Step 2: Installation

Opening the terminal

Has Keitaro already been installed?

Skip that page, and go to Step 3: Setup.

• (All) Most cloud providers offer a web terminal to connect to the server.
• (Windows) Use Putty.
• (macOS) Open Terminal app from Applications (⌘ + SPACE, then type Terminal).
• (Linux) Open the terminal.

Terminal on macOS (video)

Connecting to SSH

Log in to the server in your terminal:

ssh root@server_ip

When the terminal prompts you with ECDSA key fingerprint is..., type Y and press Enter.

Type the password.

Can't see the password?

If the password is not visible, do not worry, type it as usual. Press Enter.

Running installation command

Copy and paste the following installation command to the terminal, and press Enter:

curl keitaro.io/kctl.sh | bash -s -- install

Wait for the installation command to finish, then open the control panel in your browser (http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/admin).

Installation FAQ

How to get install.log?

The following commands allow you to obtain the install.log. There are several options to read the log:

Read in the terminal:

less /var/log/keitaro/install.log

Obtain only the installation result:

tail -n 1000 /var/log/keitaro/install.log

To send the install.log to customer support, run the following command:

curl -H "Max-Days: 2" --upload-file /var/log/keitaro/install.log https://transfer.sh/install.log