Beta Branch (0.9.x)

About the Beta Branch

This is beta release software. We've spent a lot of time to iron out a lot of bugs, but we recommend extensive testing before moving your OpenPanel installation to production. This software is only recommended for fresh linux installations that don't contain existing data that you care about.

For feedback please use:

bugtracker.openpanel.com

The mailinglist

Installing the Binary Distribution

The easiest way to get started with OpenPanel is to use one of the binary distributions. This will work for Debian Etch, CentOS 4 and Ubuntu 8.04. For a hands-off no thrills install, you can use the following oneliner (as root):


							wget -O- get.openpanel.com | sh

Warning: This script will date your wife and eat your children if you try to use it to install on anything but a freshly installed (virtual) machine with the distro of your choice. Do not use this option if you have current production needs on the machine.

Downloading the VMWare image

This image can be used on most versions of VMWare, including VMWare Player. The image is at http://moonbase-beta.openpanel.com/vmware/.

Manual Binary Installation on RedHat or CentOS

If you want to have a bit more control over how the packages get installed, you can set up the yum repository yourself. Download one of the following files into /etc/yum.repos.d:

With the repository active, you can start the installation procedure by typing:


						yum install openpanel

Manual Binary Installation on Debian and Ubuntu

For apt, add the following line to sources.list: (one line):


						deb http://moonbase-beta.openpanel.com/pkg/debian4/i386  \

						openpanel main

Replace the i386 with amd64 if you are running a 64 bits distro. Installation of openpanel is a matter of typing:


						apt-get install openpanel

Ok, I installed it, now what?

After all packages are installed, you should be able to start the OpenPanel system by typing (as root):


						/etc/init.d/openpanel start

After installation, your openpanel admin user does not have a password yet, which means you cannot log in through the GUI. Use the opencli tool to set this password:


					bash# opencli 

					[opencli]% update user openadmin password=yourpass

					% Object updated.

					[opencli]%

Now you can log in by going to https://your.server:4089/ and logging in with the 'openadmin' user and the password you just set up.