Setup Hestia For Website Management

Learn how to install Hestia from the command line to graphically manage your website from a web browser.

Hestia is a free and open source PHP-based online website management control panel. Hestia as part of Webmin that runs at its own process and web server defaulting to port 10000.

Hestia has to be installed on a web server. It an be directly uninstalled like a standard software package. It’s important to confirm your decision before proceeding, as the website control will now be manually manged from the command line.

Requirements For Hestia

Glossary

IP

Internet Protocol address is a numerical label that is assigned to a device connected to a computer network.

Debian

Debian GNU/Linux

Firewall

Network security system that monitors and controls incoming and outgoing network traffic based on configurable security rule.

Download

Hestia can be downloaded from Hestia. Then the downloaded file is executed directly on the server or locally before installation based on the operating system.

Web Portal

Hestia installs all its requirement packages and dependencies. Hestia requires the default port 8083 to be open in the firewall configuration. The control panel interface can be accessed at the following URL https://Server-IP:8083 where “Server-IP” is replaced by your server IP address or hostname.

Setup Hestia

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# Download Hestia Setup Script #
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hestiacp/hestiacp/release/install/hst-install.sh

# Optional Fix For SSL Validation Errors #
apt-get update && apt-get install ca-certificates

Install Hestia

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# Install Hestia On Debian And Derivatives #
bash hst-install.sh

Open Source

Hestia is licensed under the GNU General Public License Version 3.0. The copyleft license comes with strict rules and requirements to ensure the software remains free and open-source. It allows commercial use, modification, distribution, and allows making derivatives proprietary, consult the license for more specific details

The PHP scripting language is licensed under the PHP License. The permissive license has conditions requiring preservation of copyright and license notices. Redistribution is permitted in source or binary form with or without modifications, consult the license for more specific details.

Conclusion:

Hestia is easy to install once you meet all the requirements for the server and operating system. Install Hestia Control Panel using the command line and graphically use in a web browser.

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