Hestia Control Panel

Current stable release: Version 1.0.6, released on September 26th, 2019.

Wanted: Beta testers!

We're currently looking for people who would be willing to help us test development builds as we continue work on the project. If you have previous experience in software testing or development, awesome! If not, now is a great chance to get started.

If you're interested, please send us an e-mail at [email protected], or get started today by installing a development build (see the instructions below) on a test server and send us your feedback through GitHub Issues.

We look forward to your feedback, and as always we welcome all feedback and contributions!

Sincerely,
The Hestia Control Panel development team

What is Hestia Control Panel?

• An open source web server control panel with an easy-to-use interface.
• A lightweight alternative to cPanel, Plesk, etc.

What does Hestia Control Panel support?

• Standard Web Server (Apache/NGINX) with PHP
• PHP Web Application Server (NGINX + PHP-FPM)
• Multiple PHP versions (5.6 - 7.3)
• DNS Server (Bind) with clustering capabilities
• Mail Server (Exim/Dovecot) with Anti-Virus and Anti-Spam (ClamAV and SpamAssassin)
• Database functionality (MariaDB/PostgreSQL)
• Let's Encrypt SSL with wildcard certificates

Supported operating systems:

• Debian 8 or 9
• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS or Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
• NOTE: Hestia Control Panel must be installed on top of a fresh operating system installation to ensure proper functionality.

Installing Hestia Control Panel

Step 1: Log in

To install Hestia Control Panel on your server, you will need to be logged in as root or a user with super-user privileges in order to continue. You can perform the installation either directly from the command line console or remotely via SSH:

ssh [email protected]

Step 2: Download

Download the installation script for the latest release:

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hestiacp/hestiacp/release/install/hst-install.sh

If the download fails due to ssl validation, please be sure you've installed the requirement ca-certificate package - you can do this with the following command:

apt-get update && apt-get install ca-certificates

Step 3: Run

To begin the installation process, simply run the script and follow the on-screen prompts:

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.

Additional installation notes:

To perform an unattended installation using the default options:

bash hst-install.sh -f -y no -e <email> -p <password> -s <hostname>

Custom installation:

You may specify a number of various flags during installation to only install the features in which you need. To view a list of available options, run:

bash hst-install.sh -h

Alternatively, @gabizz has made available a command-line script generator at https://gabizz.github.io/hestiacp-scriptline-generator/ which allows you to easily generate the installation command via GUI.

Installing & testing development builds

In order to install a development build based on the latest published code, you should first have an instance of Hestia Control Panel set up. If you do not have a server configured, please install the latest stable build using the instructions above before continuing.

PLEASE NOTE: Development builds should not be installed on systems with live production data without understanding the potential risks involved.

To install a development build, run:

v-update-sys-hestia-git branchname

Replace branchname with the name of the branch you wish to install from, such as release, prerelease, or master (stable, beta/release candidate, and current development code respectively).

Reporting Issues

If you've run into an issue with Hestia Control Panel, please let us know as soon as possible so that we may investigate further and resolve any issues in a timely manner.

Bug reports can be filed using GitHub's Issues feature.

Contributions

If you would like to contribute to the project, please read our submission guidelines for a brief overview of our development processes and standards.

Donations

Hestia Control Panel is open source and completely free for everyone to use.

If you would like to help our developers cover their time and infrastucture costs, or to support the Hestia Control Panel project as a whole, please consider making a donation via PayPal or become a sponsor.

License

Hestia Control Panel is licensed under GPL v3 license, and is based on the VestaCP project.