Step 4: Please refer to this article to remove the Apache service from the server ▼

Example of command to uninstall LAMP on Ubuntu

You can run this one-line command to remove LAMP on an Ubuntu server ▼

`# sudo apt-get remove --purge apache2 php5 mysql-server-5.0 phpmyadmin`

• ▲ The above code will delete the currently installed LAMP

Start installing VestaCP

This article demonstrates connecting to your VPS/server via SSH using PuTTY software. Step 1: Download the VestaCP installer. Use the following command to download the VestaCP installer ▼

curl -O http://vestacp.com/pub/vst-install.sh

Step 2:Start VestaCP installation After successful download, run this command to start VestaCP installation ▼

bash vst-install.sh

Step 3:Confirm the installation of VestaCP The installer will ask you to confirm the installation of VestaCP, enter 'y' to continue ▼ Step 4:Enter email

Step 5:Enter the FQDN hostname Step 6:After the installation is successful, VestaCP will display the following information▼ step 7:Set the language to Chinese and log in to the Vesta CP control panel through the browser ▼ You will find that the default is English, you can click admin in the upper right corner to change it ▼

VestaCP adds multiple domains

In VestaCP control panel web service, you can add multiple new domain names ▼ In the advanced settings, you can choose whether to add an SSL certificate to the website, and support to automatically set the Let's Encrypt certificate for encryption ▼

• After waiting for about five minutes, you can enable https and view the SSL certificate you just applied for.

VestaCP add FTP account

At the bottom, you can add an FTP account to your website and enter your FTP account and password ▼

FTP client connection settings

When connecting using FTP client software, the following settings are available ▼

VestaCP add post office mailbox

First enter the post office management interface of VestaCP and add a new account ▼ Enter your email account and password, then you will receive emails SMTP, IMAP, etc. ▼ VestaCP's online mailbox, using the open source Roundcube to easily send and receive letters ▼

VestaCP File Manager

Step 1: After connecting to the SFTP server via SSH, navigate to the directory ▼

/usr/local/vesta/conf

Step 2: Edit the vesta.conf file.

• Add the following two lines of code at the end of the file▼

FILEMANAGER_KEY ='KuwangNetwork'
SFTPJAIL_KEY ='KuwangNetwork'

After saving, you can view the file manager in VestaCP navigation ▼

Google JS library problem

• The file manager uses Google's JS library, but Google's JS library may not be available in some areas of mainland China.

Solution: Go to the directory ▼

/usr/local/vesta/web/templates/file_manager

Please change the address in line 119 of the main.php file to ▼

code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.1.min.js

Uninstall VestaCP

Step 1: Stop the VestaCP service

service vesta stop

Step 2: Remove the VESTA installer. For CentOS systems, please use the following command ▼

yum remove vesta*
rm -f /etc/yum.repos.d/vesta.repo

For Debian/Ubuntu systems, please use the following command ▼

apt-get remove vesta*
rm -f /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vesta.list

Step 3: Delete the data directory and scheduled tasks.

rm -rf /usr/local/vesta

• Also, it's a good idea to delete the admin user and related scheduled tasks.

Conclusion

VestaCP is a very good and easy to install and use VPS control panel that can be used by everyone. Moreover, there are no installation errors. The installation on our VPS only takes about 4-7 minutes to complete.

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