ISPConfig Auto Installer

The extension of rcm.

Assume your domain is example.com and hostname is server1, this extension will doing this for you:

• Create Website ISPConfig at https://cp.example.com
• Create Website PHPMyAdmin at https://db.example.com
• Create Website Roundcube at https://mail.example.com
• Create mailbox admin@example.com
• Create mailbox support@example.com
• Create mail alias webmaster@example.com destination to admin@example.com
• Create mail alias hostmaster@example.com destination to admin@example.com
• Create mail alias postmaster@example.com destination to admin@example.com
• Additional identities of admin@example.com for three aliases above.
• Roundcube and ISPConfig integration.

Prerequisite

Login as root.

su -

If you start from empty virtual machine instance, it is recommend to upgrade then restart machine to avoid interruption because of kernel update.

apt update -y
apt upgrade -y
init 6

Make sure wget command is exist.

apt install -y wget

Install

rcm

Download rcm from Github.

wget git.io/rcm
chmod a+x rcm

You can put rcm file anywhere in $PATH:

mv rcm -t /usr/local/bin

Always fast.

alias rcm='rcm --fast'

rcm-ispconfig

Install ispconfig extension.

rcm install ispconfig

Enter value for --url option:

https://github.com/ijortengab/ispconfig-autoinstaller

Skip value for --path option. We use the default value.

How to Use

Feels free to execute ispconfig command. You will be prompt to some required value.

rcm ispconfig

DNS records

VPS Generic

You have to add DNS records manually (except DigitalOcean VPS):

• A Record of example.com point to your VPS IP Address
• A Record of server1.example.com point to your VPS IP Address
• CNAME Record of cp.example.com alias to example.com
• CNAME Record of db.example.com alias to example.com
• CNAME Record of mail.example.com alias to example.com
• MX Record of example.com handled by server1.example.com

VPS DigitalOcean

If you use VPS from DigitalOcean and use DigitalOcean DNS, there some additional action automatically:

• Create DNS record: A example.com
• Create DNS record: A server1.example.com
• Create DNS record: CNAME cp.example.com
• Create DNS record: CNAME db.example.com
• Create DNS record: CNAME mail.example.com
• Create DNS record: MX example.com to server1.example.com
• Create DNS record: TXT DKIM for example.com
• Create DNS record: TXT DMARC for example.com
• Create DNS record: TXT SPF for example.com

Prerequisite action:

• Buy domain name from your favourite registrar, then point Name Server to ns1.digitalocean.com, ns2.digitalocean.com, and ns3.digitalocean.com.
• Buy server (VPS) in DigitalOcean and select OS: Debian 12/Ubuntu 22.04. ATTENTION: give name your droplet as FQDN, example: server1.example.com for correct PTR record.
• Generate token API in DigitalOcean Control Panel.

Add On Domain

Assume your next domain is example.org, this extension will doing this for you:

• Create Website ISPConfig at https://cp.example.org
• Create Website PHPMyAdmin at https://db.example.org
• Create Website Roundcube at https://mail.example.org
• Create mailbox admin@example.org
• Create mailbox support@example.org
• Create mail alias webmaster@example.org destination to admin@example.org
• Create mail alias hostmaster@example.org destination to admin@example.org
• Create mail alias postmaster@example.org destination to admin@example.org
• Additional identities of admin@example.org for three aliases above.
• Roundcube and ISPConfig integration.

You have to add DNS records manually (except DigitalOcean VPS):

• A Record of example.org point to your VPS IP Address
• CNAME Record of cp.example.org alias to example.org
• CNAME Record of db.example.org alias to example.org
• CNAME Record of mail.example.org alias to example.org

Attention for MX Record, pointing MX record to your primary server.

• MX Record of example.org handled by server1.example.com