Choose OS-only CentOS 7 Lightsail Instance with mimimum RAM and hard disk options.
Next, create a new static IP and attach it with newly created instance of CentOS.
Click the Instance and select “Networking” option to enter these ports in the firewall;
Now clicking the SSH connect button on the instance and issue this command;
sudo yum update
sudo su
curl -O http://vestacp.com/pub/vst-install.sh
bash vst-install.sh –nginx yes –apache yes –phpfpm no –named yes –remi yes –vsftpd yes –proftpd no –iptables yes –fail2ban yes –quota no –exim no –dovecot no –spamassassin no –clamav no –softaculous no –mysql yes –postgresql no –hostname abc.com –email aatayyab@yahoo.com –password 123
Note down link, username and password from this last install screen to log in Vesta control panel;
Once installed successfully, make sure to change root password using this command;
passwd
And change admin password inside Vesta control panel as well.
Free Vesta File Manager
Option 1:
Edit this configuration file using VI;
vi /usr/local/vesta/conf/vesta.conf
Add the following line at the end;
FILEMANAGER_KEY=’ILOVEREO’
Save and exit.
Next, log out of vesta.
And re-boot your server.
You should see this file manager in your Vesta Control Panel;
Option 2:
Optionally, you can install free Vesta File Manager too but note that it works best in Debian instead of CentOS;
wget ‘http://vesta.jetx.info/elfm.sh’
vi elfm.sh
Press “i” on your keyboard to initiate file editing and go to 7th or 8th line to remove double brackets () next to Vestawpinstaller()
When done, simply press “Esc” key on your keyboard and issue this command to quit saving the file;
:wq
Next issue this command to run the vesta CP file manager script;
sh elfm.sh
When done, open Vesta CP IP address in your browser and click “EL FM” on top-left hand menu.
Now, login to your Vesta Control Panel and you should see ELFM link which is File Manager for Vesta;
Notes 