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Info : Best "Free" VPS Control Panels
Dear All,
Most of the users are looking for low end machines and the next thing they need, is a way to manage their VMs. Personally i feel you cant beat CLI, but new users often need a simple way to manage ordinary tasks.
I am presenting the 5 most widely used and solid Control Panels for VPS management.
A. VestaCP : This is simply the best i have used. I personally prefer Vesta over other panels. Vesta has once click installation and has an awesome Mordern UI with all that you need :
- Web Server
- DNS server
- Database Server
- Mail Server
- FTP Server
- Nginx out of the box
- SSL certificates & SNI
- Wildcard support
- Configuration Templates
- DKIM support
- Fast Backups
- Easy update manager
- System Monitoring
- AntiSpam / Antivirus
- WHMCS billing support
Web : https://vestacp.com/
Documentation : https://vestacp.com/#documentation
Support : http://forum.vestacp.com/
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B. Froxlor : This is another control panel with a Clean UI. Froxlor includes several goodies like Web FTP , Advanced SSL etc.
Web : https://www.froxlor.org/
Documentation : http://redmine.froxlor.org/projects/froxlor/wiki
Support : https://forum.froxlor.org/
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C. Ajenti : This is a beautiful , open source, web-based control panel that can be used for a large variety of server management tasks. It can install packages and run commands, and you can view basic server information such as RAM in use, free disk space, etc.
Web : https://www.ajenti.org/
Documentation : http://support.ajenti.org/
Support : http://support.ajenti.org/forum/8996-general/
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D. WebMin : This is a tested and very reliable control panel. Webmin is a web-based interface for system administration for Unix. Using any modern web browser, you can setup user accounts, Apache, DNS, file sharing etc.
Web : http://www.webmin.com/
Documentation : http://www.webmin.com/docs.html
Support : http://www.webmin.com/community.html
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E. CentOS Web Panel ( CWP ) : CWP is a new control panel for centos based servers. I have found it to be relatively slow compares to other panels. But its reliable and it works.
The CWP Includes :
- Apache Web Server (Mod Security + OWASP rules optional)
- PHP 5.4 (suPHP, SuExec + PHP version switcher)
- MySQL + phpMyAdmin
- Postfix + Dovecot + roundcube webmail (Antivirus, Spamassassin optional)
- CSF Firewall
- File System Lock (no more website hacking, all your files are locked from changes)
- Backups (optional)
- AutoFixer for server
Web : http://centos-webpanel.com/
Documentation : http://centos-webpanel.com/installation-instructions
Support : http://forum.centos-webpanel.com/
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EDIT : Another worthy mention is KloxoMR. Mustafa has invested a huge effort in Kloxo and the new products seems reliable and patched. This is special edition (fork) of Kloxo with many features not existing on Kloxo official release (6.1.12+). This fork named as Kloxo-MR (meaning 'Kloxo fork by Mustafa Ramadhan')
Download/Install : https://github.com/mustafaramadhan/kloxo/
Support : http://forum.mratwork.com
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- What is Your Favourite Panel ?202 votes
- VestaCP41.58%
- Ajenti  5.94%
- Webmin/VirtualMin21.78%
- Froxlor  1.98%
- CentOS Web Panel  6.44%
- KloxoMR10.40%
- Others11.88%
Comments
I use VestaCP on my private servers. And it is ok..
Loving ajenti here
Kloxo-MR is the best at all! I tried a lot of times of softwers listed above, but until now I recommend Kloxo-MR for stability, simplicity! Must to try it!
Ajenti imo is the best, Vesta is a close second.
I don't use any but if I had to I'd use Webmin with this theme
http://theme.winfuture.it/
Its really nice.
I dont believe that Webuzo from Softaculous isn't there
It's completely free, the only advantage of being premium is the inclusion of more CMS autoinstallers
Its cPanel alike and newb proof, the install is a single command
I wish i could add it. But i can no longer edit my post.
InterWorx offer a free 1 domain license so that's another control panel. And it's the most secure one according to Rack911, when a security issue is found and they know about it, it's fixed in a week. http://files.rack911labs.com/whitepapers/RACK911_Labs_-_Year_In_Review-2013.pdf
Link/Details of the Free License ?
You can get them from any reseller partner who offers them: http://www.interworx.com/buy-now/buy-from-reseller-partners/
We offer them here: https://licensecart.com/billing/order/config/index/interworx/?group_id=100&pricing_id=498
I think CentOS web panel is the best. Used it before.
According to Rack911 it's not secure: http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1482209&p=9449320#post9449320
VirtualMin - insecure: http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1457075&p=9377849#post9377849
Just pointing it out, don't have to take their word on it but use at your own risk
Its certainly Slow. Vesta and Ajenti are much better.
I like Vesta.
I have used Ajenti it has best GUI yet but I find it unnecessarily complicated to use.
However I am using serverpilot at the moment. It is free. They give you support for your problems. And not consuming resources and stuff.
i-MSCP here, would recommend
i-mscp.net
I am new to VPS thing and just looking to gather information and this is the best article related to Free VPS Control Panels. Thanks for sharing the information! As far from my search I have only seen Webmin most of the time. Is that more reliable than others?
VestaCP + Pydio is a match made in heaven. If VestaCP would have a built-in File Manager then it will be notorious.
They are planning it. it will be a Paid Addon.
Dear Waqass, Webmin has been one of the oldest panels, its robust and time tested.
However, in 2015 , we have some really nice options/alternatives.
If you like the cpanel interface you can opt the KloxoMR , it has some good reviews.
I would advise you to limit its usage for personal stuff only.
For production, go with VestaCP.
I almost forgot one of the most worthy mentions that should have been included in the first place :
ISPConfig Panel :
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I used ispconfig.. has a good usability.
Which of these control panels allows user to add server blocks aka virtual hosts, user permissions, and file structure for each virtual host on nginx webserver without having to edit nginx configuration files?
I don't know others, but Kloxo-MR can do it.
Which of these control panels that acceptable to entry level VPS, i only have VPS with 256mb memory
The free 1 domain InterWorx or 10 domains (testing) license from a reseller partner like Mark's employer's place.
You can use InterWorx on a Raspberry Pi, the site is down at the moment not sure why but you can view it here: https://web.archive.org/web/20131127045542/http://pi.interworx.com/
Webmin is an excellent panel, afaik v2 which is in development is going to be using authentic-theme which is an awesome theme and makes Webmin look superb:
Great point, if you add ConfigServer Firewall (csf) to Webmin you have a pretty strong solution (along with other server hardening techniques) it's seems a lot comes down to how you plan to use the server.
CSF won't stop exploits it just manages incoming / outgoing connections.
I strongly recommend VestaCP. Its so lightweight and robust.