How to install Vesta CP
Managed vestacp comes with preinstalled control panel with admin password emailed to you. So you need not worry about installation steps but see installation steps below just for your reference.
Run commands below from ssh
curl -O http://vestacp.com/pub/vst-install.sh
bash vst-install.sh
Access to control panel as admin user
Vesta panel is installed on port 8083. So use url https://domain.com or https://IPaddress.com:8083/
Note: Lets assume server hostname is vesta.jpserver.com and domain name is jpwebsite.com
Screenshot below will show how to access the pages as admin (ignore the ssl warning as this is just a test domain with self signed certificate)
Once logged in admin home page will look like below. You can see it has one just one user which is admin.
From this page you can perform below functions (click the different tabs on top to navigate to the options)
- Add packages
- Add IP’s to the server (in case you need more IP’s)
- View server graphs for load,memory cpu usage etc
- View overall statistics like number of domains, users etc
- View logs
- Install updates
- Manage firewall
- View service uptime for http, nginx, exim mail server etc
- Manage backups
How to create a new package
Once logged in as admin, click the PACKAGES tab on top and then click the 
button. Enter the new package details in the new page (see screenshot below). Here you can select the resources allocated to that package like disk space, bandwidth, number of domains that package can allow when assigned to an user etc.
Click 
and you are done (you will see a success message, see screenshot below) 
You can now see the packages listed in your control panel
How to create a new control panel user and a domain
Once logged in as admin (url https://vesta.jpserver.com:8083/list/user/ ), click the sign (refer below screenshot) and control panel will open a new page where you can enter the new user details (see screenshot below)
In the new page enter user details, select package and click button (see screenshot below)
Note: Make sure to use a small name for the username as database added via vesta use user_dbname format and it can’t be larger than 16 characters
Once done, you will see success message
How to login as user
To create a website first login as the user you created. You can login directly as user (useful if you create domain for a second person without admin access) at https://vesta.jpserver.com:8083/ or login to admin and click LOGIN AS link (helpful if you already have admin accces) . See screenshot below
You will then be taken to the users home page
How to add IP to the vesta CP
You can purchase additional IP’s from us if required and add it as below.
Enter IP and Netmask and click
How to view servers memory/cpu/bandwidth usage reports
Click GRAPHS tab and the page will open up. Click DAILY , WEEKLY or MONTHLY to see the details.
How to check usage statistics
(total websites, databases, disk usage etc)
Click STATISTICS tab and the stats page will open up. You can see the overall stats or stats per user (by selecting user from dropdown as per screenshot below)
How to update control panel, php etc
Click UPDATE tab, select the check boxes corresponding to things that needs to be updated and click “Apply to selected”
How to manage FAIL2BAN
Fail2ban scans log and bans IPs that show the malicious signs -- too many password failures, seeking for exploits, etc. Generally Fail2Ban is then used to update firewall rules to reject the IP addresses for a specified amount of time. Out of the box Fail2Ban comes with filters for various services (apache, courier, ssh, etc).
Service uptime details and restart services
Click SERVER tab and there you can see the uptime details. If you need to restart a service move the cursor to that services area the STOP RESTART option will come up.
