{"id":50123,"date":"2019-12-11T13:06:13","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T18:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/?p=50123"},"modified":"2026-06-09T09:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T13:04:09","slug":"choosing-vesta-control-panel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/product-guides\/cloud-server\/choosing-vesta-control-panel\/","title":{"rendered":"Choosing Vesta Control Panel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"alert alert-danger wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong> Vesta Control Panel is no longer maintained. The project has received no updates since 2018 and contains unpatched security vulnerabilities, including remote command execution and root privilege escalation. We do not recommend installing VestaCP on production servers. If you need a free, open-source control panel, use <a href=\"https:\/\/hestiacp.com\/\">HestiaCP<\/a>, an actively maintained, security-hardened fork of VestaCP. This guide remains available for reference only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vesta Control Panel, an open source hosting control panel, is a cost-effective alternative to cPanel. Offering many of the same features as cPanel, Vesta is a low-cost option for your client management needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alert alert-warning wp-block-paragraph\">Please keep in mind that this will only work on a Cloud Server or a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/bare-metal-servers\">Baremetal Server<\/a>. Make sure your drive is empty before installing Vesta Control Panel. Data Migration is available with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/solutions\/inmotion-solutions\">InMotion Solutions<\/a> team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Installing\"><strong>Installing<\/strong> Vesta Control Panel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> The Vesta Control Panel runs under the following operating systems: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>CentOS 5, 6, and 7<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Debian 7, 8 and 9<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ubuntu 12.04 through 18.10<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before installing Vesta, you may need to install prerequisites. For Ubuntu, these include: curl, gnupg,\u00a0 gnupg2, and gnupg1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are two ways to install Vesta. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> Option 1: <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> First, execute these commands: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>SSH into your server as root.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Run \u201ccurl -O https:\/\/vestacp.com\/pub\/vst-install.sh\u201d to download the install script.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Install it by running \u201cbash vst-install.sh\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Using the above\u00a0commands, your install will include the following: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nginx + Apache web servers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Named for DNS<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>VSFTPD for FTP<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Iptables + fail2ban for the firewall<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Exim \/ dovecot for email<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clamav and Spamassassin for helping keep the bad email away<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MariaDB for MySQL<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Softaculous (to use Softaculous, you will need to provide your own license )<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Option 2: <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The second option is navigating\u00a0to <a href=\"https:\/\/vestacp.com\/install\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vesta<\/a> then filling out the <strong>Advanced Install Settings<\/strong> form. Doing this version, you will be given slightly different commands to issue.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you first choose to go without Softaculous but then change your mind, you can install it again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Using\"><strong>Using<\/strong> Vesta Control Panel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now that you have Vesta installed, log in with the URL it provides you at the end of the installation.\u00a0 The URL will look like the following: https:\/\/<em>IP<\/em>:8083.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Comparing Vesta Control Panel to cPanel \/ WHM you\u2019ll quickly see that Vesta is like cPanel and WHM merged. There is only one URL to login, what you see depends entirely on who you log in as. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Vesta Admin: <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UI for Vesta is very simple to use. While logged in as an Admin you have the following menu options in the brown bar <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"183\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/admin-controls-1024x183.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/admin-controls-1024x183.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/admin-controls-300x54.png 300w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/admin-controls-768x137.png 768w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/admin-controls.png 1102w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1360px) 876px, (min-width: 960px) calc(61.58vw + 51px), calc(100vw - 80px)\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Packages option is where you define what abilities other panels will have.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The IP option will allow you to configure multiple IP addresses.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Graphs options will show you how your server is performing visually for many different components. For example: Apache, Database, Nginx, etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Statistics option will give you a brief summary of what your account has done over the time it has been active<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Log option shows your server updates.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Updates option shows you recent updates.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Firewall option allows you to configure ports<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Server option shows you how much each server is using of your computer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The White section below that with USER, WEB, DNS, MAIL, DB, CRON, BACKUP will show you what the Admin User has done.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you click on USER, this is equivalent to going to List Accounts in WHM, from here you can choose a USER by scrolling down to\u00a0 the user of choice you will see something  like the following: <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"178\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/unnamed.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/unnamed.png 512w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/unnamed-300x104.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1360px) 876px, (min-width: 960px) calc(61.58vw + 51px), calc(100vw - 80px)\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you click the circled area, you will get a pop-up confirming you have logged in as the user and then see the following<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"182\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/user-control-1024x182.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/user-control-1024x182.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/user-control-300x53.png 300w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/user-control-768x136.png 768w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/user-control.png 1087w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1360px) 876px, (min-width: 960px) calc(61.58vw + 51px), calc(100vw - 80px)\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You will know you\u2019re logged in as a User from the Admin portion due to seeing admin -&gt; user name in the upper right corner.\u00a0 If you click on Log out here, it will take you to the Admin panel again<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Vesta User<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you log in directly as a User, the menu looks largely the same as above, however with one minor change:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"86\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/unnamed-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/unnamed-1.png 512w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/unnamed-1-300x50.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1360px) 876px, (min-width: 960px) calc(61.58vw + 51px), calc(100vw - 80px)\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you log out here, you will be fully logged out. Now you know how to install and use Vesta! Continue with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/product-guides\/cloud-server\/adding-a-user-and-domain-to-vesta-control-panel\/\">adding users and domains<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Learn more about server administration from our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/product-guides\/cloud-server\/\">Cloud Server Hosting Product Guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"jumbotron\">\r\n<p>If you don\u2019t need cPanel, don't pay for it. Only pay for what you need with our scalable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/cloud-vps\">Cloud VPS Hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/design.inmotionhosting.com\/assets\/icons\/standard\/check-blue.svg\" alt=\"check mark\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" \/>CentOS, Debian, or Ubuntu    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/design.inmotionhosting.com\/assets\/icons\/standard\/check-blue.svg\" alt=\"check mark\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" \/>No Bloatware    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/design.inmotionhosting.com\/assets\/icons\/standard\/check-blue.svg\" alt=\"check mark\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" \/>SSH and Root Access<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Notice: Vesta Control Panel is no longer maintained. 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