With CyberPanel installed and secured, creating a new website on your VPS takes just a few steps.
1. Create the website
- Go to Websites > Create Website.
- Select the package/plan (defines resource limits if you’ve set up multiple tiers), the domain name, and an admin email.
- Choose the PHP version — CyberPanel supports running multiple PHP versions side by side, so different sites on the same server can use different versions independently.
- Click Create Website. CyberPanel provisions the OpenLiteSpeed vhost configuration automatically.
2. Point DNS at the server
If you’re using CyberPanel’s own DNS management, add an A record for the domain pointing to your server’s IP under DNS > Manage DNS. If DNS lives elsewhere, add that same A record at your existing DNS provider instead.
3. Enable SSL
Under SSL > Manage SSL, select the domain and click Issue SSL to request a free Let’s Encrypt certificate — this requires DNS to already be pointed correctly, since it validates domain ownership over HTTP the same way cPanel’s AutoSSL does.
4. Install WordPress (optional)
CyberPanel includes a one-click app installer — under the website’s management page, choose Install App > WordPress, set your admin credentials, and it installs and configures the database automatically, ready to log in to wp-admin.
5. Confirm everything works
Visit the domain over both HTTP and HTTPS to confirm the certificate is active and the site loads, then check Websites > List Websites to confirm resource limits and PHP version are set as intended.
For managing multiple sites on one VPS long-term, keep each site on its own Linux user (CyberPanel does this by default) so a problem in one site’s files can’t affect another’s.