Author: Humphrey Mpairwe
Last Updated: Thu, Dec 23, 2021FastPanel is a free server management control panel that makes it easy to create websites, mail domains, databases, and alot more through a simple web dashboard. In this guide, you will install FastPanel on a Ubuntu 20.04 server.
Deploy a new Ubuntu 20.04 cloud server
Create a non-root user account with sudo privileges
Download the FastPanel script.
$ wget http://repo.fastpanel.direct/install_fastpanel.sh
Run the script.
$ sudo bash install_fastpanel.sh
Output:
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]
The FastPanel installation process will start and take between 2-3minutes to complete. Once done, you will be presented an admin username (fastuser
) and password for access to the main web dashboard.
Once installed, FastPanel uses port 8888 on your server, allow access to the port through your server firewall.
Add new rule.
$ sudo ufw allow 8888
Now, check current rules if the port is allowed.
$ sudo ufw status
Next, visit your server IP or linked domain name on port 8888.
http://SERVER_IP:8888 OR http://example.com:8888
You will be required to enter your email address and receive a free license key for your new server. Once approved, revisit your Server IP, enter the admin username and password to accept the license agreement.
To secure your control panel, add a new user and change the default password for fast user
. You will be able to create standard users and resellers, through the single super administrator account fast user
.
Congratulations, you have installed FastPanel on a Ubuntu 20.04 server. You can add websites, reseller accounts, and services through the main server dashboard.