{"id":575,"date":"2024-01-09T08:15:16","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T08:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2024\/01\/09\/8794480-how-to-use-the-cloudpanel-vps-template-at-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T07:58:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T07:58:58","slug":"8794480-how-to-use-the-cloudpanel-vps-template-at-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/8794480-how-to-use-the-cloudpanel-vps-template-at-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use the CloudPanel VPS template at Hostinger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudpanel.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CloudPanel<\/a><\/b> is an intuitive web hosting control panel designed to manage websites and applications easily. When you choose the<a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583571-what-are-the-available-operating-systems-for-vps-at-hostinger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <b>Ubuntu 24.04 64bit with CloudPanel<\/b><\/a> VPS template on Hostinger, CloudPanel comes pre-installed. This guide will help you get started using CloudPanel on your Hostinger VPS.<\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #d7efdc80;border-color: #1bb15733\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Visit our <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/vps\/cloudpanel-hosting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CloudPanel VPS hosting<\/a><\/b> page to learn more about the available plans.<\/p>\n<\/div><h2 id=\"h_2346ed1acb\">Installing CloudPanel<\/h2><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2024\/01\/bd226dfd-1997-4255-812d-6985e65ff015.jpg\" alt=\"VPS template grid with Ubuntu 24.04 CloudPanel selected\" data-media-id=\"2648\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">Create a root password and CloudPanel admin passwords for your VPS. Optionally you can add SSH keys for easier server access, and install a Monarx malware scanner for vulnerability scanning.<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2024\/01\/73e3e18c-e8a5-424d-8336-69f2bd8f91bd.jpg\" alt=\"VPS setup screen with selected Free Monarx malware scanner option\" data-media-id=\"2650\"><\/div><h2 id=\"h-accessing-cloudpanel\">Accessing CloudPanel<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">To access CloudPanel, open <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/5726606-how-to-use-the-vps-dashboard-in-hostinger\/\">VPS dashboard in hPanel<\/a> and press on the login URL link.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Or open a web browser and navigate to https:\/\/your-vps-ip:8443. Replace your-vps-ip with the<b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/5139756-how-to-find-your-vps-ip-address-at-hostinger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> IP address of your VPS<\/a>.<\/b><\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">If you wish CloudPanel to run on your domain, <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583227-how-to-point-a-domain-to-your-vps-at-hostinger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">point your domain to a VPS IP address<\/a><\/b> and <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4805490-how-to-change-your-vps-hostname-at-hostinger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">change the server hostname<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">To log in to CloudPanel, use the credentials you provided during template installation:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2024\/01\/fd367ac2-3915-4b20-be05-7360e6e2cc6b.jpg\" alt=\"CloudPanel login screen with admin username field and Log In button\" width=\"400\" data-media-id=\"2654\"><\/div><h2 id=\"h_fbf8c2db60\">Adding a website to CloudPanel<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Once logged in to CloudPanel, go to the <b>Sites<\/b> tab in the dashboard and then click on <b>Add Site<\/b>:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2024\/01\/75620c39-72e2-4402-9587-38e1d361e15c.jpg\" alt=\"CloudPanel Sites page with the Add Site button highlighted\" data-media-id=\"2653\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">Select the type of website you want to add:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2024\/01\/825a0adf-f4d2-4dff-927e-a0a46af8b762.jpg\" alt=\"CloudPanel template selection screen with six site type buttons, including WordPress, PHP, Node.js, HTML, Python, and reverse proxy\" width=\"400\" data-media-id=\"2655\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">If, for example, you have selected a WordPress site to add, in the next step, you&rsquo;ll have to provide details such as:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Domain name that you have <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/1583227-how-to-point-a-domain-to-your-vps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pointed to VPS IP address<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Site title<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Site user name and password (CloudPanel)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Admin user name and password (WordPress)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Admin email (WordPress)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2024\/01\/3c255db7-2407-4254-bb72-e12bb908dc77.jpg\" alt=\"WordPress site creation form with domain, title, user, password, email, and Create button\" width=\"500\" data-media-id=\"2656\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">And that&rsquo;s it! Once installation is complete, you will be given a summary of your WordPress site and will be able to access its admin panel:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2024\/01\/beb6e4b2-fccb-4ded-8001-c848fde56883.jpg\" alt=\"WordPress login form with password visibility icon in the password field\" width=\"400\" data-media-id=\"2657\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">You have successfully accessed CloudPanel on your Hostinger VPS and added a new website.<\/p><p><strong>NOTES<\/strong><\/p><ul>\n<li>See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/9553137-how-to-set-up-a-node-js-application-using-hostinger-cloudpanel\/\">how to set up Node.js in CloudPanel<\/a> if you&rsquo;d like to set up Node.js<\/li>\n<li>For more detailed information and troubleshooting, refer to&nbsp;<span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudpanel.io\/docs\/v2\/introduction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> CloudPanel<\/strong><\/a><\/span><b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudpanel.io\/docs\/v2\/introduction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> documentation<\/a><\/b><\/li>\n<li>For deploying bolt.new applications, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/10164793-how-to-deploy-bolt-new-applications-to-your-hostinger-vps\/\">how to deploy bolt.new applications to your Hostinger VPS.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting started with the CloudPanel VPS template<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[206],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vps-os-and-templates"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/8794480-how-to-use-the-cloudpanel-vps-template-at-hostinger\/","default":1}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=575"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15696,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575\/revisions\/15696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}