Documentation

Install ISPConfig

The recommended distributions are Debian and Ubuntu. The easiest way to install ISPConfig is the Autoinstaller:

If you prefer a manual installation:

• The Perfect Server – Debian 12 (Bookworm) with Apache, BIND, Dovecot, PureFTPD and ISPConfig 3.2
• The Perfect Server – Ubuntu 20.04 with Apache, PHP, MySQL, PureFTPD, BIND, Postfix, Dovecot and ISPConfig
• The Perfect Server – CentOS 8 with Apache, PHP, Postfix, Dovecot, Pure-FTPD, BIND and ISPConfig 3.2

Multiserver and cluster setups

• ISPConfig multiserver setup on Debian and Ubuntu
• Web, email and MySQL database cluster on Debian 8.4 with ISPConfig 3.1
• Multiserver setup with dedicated web, email, DNS and database servers: chapter in the ISPConfig Manual
• Running your own primary and secondary DNS servers with ISPConfig 3

Updates and upgrades

• Updating ISPConfig
• Distribution upgrade of an ISPConfig server from Debian 11 to Debian 12
• Distribution upgrade of an ISPConfig server from Debian 10 to Debian 11

PHP versions

• Installing additional PHP versions with PHP-FPM and FastCGI for ISPConfig on Debian

Using ISPConfig

• How to add a website in ISPConfig
• Roundcube webmail with ISPConfig
• ISPConfig driver for the Roundcube markasjunk plugin
• PHP-FPM Zabbix template with auto discovery for ISPConfig servers

Frequently asked questions

Answers to common questions are collected in the ISPConfig category on FAQforge. If you do not find an answer there, ask in the community forum.

Guides for older releases

Kept for reference. Most of these distributions are no longer supported by their vendors.