# Install aaPanel Powerful Web Server Dashboard on Debian

## What is aaPanel?

> [aaPanel is] a simple but powerful control panel. Manage the web server through a web-base GUI (Graphical User Interface). aaPanel provides the one-click function such as one-click install LNMP/LAMP developing environment and software.- https://www.aapanel.com/

1. Log into the Debian device
2. Run the following commands in a terminal window
   # update software repositories
   sudo apt update
   # install available software updates
   sudo apt upgrade -y
   # install prerequisites
   sudo apt install wget -y
   # download aapanel installation script
   wget -O aapanel-install.sh http://www.aapanel.com/script/install-ubuntu_6.0_en.sh
   # run aapanel install script
   sudo bash aapanel-install.sh 66959f96
3. Type Y and press Enter to confirm installing aaPanel
4. Wait for the installation script to complete and take note of the URL, username and password in the success message
5. Open a web browser and navigate to the URL displayed in the terminal
6. Login with the username and password displayed in the terminal
7. Select LNMP (Nginx) or LAMP (Apache) > Click the One-click button
8. Wait while the selected packages are installed
9. Welcome to aaPanel