Introduction
The Vesta Control Panel is a free, open-source website control panel with website, email, database, and DNS functionalities built-in.
More information can be found on an official web page:
VestaCP Template
In Hostens you are able to install VestaCP template really easy and fast, only with few mouse clicks:
Login to the Clients Portal;
Select at the top of the menu the “Services > VPS Hosting” tab;
Press the “Manage” button at the service table;
Press the “Install OS” button;
Choose operating system, agree with the warning, and press “Continue”;
Wait for 5-10 minutes and refresh the VPS management page.
VestaCP template contains:
CentOS 7
Apache 2.2.15
PHP 5.5.28
MySQL 5.5.45
Nginx 1.4
1. Login
VestaCP uses 8083 port, so to connect to the control panel on your internet browser enter:
https://ip_of_your_server:8083/login/
The username for login is “admin” and the password is the server’s “root” password, which you can find on Clients Portal.
2. Adding New User
In the upper part of the control panel select “User” and press the “Add User” > fill in all needed information and press “Add”.
3. Adding New Website
Access to the control panel with the desired user > in the upper part of the control panel select “Web” and press the “Add Web Domain > fill in all necessary information and press “Add”.
It is worth noting that if you want to add an additional FTP user you need to check the box next to “Additional FTP” within “Addition options”. Additional FTP users are limited to 1.
4. Adding New Domain to DNS Management
In the upper part of the control panel and select the section “DNS” and click “Add DNS Domain” > fill in all necessary information and press “Add”.
5. Adding an email account
First of all, we need to add a domain which we will use for email accounts. In the upper part of the control panel select “EMAIL” and click on “Add Mail Domain” > insert necessary information and press “Add”.
Then again in the upper part of the control panel select “MAIL” > near domain you
want select “+ Add Account” > insert necessary information and press “Add”.
6. Adding Database
In the upper part of the control panel and select the section “DB” and click “Add Database” > fill in all necessary information and press “Add”.
7. Password reset
In order to change the forgotten VestaCP “admin” user password, enter the following command:
passwd admin
You will be asked to enter a new password and then retype it once again. After this is done, you should see this result:
passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.
More information on how to use VestaCP panel can be found by visiting the following links:
VestaCP official website: http://vestacp.com/
VestaCP documentation: http://vestacp.com/docs/