Guide How to Install CyberPanel on Ubuntu 24.04: Step by Step, Every Prompt Explained

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How to Install CyberPanel on Ubuntu 24.04: Step by Step, Every Prompt Explained - JAY - 10-24-2026

How to Install CyberPanel on Ubuntu 24.04: Step by Step, Every Prompt Explained

CyberPanel is a free hosting control panel built around the OpenLiteSpeed web server. You install it on a fresh VPS with one command, answer a handful of questions, and about 10 to 15 minutes later you have a panel for websites, WordPress, email, DNS, databases and backups. New to it? Read What is CyberPanel? first.

Watch it: Part 2 of the CyberPanel course, Install CyberPanel on Ubuntu 24.04

This is Part 2 of 10 in our free CyberPanel Full Course. The written steps below go into more detail.

This guide follows a real install we did in October 2026 (installer v3.0.8) and explains every prompt so you know what you're choosing.

What you need

A fresh VPS with nothing else on it. Supported: Ubuntu 22.04 or 24.04, AlmaLinux 8/9 and Rocky Linux. We used Ubuntu 24.04. Don't install CyberPanel next to another panel (aaPanel, cPanel, Plesk) or an existing web server.
At least 1 GB RAM (2 GB or more if you'll run email and several sites) and 10 GB free disk. The installer checks both.
Root access over SSH, or your provider's VNC/web console.
Ports that your provider's cloud firewall must let through (the installer reminds you at the end): 8090 (panel), 80, 443 TCP and 443 UDP (websites), 21 and 40110-40210 (FTP), 25, 587, 465, 110, 143, 993 (mail), 53 TCP/UDP (DNS).

Step 1: Update the server

Code:

apt update && apt -y upgrade

On a brand-new Ubuntu image this can ask a few questions (keyboard layout, a modified

Code:

sshd_config

). For sshd_config, choose keep the local version currently installed so your provider's SSH settings stay as they are.

Step 2: Run the installer

Code:

sh <(curl -s https://cyberpanel.net/install.sh || wget -qO - https://cyberpanel.net/install.sh)

If your console has trouble with special characters, download it first and run it:

Code:

wget -O install.sh https://cyberpanel.net/install.sh
sh install.sh

The script checks root, your IP, the OS, existing panels and RAM/disk, then asks its questions.

Step 3: The prompts, one by one

1. Install CyberPanel / 2. Exit: choose 1.
OpenLiteSpeed or LiteSpeed Enterprise: choose 1 (OpenLiteSpeed). It's free. Enterprise needs a paid LiteSpeed license.
Full service (PowerDNS, Postfix, Pure-FTPd)? Y if you want email, DNS and FTP in the panel. n gives a lighter install with only websites and databases.
Remote MySQL? N for almost everyone. It installs MariaDB on the same server.
Version: press Enter for the latest stable.
Admin password: [d]efault, [r]andom or [s]et: never use the default (1234567). Choose r (random, recommended) or s to type your own. The password is shown at the end.
Memcached and Redis with PHP extensions: Y. Handy for WordPress object caching later.
WatchDog (beta): Yes restarts the web server and database automatically if they crash.

Then it installs: OpenLiteSpeed, LSPHP 8.1 to 8.5, MariaDB, PowerDNS, Postfix/Dovecot, Pure-FTPd and the panel itself. On our 4 vCPU / 8 GB VPS it took about 12 minutes.

Step 4: Save the login details
At the end you see a summary with Visit: https://YOUR-IP:8090, Panel username: admin and Panel password. Copy the password somewhere safe before you answer the last question (restart the server), because the screen clears on reboot. Lost it anyway? Set a new one from the console:

Code:

adminPass YourNewStrongPassword

Step 5: Log in
When the installer finishes and the server has restarted, open

Code:

https://YOUR-SERVER-IP:8090

and log in as admin. This is the dashboard you land on:
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Your browser will warn about the certificate: CyberPanel uses a self-signed certificate until you give the panel a real hostname with SSL. Click Advanced > Proceed for now.

The dashboard shows quick actions (Create Website, Deploy WordPress, Add Email, Back Up), a "Get started" checklist, and CPU, memory and disk usage. The left menu is grouped into Hosting (Websites, WordPress, Email, Databases & FTP, Backups), Account (Users & Plans) and Administration (Server, Security, Settings).

If the login page shows "Server Error (500)"
That happened on our very first boot: MariaDB hung at startup and the panel couldn't reach its database. The full diagnosis and fix, with screenshots, is here: CyberPanel Server Error (500) after a fresh install.

What next
Before you add sites, take ten minutes to lock things down: CyberPanel first steps after install. Then look at the firewall and make sure everything is running with the services page.

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