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What software & hardware structure is best for hosting?
hello all again,
Still doin my research before setting myself up properly. Im wondering what software setups people use? As in backend stuff. im trying to find the best/common situation that you established hosts use.
from what i can see whcms looks to be the thing everyone uses, supported buy some vps panel or cpanel.
and if im not mistaken the whcms, cpanel master and vps master seem to be on one machine with nodes from them for each service, correct me if im wrong tho
so as i see it a typical/advanced setup would be like this:
Main server | whmcs, cpanel master, vps panel mast, mysql sev + client, apache/nginx
database server | mysql, phpmyadmin
nameservers | bind, mysql replication
mail server | mysql, dovecot/courier
nodes | vps clients, (apache/nginx, phpmyadmin, mysql) ()= shared hosting only
would i be correct in thinking this?
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Don't put all your panels on one server. Also cPanel doesn't have a master
What hardware are you thinking of and which customers will you be targeting?
I would stay away from WHMCS if you're starting now. There are other, more promising/future-friendly options e.g. Blesta.
never seen blesta before looks kinda nice! hardware wise will be dedicated machines min of 4 cores with raid hdd and 8gb ram all with gbps uplinks
VPS's from well knows hosts for your main site, billing/email server, backup mail server, VPS master server and backup service/VPS.
Then a ton of cPanel/SolusVM nodes depending on the service you are running.
We use Interworx + Premium Softcalous + Cloudlinux + Litespeed , Main website is another server.
Client system is Blesta
So i not prefer cpanel and whmcs thats why we use alternative things. Check it.. its better. Like android vs apple. We use apple , i mean i think that...
WHMCS - there is many shit modules. At blesta you could only find quality modules and things. Stable. Not like whmcs every day a new patch.
Interworx - Solid , not has new things like nginx and mariadb but very stable , and the things are working very well.
Thats why i think i use apple
(in the real , too)
If cpanel there is many alternative... nginx and etc. If interworx you dont have (mariadb or etc nginx.)
Ask if you need anything.
Also make backaps every day...
@ZweiTiger can I ask how they all integrate? Does blesta do auto provisions on client payments? Can it monitor server usage like whmcs and spread the load?
If integrating with disparate systems is a priority for you (i.e., not interesting in writing your own integration with APIs), then WHMCS ought to be high on your list.
I don't mind api's was just curious how he's got it all working in unison lol
Yes Blesta has an interworx module which is okay... username/pass/direct login button without enter the data details. Also you could see your shared plan statics but nothing more.
Iworx and blesta rocks
WHMCS 'server usage' monitoring sucks, unless I guess you are talking about shared hosting then I think it will spread customers among many nodes.
sorta i've seen in demo videos of whcms that you can set x amount of customers max to a node and it will fill that node until full then use the next available one or spread accounts across them so wondered if blesta can do the same as i cant really tell from the documentation
Really you shouldn't be relying on your billing software to do this. If you absolutely need this functionality look for it in a panel or create/modify your own provisioning module for the billing system.
I wouldn't be relying on it, just seemed a nice feature to have incase I wasn't able to check up on available resources ( illness or internet outage )