How to Install aaPanel on Debian 11

In this tutorial, we are going to install the aaPanel control panel on Debian 11 OS.

aaPanel is an alternative web server control panel like WHM/cPanel, DirectAdmin, and VestaCP. It offers users to manage their hosting servers easily. This control panel includes modules such as a Web server, DNS service, Mail service, File Manager, Database manager, Monitoring, Firewall, and many more.

Installing aaPanel on Debian 11 with a script is very easy. Let’s get started!

Prerequisites

• A server with Debian 11 as OS

• User privileges: root or non-root user with sudo privileges

Step 1. Update the System

Update the system packages to the latest versions available. Execute the following command:

sudo apt-get update -y && sudo apt-get upgrade -y

Step 2. Download aaPanel script

To download and set the aaPanel script executable, use the following commands:

wget -O install.sh http://www.aapanel.com/script/install-ubuntu_6.0_en.sh

sudo chmod +x install.sh

Step 3. Install aaPanel

To install the aaPanel execute the following command:

sudo bash install.sh

You will be asked if you want to install the aaPanel into the /www directory on your server:

+----------------------------------------------------------------------
| aaPanel 6.x FOR CentOS/Ubuntu/Debian
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
| Copyright © 2015-2099 BT-SOFT(http://www.aapanel.com) All rights reserved.
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
| The WebPanel URL will be http://SERVER_IP:7800 when installed.
+----------------------------------------------------------------------

Do you want to install aaPanel to the /www directory now?(y/n): Y

Once you confirm, the installation will start and it will take up to 3 minutes. You will see the following output after successful installation:

Congratulations! Installed successfully!
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aaPanel Internet Address: https://YourServerIP:7800/64b21d3e
aaPanel Internal Address: https://YourServerIP:7800/64b21d3e
username: zjs6ojyz
password: 7cf519ed
Warning:
If you cannot access the panel,
release the following port (7800|888|80|443|20|21) in the security group
==================================================================
Time consumed: 2 Minute!

There will be a URL for the aaPanel, username, and password as well.

ALL DONE