Setup HestiaCP

Modified on Mon, 10 Aug at 1:10 AM

On AWS, make a new EC2 instance, use Debian 12 (ARM if t4g instance), and assign a static IP.

SSH to the server.

sudo su -
apt update && apt upgrade -y
hostnamectl set-hostname panel.yourdomain.com

# Enable Debian Unattended Upgrades
apt install -y unattended-upgrades
dpkg-reconfigure --priority=low unattended-upgrades

# Install HestiaCP

# Download the installer
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hestiacp/hestiacp/release/install/hst-install.sh

# Run the installer with your custom minimal flags
bash hst-install.sh \
  --apache no \
  --phpfpm yes \
  --multiphp yes \
  --vsftpd yes \
  --named no \
  --mysql no \
  --postgresql no \
  --exim no \
  --dovecot no \
  --clamav no \
  --spamassassin no \
  --iptables yes \
  --fail2ban yes \
  --interactive no \
  --email your-email@example.com \
  --hostname panel.yourdomain.com \
  --force

reboot

After the reboot, log back in with SSH.

sudo su -

# Setup HestiaCP auto updates
v-auto-update-system

# Add Microsoft GPG key and APT repository
curl -fsSL https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/microsoft-prod.gpg
curl -fsSL https://packages.microsoft.com/config/debian/12/prod.list | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mssql-release.list

# Update APT sources
apt update

# Install the MS ODBC 18 driver and tools non-interactively
ACCEPT_EULA=Y apt install -y msodbcsql18 mssql-tools18 unixodbc-dev

# Install PHP build requirements
apt install -y php-dev php-peer build-essential

# Compile MS SQL extensions via PECL
pecl install sqlsrv
pecl install pdo_sqlsrv

# Enable the extensions for installed PHP versions (Example: PHP 8.2 and 8.3)
for ver in 8.4 8.5; do
  if [ -d "/etc/php/$ver" ]; then
    echo "extension=sqlsrv.so" > /etc/php/$ver/mods-available/sqlsrv.ini
    echo "extension=pdo_sqlsrv.so" > /etc/php/$ver/mods-available/pdo_sqlsrv.ini
    phpenmod -v $ver sqlsrv pdo_sqlsrv
  fi
done

# Remove old PHP versions
v-delete-web-php 5.6
v-delete-web-php 7.0
v-delete-web-php 7.1
v-delete-web-php 7.2
v-delete-web-php 7.3
v-delete-web-php 7.4
v-delete-web-php 8.0
v-delete-web-php 8.1
v-delete-web-php 8.2
v-delete-web-php 8.3

# Set default PHP version
v-change-sys-php 8.5

systemctl restart php*-fpm
systemctl restart nginx