How to Create a Website on CloudPanel

CloudPanel offers an easy way to create websites. It offers various options, including WordPress and Django websites.

In this guide, we will look at how we can create a website on CloudPanel.

Requirements:

  • Domain pointed to the VPS.

Login to your CloudPanel dashboard. The credentials can be fetched by accessing the VPS using the SSH terminal and running these two commands:

bash
cat credentials.txt

Copy the username and the password, then head over to https://IP:8443. Replace the IP with your VPS IP. Paste the username and password and log in.

You will see your dashboard as this:

Click the +ADD SITE button, you will see this panel:

There are different options provided. Choose the most suitable option depending on the type of website you want to create.
Here, we will create a static HTML site:

Note: A site user is created as a user in your VPS. You can use the site user and its password to access its account on the VPS and to manage and upload files.

Our website has been created.

Next, we will install a free SSL to secure our website. Click Manage on the website panel, then click SSL/TLS:

Click Actions, then click New Let’s Encrypt Certificate. Click Create and Install.

The certificate has been installed. We can now load our website.

Our site has loaded successfully, with the default page and SSL installed.

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