Understand the stack before you deploy.

Overview

SuperServer automates the initial deployment of a general-purpose web server. It creates a primary virtual host, obtains SSL, installs chosen services, saves generated credentials privately, and validates the finished stack.

Apache or Nginx

Multi-PHP

The installer can deploy PHP 8.1 through 8.5 side by side. PHP 8.1 starts unchecked because it is intended only for legacy compatibility.

SuperServer uses a validated provider chain and keeps only one provider active. It discovers the actual PHP-FPM listener from the pool configuration instead of assuming a socket path.

PHP extension profiles

Essential

cURL, MySQL/PDO MySQL, Mbstring, XML, ZIP, Intl, GD, BCMath, OPcache and Readline.

All

Essential modules plus Redis, SQLite3, SOAP, BZip2, Imagick, Tidy, XML-RPC, GMP, LDAP, IMAP, SNMP and APCu.

Custom

Use the terminal checklist to choose individual extensions. The installer checks selected packages against every selected PHP release and skips unavailable optional modules safely.

Optional components

• MariaDB and phpMyAdmin at /phpmyadmin/
• Redis Server
• Composer
• Node.js, npm and optional PM2
• Python development tools in an isolated virtual environment
• Java JDK
• Docker Engine and Compose
• Automatic security updates
• SNYT Fastfetch and MOTD

Security

• UFW firewall rules for SSH, HTTP and HTTPS.
• Let’s Encrypt certificates with automatic renewal.
• CrowdSec Security Engine for SSH and web logs.
• Firewall bouncer for active enforcement.
• Optional Nginx bouncer and AppSec/WAF listener.
• Generated credentials stored with root-only permissions.

Domain management

Add a domain and select its PHP runtime:

super-sdomain app.example.com 8.4
super-sdomain --list-php

The helper inherits the primary Let’s Encrypt contact mode from /root/SNYT/serverInfo.txt.

Important files

Management commands

super-server status
super-server doctor
super-server domains
super-server php
super-server ssl
super-server restart
super-server info