How to install FASTPANEL^®

important

The panel can only be installed on a clean operating system without any preinstalled software. Installation on a server with preconfigured software is not possible!

In order to install FASTPANEL^®, a virtual (VPS) or dedicated server with root access is required.

The server hardware must comply with the minimum system requirements:

RAM: 1G Free space: 5Gb CPU: 1 core, 1 Ghz

Supported operating systems are as follows (64-bit architecture only):

Debian: 9, 10, 11, 12

Ubuntu: 18.04, 20.04, 22.04, 24.04

CentOS: 7

AlmaLinux: 8

Rocky Linux: 8

After one of the supported OS is installed, it is necessary to perform the following actions:

Connect to the server via SSH using root-password:
```
ssh root@your.server
```
Install the latest OS updates and the wget utility, which is required to run the control panel installation script. After that, reboot the server:

Debian / Ubuntu:
```
apt-get update && apt-get upgrade && apt-get install ca-certificates wget && reboot
```
CentOS / AlmaLinux / Rocky Linux:
```
yum makecache && yum update && yum install ca-certificates wget && reboot
```
After the server is rebooted, run FASTPANEL^® installation process by executing a following command:

tip
When installing the panel, you can choose the MySQL version. You can learn more in this article.
```
wget https://repo.fastpanel.direct/install_fastpanel.sh -O - | bash -
```
After FASTPANEL^® has been installed, you will get a message with the access data:

Congratulations! FASTPANEL successfully installed and available for you at https://1.2.3.4:8888
Login: fastuser
Password: password
Upon the first login FASTPANEL^® will ask for a license, in order to get one enter your email address. The license data will be sent to that email.