Guide CyberPanel CLI Cheat Sheet: Every cyberpanel Command With Working Examples

**JAY** · (This post was last modified: 10-28-2026, 04:59 AM by JAY.)

CyberPanel CLI Cheat Sheet: Every cyberpanel Command With Working Examples

Everything you click in CyberPanel can also be done with the cyberpanel command over SSH. That's handy for scripts, for creating 20 sites at once, and for the day the web panel won't load. This cheat sheet lists every function in CyberPanel 3.0 (we pulled the list straight from the installed CLI) with examples.

The basics

Code:

cyberpanel FUNCTION --option value --option value

Run it as root. Here it is creating a package:

Code:

cyberpanel createPackage --owner admin --packageName Business --diskSpace 0 --bandwidth 0 --emailAccounts 50 --dataBases 20 --ftpAccounts 10 --allowedDomains 0 2>/dev/null
{"success": 1, "errorMessage": "None"}

and then listing all packages as JSON. Business is the one we just created; admin_LimitTest came later, from our packages test:
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Most commands answer in JSON.
Code:
{"success": 1, "errorMessage": "None"}
means it worked.
Code:
cyberpanel --help
lists all options.
On Ubuntu 24.04 you may see Python lines like
Code:
SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence
before the answer. They're harmless warnings from Python 3.12, not errors. Add
Code:
2>/dev/null
to hide them.
Put values with spaces or special characters in single quotes:
Code:
--password 'My$ecret!'
.

Websites

Code:

cyberpanel createWebsite --package Default --owner admin --domainName example.com --email [email protected] --php 8.3
cyberpanel deleteWebsite --domainName example.com
cyberpanel createChild --masterDomain example.com --childDomain shop.example.com --owner admin --php 8.3
cyberpanel deleteChild --childDomain shop.example.com
cyberpanel changePHP --domainName example.com --php 8.3
cyberpanel changePackage --domainName example.com --packageName Starter
cyberpanel listWebsitesJson
cyberpanel listWebsitesPretty

Add

Code:

--ssl 1

to issue SSL during creation and

Code:

--dkim 1

to create a DKIM key;

Code:

--php

takes the version number only (

Code:

8.3

, not "PHP 8.3"). For a child domain the folder defaults to

Code:

public_html/CHILDDOMAIN

; change it with

Code:

--path

. A package must exist before you create a website. See packages, users and ACLs.

SSL certificates

Code:

cyberpanel issueSSL --domainName example.com          # Let's Encrypt for a site
cyberpanel hostNameSSL --domainName panel.example.com   # SSL for the panel on :8090
cyberpanel mailServerSSL --domainName example.com       # SSL for mail (IMAP/SMTP)
cyberpanel issueSelfSignedSSL --domainName example.com

The domain's DNS must already point to this server, or Let's Encrypt can't verify it.

Databases

Code:

cyberpanel createDatabase --databaseWebsite example.com --dbName example_wp --dbUsername example_user --dbPassword 'StrongPass123'
cyberpanel deleteDatabase --dbName example_wp
cyberpanel listDatabasesJson --databaseWebsite example.com
cyberpanel listDatabasesPretty --databaseWebsite example.com

Email

Code:

cyberpanel createEmail --domainName example.com --userName info --password 'StrongPass123'
cyberpanel changeEmailPassword --email [email protected] --password 'NewPass456'
cyberpanel deleteEmail --email [email protected]
cyberpanel listEmailsJson --domainName example.com
cyberpanel listEmailsPretty --domainName example.com

FTP

Code:

cyberpanel createFTPAccount --domainName example.com --userName ftpuser --password 'StrongPass123' --owner admin
cyberpanel changeFTPPassword --userName example_ftpuser --password 'NewPass456'
cyberpanel deleteFTPAccount --userName example_ftpuser
cyberpanel listFTPJson --domainName example.com
cyberpanel listFTPPretty --domainName example.com

DNS (PowerDNS)

Code:

cyberpanel createDNSZone --owner admin --domainName example.com
cyberpanel createDNSRecord --domainName example.com --name www.example.com --recordType A --value 203.0.113.10 --priority 0 --ttl 3600
cyberpanel listDNSJson --domainName example.com
cyberpanel listDNSPretty --domainName example.com
cyberpanel deleteDNSRecord --recordID 12
cyberpanel listDNSZonesJson
cyberpanel deleteDNSZone --domainName example.com

Get the

Code:

recordID

from listDNSJson first.

Packages and users

Code:

cyberpanel createPackage --owner admin --packageName Starter --diskSpace 10000 --bandwidth 100000 --emailAccounts 10 --dataBases 5 --ftpAccounts 5 --allowedDomains 3
cyberpanel deletePackage --packageName Starter
cyberpanel listPackagesJson
cyberpanel listPackagesPretty
cyberpanel createUser --firstName Jane --lastName Doe --email [email protected] --userName jane --password 'StrongPass123' --websitesLimit 5 --selectedACL user --securityLevel HIGH
cyberpanel editUser --userName jane --firstName Jane --lastName Doe --email [email protected] --password 'NewPass456' --securityLevel HIGH
cyberpanel suspendUser --userName jane --state SUSPEND
cyberpanel deleteUser --userName jane
cyberpanel listUsers

Note: the CLI uses the exact name you give (

Code:

Starter

). The web form instead pre-fills the owner's name as a prefix (

Code:

admin_

), so a package made there is called

Code:

admin_Starter

. Check the real name with

Code:

listPackagesJson

before using it.

Backups

Code:

cyberpanel createBackup --domainName example.com
cyberpanel restoreBackup --fileName /home/example.com/backup/backup-example.com-DATE.tar.gz

Backups land in

Code:

/home/example.com/backup/

(the CLI has a

Code:

--backupPath

option, but in 3.0 createBackup ignores it). Give restoreBackup the full path to the file. Copy backups off the server too.

Apps, maintenance and tools

Code:

cyberpanel installWordPress --domainName example.com --email [email protected] --userName wpadmin --password 'StrongPass123' --siteTitle 'My Site'
cyberpanel installJoomla --domainName example.com --password 'StrongPass123' --siteTitle 'My Site'
cyberpanel version
cyberpanel upgrade        # upgrade CyberPanel (snapshot first)
cyberpanel utility        # menu with handy maintenance tools
cyberpanel help

Code:

switchTOLSWS

switches to LiteSpeed Enterprise and needs a paid license key (

Code:

--licenseKey

).

Panel-related commands outside the cyberpanel tool

Code:
adminPass NEWPASSWORD
: reset the panel's admin password.
Code:
systemctl restart lscpd
: restart the panel. More in checking and restarting services.

Scripting tips

Check the JSON:
Code:
cyberpanel createWebsite ... 2>/dev/null | grep -q '"success": 1' && echo OK
Don't put real passwords in shell history: read them into a variable first (
Code:
read -s PASS
) and use
Code:
--password "$PASS"
.
Test on one site before looping over fifty.

More CyberPanel guides

Tested on CyberPanel 3.0 (build 8, OpenLiteSpeed edition) on Ubuntu 24.04, October 2026. Menu names can change slightly between versions.

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