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open source alternative to cPanel for my VPS

ledzgioledzgio Member
edited December 2012 in General

I got a VPS today and now I would like to install something like cPanel but open. What I need to do is to manage apache2, ftp server, mail server, mysql and so on.

Any suggestion?

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  • zPanel, Kloxo, Webmin or wait for Neon

  • I like zpanelcp but at the moment the installer for ubuntu is not available. What about Ajenti?

  • You could use Webmin, although it's not the prettiest panel out there.

  • Kloxo is what i use

  • twaintwain Member
    edited December 2012

    Ispconfig is great if you can follow a guide and are willing to put forth a small amount of effort

  • kloxo seems to be not the best panel for ubuntu. I need one similar to cPanel but free, simple, low ram usage.

  • zpanelcp, kloxo, webmin.

  • Kloxo runs only on CentOS

  • At your place id go with ISPConfig and start to learn how to manage vps without control panel
    Supported Linux Distributions:
    Debian 5 & 6 (recommended)
    Ubuntu 8.10 – 12.10 (recommended)
    CentOS 5.2 – 6.3
    Fedora 10 and 12-15
    OpenSuSE 11.1 – 12.2

  • Kloxo. Some providers have template for that preinstalled

  • @ledzgio said: I like zpanelcp but at the moment the installer for UBUNTU is not available.

    @ledzgio you have to specify Ubuntu or CentOS path

  • Out of the panels, if it is for your use only I would suggest webmin.

    I've never really get on with panels, I much prefer to configure everything manually. In fact I find learning the ins and outs of panels more time consuming and confusing that just implementing everything manually.

  • Using the very special OpenSSH control mechanism here, takes some time to learn, but afterwards is very intuitive and worth the effort :P (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenSSH).

    But if you insist, some of my VPSes run Ajenti:
    http://ajenti.org/

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  • @Raymii said: But if you insist, some of my VPSes run Ajenti:

    Never used Ajenti before. It looks great :)

  • last time I checked, Ajenti had almost no functionality

  • @ShardHost said: Never used Ajenti before. It looks great :)

    It also is great, and very very lightweight on resources.

    @gubbyte said: last time I checked, Ajenti had almost no functionality

    Care to elaborate? It does package management, user management, hardware(network) and even some software like apache?

  • risharderisharde Patron Provider, Veteran
    edited December 2012

    @ledzgio Kloxo comes the closest so far to the Cpanel feel in my honest opinion but there has been a potential security issue with them in September or some users have complained about being hacked and as far as I can tell, there hasn't been any updates to fix the issue. Check out their forums since I haven't been keeping up to date with the issue for more details. Good luck!

  • N_SerianN_Serian Member
    edited December 2012

    I would have to agree with the vast majority here, Kloxo. Or spend a few bucks on DirectAdmin. I tested ZPanel last month and found it buggy, I think it needs lots of improvement before it will actually gain some trust in the market.

  • jarjar Patron Provider, Top Host, Veteran

    A piece of me dies every time someone suggests Kloxo :P

    +1 for Ajenti. It's just "enough" to get the job done.

  • http://forum.lxcenter.org/index.php?t=msg&th=19215&prevloaded=1&;

    there is a fix by the look of it the main hack is caused by users on the server already it seems

  • I'd also like to point out that the guys running Ajenti are putting in some really awesome features and improvements which you can take a look at by either pulling their ng branch on GitHub or taking a look at the screenshot snippets they've been posting via Twitter.

  • OliverOliver Member, Host Rep

    VirtualMin?

  • Tried Ajenti, it was useless, unable to remove plugin.

  • @jarland said: A piece of me dies every time someone suggests Kloxo :P

    Hehe why?

  • I also am one of those who tried Ajenti and could not make use of it. I m not saying it is not worth a try. I believe it was me who could not make a good use of it. ISPConfig was hard to install for rookies like me, imho.

    I ve also tried zpanel, but after some warning about its security holes, I ve switched to free version of Webuzo on my one VPS. And using Plesk 11 on my other VPS (paid)

  • bigcatbigcat Member
    edited December 2012

    @ledzgio said: I like zpanelcp but at the moment the installer for ubuntu is not available.

    ZPanel does have Ubuntu installer, refer here. However email server isn't working out-of-the-box and I don't bother trying to fix it. CentOS installer is flawless for me.

    Edit : oopss my bad...didn't check the link. Ubuntu installer is indeed not available at the moment. No wonder some features doesn't work when I tested it on my VPS few days ago

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