Introduction
FASTPANEL is an amazing and most importantly modern open-source website hosting/management control panel that makes it very easy for common tasks like creating websites, emails and databases, uploading files, installing PHP versions, extensions and more through a simple web interface.
In this guide, we’ll discuss how to install FASTPANEL on Ubuntu 20.04.
Prerequisites
Before you begin this guide, you’ll need to do the following:
- New Fresh Ubuntu 20.04 Server with root access.
- Update the Ubuntu 20.04 Server
Hardware
RAM: 1GB
Free Disk Space: 5GB
CPU: 1 core, 1 Ghz
Step 1 – Install FASTPANEL
Run the following commands to begin the installation of FASTPANEL
Connect to the server through SSH with root user
Now update the server sudo apt-get update
and set hostname sudo hostnamectl set-hostname YOUR_HOSTNAME
(Replace “YOUR_HOSTNAME
” with your hostname)
Now we need to install the required/recommended packages into the server – Wget and Screen
Run the following command to install wget package. (Learn about wget)
sudo apt-get install wget -y
Run the following command to install screen package. (Learn about screen)
sudo apt-get install screen -y
Now, Run the following command to enter into screen. (It is suggested to use screen, as the installation will take up to 10-15 minutes and in case of network disconnect with SSH connection, the installation will not stop, and you can reconnect to the SSH connection.)
screen
Now, Run the following command to install the FASTPANEL
wget http://repo.fastpanel.direct/install_fastpanel.sh -O - | bash -
Here’s the output overview:
Greetings user! Now I will install the best control panel for you! Start pre-installation checks OS: Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS Installing FASTPANEL package. [Success] Installing MySQL 8.0 from Oracle APT Repository. [Success] Installing web service: nginx, apache, php. [Success] Installing ftp service: proftpd. [Success] Installing mail service: exim, dovecot. [Success] Installing recommended software: roundcube, phpmyadmin, etc, etc... [Success]
Installation process of FASTPANEL will take up to 10-15 minutes to complete. Once it’s installed, you will see the login details – username (fastuser) and password to access the FASTPANEL.
Congratulations! FASTPANEL® successfully installed and available for you at https://1.2.3.4:8888 Login: fastuser Password: password
Note: Save the login details.
Step 2 – Setup FASTPANEL
Now, we need to allow 8888 port in the firewall to use FASTPANEL
sudo ufw allow 8888
Run the following command to check the status if 8888 port is allowed
sudo ufw status
Now, open the URL on browser – http://SERVER_IP:8888 OR http://domain.com:8888
After opening the URL, it will show “Your connection is not private” Click on Advanced and proceed.
Now, it will show to activate the license (free). Type your email address and you will receive the verification email from FASTPANEL, verify it and refresh the login URL, login screen will appear, enter the login details which we get at the time of installation, after that accept the license agreement.
Now, we need to Install the important services like DNS, PHP
First, Install DNS service > Under Settings > Applications > Install "bind9"
Install PHP and other services
That’s it. You can now use FASTPANEL.
Conclusion
In this guide, we have successfully installed FASTPANEL on Ubuntu 20.04 server. We have made all the necessary configurations to use FASTPANEL smoothly.