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If you already have Hestia installed and are just looking for options, you can skip this page. WARNING The installer needs to be run as root , either directly from the terminal or remotely, using SSH. If you do not do this, the installer will not proceed. Requirements ​ WARNING Hestia must be installed on top of a fresh operating system installation to ensure proper functionality. If on a VPS/KVM, and there is already an admin account, either delete that default admin ID, or use force to continue with the installation. See custom installation below for further details. Minimum Recommended CPU 1 core, 64-bit 4 cores Memory 1 GB (no SpamAssassin and ClamAV) 4 GB Disk 10 GB HDD 40 GB SSD Operating System Debian 10, 11 or 12 Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04 LTS Latest Debian Latest Ubuntu LTS WARNING Hestia only runs on AMD64 / x86_64 and ARM64 / aarch64 processors. It also requires a 64bit operating system! We currently do not support i386 or ARM7-based processors. Supported operating systems ​ Debian 10, 11 or 12 Ubuntu 20.04 or 22.04 WARNING Hestia does not support non-LTS Operating systems. If you install it on, for example, Ubuntu 21.10, you will not receive support from us. Regular installation ​ Interactive installer that will install the default Hestia software configuration. Step 1: Download ​ Download the installation script for the latest release: bash wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hestiacp/hestiacp/release/install/hst-install.sh If the download fails due to an SSL validation error, please be sure you’ve installed the ca-certificate package on your system - you can do this with the following command: bash apt-get update && apt-get install ca-certificates Step 2: Run ​ To begin the installation process, simply run the script and follow the on-screen prompts: bash bash hst-install.sh You will receive a welcome email at the address specified during installation (if applicable) and on-screen instructions after the installation is completed to log in and access your server. Custom installation ​ If you want to customise which software gets installed, or want to run an unattended installation, you will need to run a custom installation. To view a list of available options, run bash bash hst-install.sh -h List of installation options ​ TIP An easier way to choose your installation options is by using the Install string generator . To choose what software gets installed, you can provide flags to the installation script. You can view the full list of options below. bash -a, apache Install Apache [yes | no] default: yes -w, phpfpm Install PHP-FPM [yes | no] default: yes -o, multiphp Install MultiPHP [yes | no] default: no -v, vsftpd Install VSFTPD [yes | no] default: yes -j, proftpd Install ProFTPD [yes | no] default: no -k, named Install BIND [yes | no] default: yes -m, mysql Install MariaDB [yes | no] default: yes -M, mysql8 Install Mysql8 [yes | no] default: no -g, postgresql Install PostgreSQL [yes | no] default: no -x, exim Install Exim [yes | no] default: yes -z, dovecot Install Dovecot [yes | no] default: yes -Z, sieve Install Sieve [yes | no] default: no -c, clamav Install ClamAV [yes | no] default: yes -t, spamassassin Install SpamAssassin [yes | no] default: yes -i, iptables Install Iptables [yes | no] default: yes -b, fail2ban Install Fail2ban [yes | no] default: yes -q, quota Filesystem Quota [yes | no] default: no -d, api Activate API [yes | no] default: yes -r, port Change Backend Port default: 8083 -l, lang Default language default: en -y, interactive Interactive install [yes | no] default: yes -s, hostname Set hostname -e, email Set admin email -p, password Set admin password -D, with-debs Path to Hestia debs -f, force Force installation -h, help Print this help Example ​ bash bash hst-install.sh \ interactive no \ hostname host.domain.tld \ email [email protected] \ password p4ssw0rd \ lang fr \ apache no \ named no \ clamav no \ spamassassin no This command will install Hestia in French with the following software: Nginx Web Server PHP-FPM Application Server MariaDB Database Server IPtables Firewall + Fail2Ban Intrusion prevention software Vsftpd FTP Server Exim Mail Server Dovecot POP3/IMAP Server What’s next? ​ By now, you should have a Hestia installation on your server. You are ready to add new users, so that you (or they) can add new websites on your server. To access your control panel, navigate to https://host.domain.tld:8083 or http://your.public.ip.address:8083 Edit this page on GitHub Last updated: Next page Best practices Released under the GPLv3 License. Copyright © 2019-present Hestia Control...