VestaCP-Server-Installer

Install VestaCP with mandatory security changes, etc on CentOS 7

THIS SCRIPT SHOULD BE USED ON A NEW SERVER. THIS SCRIPT INSTALLS VESTACP.

I DO NOT ACCEPT ANY RESPONSIBILITY, SHOULD THIS SCRIPT DAMAGE YOUR SERVER

What This VestaCP Server Installer Does:

• Installs VestaCP with: NGINX & PHP-FPM, MariaDB, Named, Remi repository, vsftpd, no firewall (CSF will be installed), Exim, Dovecot, and SpamAssassin.
• Makes the new LetsEncrypt in-built script work properly + creates an SSL certificate for the hostname.
• Installs CSF as a Firewall with common settings.
• Sets the hostname properly (so Exim uses the full hostname), and then prevents the system from editing the file (because of reboots).
• Makes the server use it’s own DNS server to perform lookups. This helps SpamAssassin to reduce more spam. It also prevents the server from editing the file.
• Hardens the /etc/sysctl.conf file for security.
• Enables Dovecot quotas and configures Dovecot performance.
• Installs SpamAssassin rules to help prevent further spam.
• Updates the file /etc/exim/dnsbl.conf to further reduce spam.
• Updates Exim to make sure there is no delay accepting email.
• Fixes NGINX and secures it even further so you receive a A (A+ requires you enable HSTS) at Quality SSL Labs.
• Fixes PHP-FPM to use less memory and crash less often.
• Installs and configures Monit to monitor your server.
• Asks you if you want to install PHP 7. WordPress supports PHP 7.
• Makes websites use HTTP2 instead of HTTP1.1

Run The Following Commands To Install The VestaCP Server Installer:

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SS88UK/VestaCP-Server-Installer/master/CentOS7.sh -O ./CentOS7.sh
chmod 777 ./CentOS7.sh
sudo ./CentOS7.sh

Next hold tight and watch it set-up the server. It may take 15 minutes just securing the server as part of the script generates DH parameters to secure NGINX (this could take up to 1 hour on 1 core DigitalOcean VPS’s).

Once installed, issue a server reboot with the following command:

shutdown -r now