INSTALL.md

i-MSCP installation on Debian

Supported Debian versions

Any released version >= 8.x (Debian Jessie)

Installation

1. Make sure that your distribution is up-to-date

apt-get update
apt-get --assume-yes --auto-remove --no-install-recommends dist-upgrade

2. Install the pre-required packages

apt-get -y --auto-remove --no-install-recommends install ca-certificates perl \
whiptail wget

3. Download and untar the distribution files

cd /usr/local/src
wget https://github.com/i-MSCP/imscp/archive/<version>.tar.gz
tar -xzf <version>.tar.gz

4. Change to the newly created directory

cd imscp-<version>

5. Install i-MSCP by running its installer

perl imscp-autoinstall -d

i-MSCP Upgrade

1. Make sure to read the errata file

Before upgrading, you must not forget to read the errata file

2. Make sure to make a backup of your data

Before any upgrade attempt it is highly recommended to make a backup of the following directories:

/var/www/virtual
/var/mail/virtual

These directories hold the data of your customers and it is really important to backup them for an easy recovering in case something goes wrong during upgrade.

3. Make sure that your distribution is up-to-date

apt-get update
apt-get --assume-yes --auto-remove --no-install-recommends dist-upgrade

4. Download and untar the distribution files

cd /usr/local/src
wget https://github.com/i-MSCP/imscp/archive/<version>.tar.gz
tar -xzf <version>.tar.gz

5. Change to the newly created directory

cd imscp-<version>

6. Update i-MSCP by running its installer

perl imscp-autoinstall -d