{"id":26241,"date":"2015-06-24T15:39:07","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T12:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.superhosting.bg\/en\/?p=26241"},"modified":"2022-04-02T09:43:23","modified_gmt":"2022-04-02T06:43:23","slug":"my-vps-first-steps-control-panel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.superhosting.bg\/en\/my-vps-first-steps-control-panel.html","title":{"rendered":"Getting Started With VPS: Control panel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the previous article of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.superhosting.bg\/en\/my-vps-first-steps-the-web-site-needs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Getting started with VPS: Website<\/a>&nbsp;series we briefly described a few options for installing the necessary web applications onto the virtual server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The manual server installation and settings require more knowledge in the area of system administration and web applications, compared to using a control panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The control panel is a web interface that is accessed through a web browser and it allows the configuration of the virtual server settings and management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since that web panel represents a graphic user interface, instead of writing commands in the terminal (<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.superhosting.bg\/en\/first-look-at-ssh.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SSH<\/a>), to access each functionality or option you may click on the respective graphic icon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The control panels have differences in terms of their license \u2013 there are paid and free ones. The more important characteristics that set them apart from one another are the richness of their functionalities, the ease of use, design and the necessary user efforts to learn the panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of the tasks and operations you can perform through the control panel and the virtual server:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"ul1 wp-block-list\"><li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">working with directories and files;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">access and management of the databases;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">creating and management of FTP users;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">logs and resources consumption check up;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">management of addon domains, parked domains and subdomains;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">creating and management of email accounts;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">server apps installation and settings.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Choosing your control panel<br>Upon choosing your control panel, pay attention to the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"ul1 wp-block-list\"><li class=\"li4\"><span class=\"s1\">is there active feedback from the developers;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"li4\"><span class=\"s1\">are there new updates often released;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"li4\"><span class=\"s1\">are the inquiries in the support forums left unsolved, or do they receive a response;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"li4\"><span class=\"s1\">is there a panel demo;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"li4\"><span class=\"s1\">is it supported for the operating system of your virtual server;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"li4\"><span class=\"s1\">is there abundant help information;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"li4\"><span class=\"s1\">is the panel interface user-friendly;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"li4\"><span class=\"s1\">what are the options and possibilities for settings.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>We will provide you with two reliable control panels, which you can choose in additions to the&nbsp;<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.superhosting.bg\/web-hosting-page-servers-vps.php\"><b>VPS<\/b><\/a><b>&nbsp;services.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"boxfs15p10mb12eee\">cPanel (WHM)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.superhosting.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/cpanel-superhosting-01-420x216.png\" alt=\"cPanel\" class=\"wp-image-62430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.superhosting.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/cpanel-superhosting-01-420x216.png 420w, https:\/\/blog.superhosting.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/cpanel-superhosting-01.png 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">The control panel,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cpanel.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cPanel<\/a>,&nbsp;has a paid license and is among the most widely used ones for hosting services. That control panel comes free of charge, as an addition to all&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.superhosting.bg\/web-hosting-common-managed-vps.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Managed VPS<\/b><\/a> plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The cPanel user interface is well organized, simplified and convenient \u2013 all options are grouped by type and function.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The interface offers many options \u2013 both the basic options for email accounts, file manager, FTP users and databases, and the specialized ones such as an extended DNS editor, Cron jobs, SSL\/TLS manager and many others.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">cPanel works with Apache, MySQL, PHP server applications, and others.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2b50\ufe0f<\/strong><span class=\"s1\"><b>Distinctive characteristics of cPanel<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">One of the greatest advantages of this panel is its user-friendly operation and the intuitive orientation in the options and settings. The reseller option is also convenient&nbsp;<strong><span class=\"s2\">WHM<\/span><\/strong>&nbsp;(<b>W<\/b>eb&nbsp;<b>H<\/b>ost<b>M<\/b>anager), allowing the creation and management of multiple users with separate hosting accounts. WHM offers two access levels: admin \u2013 for system administration of the server, and reseller \u2013 for accessing the resellers.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"boxfs15p10mb12eee\">Webuzo<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/vps-webuzo-control-panel-03.png\" alt=\"Webuzo - \u043a\u043e\u043d\u0442\u0440\u043e\u043b\u0435\u043d \u043f\u0430\u043d\u0435\u043b \u0437\u0430 \u0432\u0438\u0440\u0442\u0443\u0430\u043b\u0435\u043d \u0441\u044a\u0440\u0432\u044a\u0440\" class=\"wp-image-24767\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">The&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.webuzo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Webuzo<\/a>&nbsp;control panel is developed by&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Softaculous<\/a>&nbsp;and its appearance is very similar to that of the&nbsp;<strong><span class=\"s2\">Softaculous app manager<\/span><\/strong>. Also, Webuzo comes with Softaculous included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">There are two license options for this panel \u2013 paid and free of charge. The paid version offers the full kit of installation systems, as well as several additional options. The&nbsp;number of ready-made systems that can be installed in the free version is limited.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"boxcolorp5mb12orange2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Note:<\/b>&nbsp;<b>Systems like WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, Magento, phpBB and others cannot be installed on the free version of Webuzo<\/b><\/span><strong>!<\/strong><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Webuzo is a very useful control panel with multiple options, but you need to bear in mind it does not support many users. Upon installing the panel onto the virtual server, there will be one main user for the hosting environment. That means one main domain, with an option for each following domain to be added as an addon or a parked domain.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Webuzo uses the LAMP (<b>L<\/b>inux,&nbsp;<b>A<\/b>pache,&nbsp;<b>M<\/b>ySQL,&nbsp;<b>P<\/b>HP) software collection. After the panel is installed, you may install additional server apps onto the virtual server.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2b50\ufe0f<\/strong><span class=\"s1\"><b>Distinctive characteristics of Webuzo<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Apart from the standard apps, through Webuzo you are able to install various additional server apps:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"ul1 wp-block-list\"><li class=\"li3\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.superhosting.bg\/en\/my-vps-first-steps-the-web-site-needs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">software collections<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s1\">: LEMP, LAMP, LLMP and MEAN;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"li3\"><span class=\"s1\">web server: Nginx, Apache 2, Node.js and Lighttpd;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"li3\"><span class=\"s1\">databases: MySQL, MariaDB, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Percona, Hypertable, Cassendra, Redis, Apache Hadoop, Apache Hive, Stratosphere and others;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"li3\"><span class=\"s1\">version control: Git, Subversion, CVS, Mercurial, Darcs, Bazaar, Fosil;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"li3\"><span class=\"s1\">Java instruments and containers: Apache ZooKeeper, Groovy, elasticsearch, Apache Maven, Tomcat, GlassFish, Jetty, Virgo and many others;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"li3\"><span class=\"s1\">others: phpMyAdmin, RockMongo, Exim, Dovecit, BIND, Varnish, Memcached, GeoIP, Django, Sphinx and others.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"boxp10mb12eee\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Fun fact:&nbsp;<\/b>Here are a few interesting open source free-license control panels:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.webmin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Webmin<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ajenti.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ajenti<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/vestacp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vesta<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispconfig.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ISPConfig<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sentora.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sentora<\/a>&nbsp;and<a href=\"https:\/\/i-mscp.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&nbsp;i-MSCP<\/a>. You can see the differences between these and many other control panels in the comparative table:<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Comparison_of_web_hosting_control_panels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comparison of web hosting control panels<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The control panel is a web interface that is accessed through a web browser and it allows the configuration of the virtual server settings and management.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":62881,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[110],"tags":[294,295],"class_list":{"0":"post-26241","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-superhosting-technology-en","8":"tag-managed-vps-en","9":"tag-vps-virtual-servers"},"aioseo_notices":[],"modified_by":"\u041c\u0430\u0434\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0430 \u041c\u0435\u0442\u043e\u0434\u0438\u0435\u0432\u0430","post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.superhosting.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.superhosting.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.superhosting.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.superhosting.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.superhosting.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26241"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/blog.superhosting.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64887,"href":"https:\/\/blog.superhosting.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26241\/revisions\/64887"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.superhosting.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.superhosting.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.superhosting.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.superhosting.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}