How to install Sentora

In this tutorial, we will demonstrate how to install Sentora in a Ubuntu server.

Sentora has many features like:

Multi-client environment: Sentora is designed to host and manage multiple clients on a single server, this is known as a ‘shared’ hosting environment. Each client can login and manage their web hosting via a fully customizable control panel.
Quota management: Sentora enables the user to create and manage any number of services such as mailboxes and domains, provides the tools to enable you to set quotas on both bandwidth and creation of services.
Resellers: Sentora provides the ability for you to offer ‘reseller’ accounts enabling your clients to resell your hosting in a ‘white-label’ environment.

In this article we assume that you have made a fresh install for Ubuntu server and you are the root user. If you are not, prepend

sudo

to all shell commands or temporarily become a user with root privileges with

sudo -s

The first step to do is to download the script that will allow to install Sentora easily under you server.

So connect to your server over SSH with your root user. Then issue the following commands:

# cd /root/
# wget http://sentora.org/install
# chmod +x install
# ./install

This will start up the installer. You will be asked to choose your geographic area and then the city or region the server timezone should be set in.

After selecting your time zone, you will be asked also to enter a domain name and a ip address to access your control panel from your web browser.

Now the installation process will start. It may take some time. you need to be patient as it installs the necessary components onto your server.

All password information will be written in the following file:

/root/passwords.txt

Now you will be prompted to reboot your server to complete the installation. Then you can manage your server using your Sentora control panel.

You will see the sentora login screen:

Once logged you will see the administrative control panel of your Sentora: