Get Started
The OpenAdmin offers an administrator-level interface where you can efficiently handle tasks such as creating and managing users, setting up hosting plans, enabling featrues, and editing OpenPanel settings.
Requirements
Minimum Requirements:
- A blank full virtual machine or bare metal server
- Minimum of 1GB RAM and 5GB storage (4GB RAM and 50GB is recommended)
- AMD64(x86_64) or ARM(AArch64) architecture
- IPv4 address
Supported OS:
- Ubuntu 24.04 (recommended)
- Debian 10, 11 and 12
- AlmaLinux 9.5 (recommended for ARM cpu)
- RockyLinux 9
- CentOS 9.5
If you are using external firewall, the following ports should be opened: 25 53 80 443 465 993 2083 2087 32768:60999
Installation
OpenPanel can be installed on both VPS and bare-metal servers.
The installation process takes about 5 minutes. To install openpanel follow these steps:
- Install script
- Ansible
- Log in to your new server;
- as root via SSH or
- as a user with sudo privileges and type "sudo -i"
- Copy and paste openpanel installation command into the terminal
bash <(curl -sSL https://openpanel.org)
The installation script supports optional flags that can be used to configure openpanel, skip certain installation steps or simply display debugging information.
If you encountered any errors while running the installation script, please copy & paste the installation log file to the community forums.
---
- name: Install OpenPanel on target machine
hosts: all
become: true
vars:
openpanel_install_flags: "--debug --username=admin --password=super123" # Customize your flags here, full list: https://openpanel.com/install
tasks:
- name: Download and run OpenPanel installer
shell: |
curl -sSL https://openpanel.org | bash -s -- {{ openpanel_install_flags }}
args:
executable: /bin/bash
Post Install Steps
Recommended steps after installing OpenPanel: