Kamatera
Install HF Panel on a Kamatera cloud server: the server to create, the firewall, reverse DNS through support, outgoing mail on port 25 and the install.
These steps take you from a new Kamatera account to a running HF Panel. Providers change their menus and rules from time to time — if a step looks different, Kamatera's own documentation or support has the current way. The general advice for any VPS is in Choose a VPS and prepare it.
1. Create the server
Create a cloud server in the Kamatera console with:
- System: a plain Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (or Ubuntu 22.04, Debian 12 or 13, Rocky Linux or AlmaLinux 9 or 10), x86-64, with no control panel or application preinstalled.
- Size: 2 GB of memory or more (1 GB works with the swap file the installer adds), 20 GB of disk or more.
- Access: your SSH key, or a root password.
Note its public IPv4 address.
2. Point your domain at it
Create the DNS records DNS setup lists — at least srv., cp. and mail. your domain,
pointing at the server's address. They can take a few minutes to work.
3. The firewall
Kamatera offers an optional Cloud Firewall. If you use it, add an allow rule for each port below. Without it, the server's own firewall (set up by the installer) is the only one.
| Port | Protocol | Used for |
|---|---|---|
| 22 (or your SSH port) | TCP | SSH and SFTP |
| 80, 443 | TCP | websites, Mail, Files, DB Studio, Let's Encrypt |
| 8443 | TCP | the panels (srv., cp., rs.) |
| 21, 40000–40100 | TCP | FTP with TLS |
| 25, 465, 587, 993, 995 | TCP | email (not with --no-mail) |
| 53 | TCP and UDP | the DNS server (not with --no-dns) |
4. Reverse DNS
Mail from the server is trusted more when its address points back to its name. Kamatera sets reverse DNS through a support ticket in the Kamatera console. It asks that the domain's real website is hosted on Kamatera, has a valid SSL certificate, points at the server's IP address, and that your account has no abuse reports. For a mail server, mention this in the ticket.
5. Outgoing mail (port 25)
Kamatera lists mass-mailing software as needing approval. Run the pre-install check to see whether outgoing port 25 is open; if it is blocked, ask Kamatera support about it. Websites and the panels work either way; only sending email needs port 25. Where port 25 cannot be opened, set an outgoing mail relay (Server Admin › Email › Server mailboxes): a mail service you connect to on port 587 or 465.
6. Check, then install
Sign in to the server as root, check it, then install with the command from your licence page:
cd /home && curl -o latest -L https://cdn.hostfog.com/latest && bash latest --check
cd /home && curl -o latest -L https://cdn.hostfog.com/latest/licence/YOUR-KEY && bash latest
The check marks each item ✔, ! or ✘ and changes nothing; fix anything marked ✘ first. Then carry on with After installation.