Installation Guide

Here are all the details for setting up LxRoot.

Pre-requisites

Before you continue, make sure you have the following at hand:

  • You LxRoot license key. You can register for a license key here
  • You LxRoot Install Command
Info

If you have already purchased a license, these will have been sent to you by email. You will also be able to find these in your my.lxroot account

Hardware Requirements

  • A blank full virtual machine or bare metal server
  • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS server
  • A minimum of 4GB RAM and 40GB storage
  • x86_64/amd64 architecture processor
Warning

ARM, containerised environments or any form of paravirtualized environment such as LXD or Virtuozzo are NOT supported yet

Installation steps

  • 1

    Server Requirements

    A blank full virtual machine or a bare metal server:

    • Root access via SSH
    • A user with sudo privileges and type
                                                      apt upgrade & apt upgrade -y
                                                  
  • 2

    Server Environment Reboot

    A Reboot is necessary before running the installation command

                                            reboot
                                        
  • 3

    Installation Command

    Copy and paste your LxRoot installation command into the terminal and replace 'yourdomain.com' with your chosen panel domain

                                            # Update your system and run the LxRoot installer
    wget -qO- lxr.sh | bash -s yourdomain.com
                                        
    Tip

    Update the DNS for your chosen control panel domain to the IP of the server you are installing LxRoot on before running the installation command

  • 4

    Begin You Installation

    Hit Enter and your installation will begin

    Info

    It may take upto 30 minutes for the installation to complete. This depends on the speed of your server and your server's internet connection

  • 5

    Completion

    Once the installation is completed, a onetime link will be displayed in your terminal. Visit the link to complete the setup in your browser.

  • 6

    Finalize

    Follow the steps in your browser to complete your organisation owner account.

    Info

    if you re-install LxRoot you will need to reissue your license to be able to re-use it. You can do this through my.lxroot.com

What's Next?

Get your port name, username and password to log into your lxRoot Application.