After updating server via SSH how to change VestaCP port and add firewall rules I run a web host that uses VestaCP as a backbone API for managing resources only, but everything has been patched and wanted to share a script to update your VestaCP port from 8083 to 5600. But only do this AFTER update and patch. It will create the firewall rule on …

vestacp_changeport.md

how to use

Feel free to download and see what the file actually does, and if you want to upload a file and run local here is the script in the file.

curl http://www.nodehost.ca/scripts/sh/vestacp_changeport.sh > vestacp_changeport.sh && bash vestacp_changeport.sh

source from: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/how-do-i-determine-the-impact-of-vestacp-vulnerability-from-april-8th-2018

vestacp_changeport.sh

echo "NodeHost Custom VESTACP Script"

echo "JOB: Changing VESTACP port"
string="listen          8083;"
stringnew="listen          5600;"
grep "$stringnew" /usr/local/vesta/nginx/conf/nginx.conf || sed -i "s/$string/$stringnew/g" /usr/local/vesta/nginx/conf/nginx.conf
echo "JOB: Complete"

echo "JOB: Changing VESTACP firewall rule for new port"
v-add-firewall-rule ACCEPT 0.0.0.0/0 5600 TCP
echo "JOB: Complete"

echo "JOB: Restarting VESTACP"
service vesta restart
echo "JOB: Complete"

echo "JOB: Port has been changed to 5600 from 8083"