You need a fresh VM and root. The installer does the rest — services, reverse proxy, TLS, systemd. You are and remain the operator: your server, your data.
Run on the fresh VM as root:
$ curl -fsSL https://get.hp.iphost24.net | sudo bash
With your own panel hostname (recommended — enables a Let's Encrypt certificate right away):
$ curl -fsSL https://get.hp.iphost24.net | sudo HP_HOSTNAME=panel.example.com bash
The installer adds the GPG-signed APT repo, installs the hostpilot-api / -agent / -ui packages and runs the bundled provisioner.
After installation the panel is reachable at https://<hostname> (or http://<ip>). On the first admin login a mandatory onboarding wizard guides you through:
Updates arrive over the APT repo — like any other system package:
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade hostpilot-api hostpilot-agent hostpilot-ui
Two channels: stable (default) and beta for previews. Database migrations run automatically on startup.
Everything open under AGPLv3 — architecture, provisioner and package build are transparent.