Hi All,

We are planning to have a small webhosting firm
I'm looking for a "Simple and Free Control Panels"

Thanks and Regards!

Bigerck

Do a search on the forum. There has to be at least 50 threads with "free control panel" in it.

http://webmin.com/ may be one to check out.

It should be simple also, so that person with little technical background can also handle it ; )

How simple do you want?
Just a file manager? :penguin:

There are many free useful programs at SourceForge (sourceforge.net). For example, I found good File Manager - "Quixplorer".

WebMin & EdgePanel (old version, if you have it. . . the new version needs a liscense).

EdgePanel is a helpdesk

i also recommend webmin, a best free control pannel. and its true also simple

Originally posted by deadserious
http://webmin.com/ may be one to check out.


I've installed "webmin".But it is much more powerful than what I required. It gives total control of my system to others I know I can customize it, but it has one more minus pt it runs it's own web server (in perl), it could be plus point if I'm willing to use all features.

What I'm looking for is a stripped down version of cpanel are some thing like :penguin: OK :gthumb:

Originally posted by bigerck
I've installed "webmin".But it is much more powerful than what I required. It gives total control of my system to others I know I can customize it, but it has one more minus pt it runs it's own web server (in perl), it could be plus point if I'm willing to use all features.

What I'm looking for is a stripped down version of cpanel are some thing like :penguin: OK :gthumb:

I don't see anything bad that webmin is running its mini HTTP server... Webmin comes with its own HTTP server because it can stop / start / restart HTTP. PLUS if HTTP is down, webmin can still run because it doesn't rely on the HTTP server.

I've never used CPanel before but I think it also have its own HTTP server cos I see the demo also have the option to restart HTTP service.

Yes. Cpanel uses it's own http server.

What is "some thing"? You have to be more specific for us to help you. In any case, you can just choose not to use functions that you don't need isn't it?

add usermin to webmin and you've got a pretty good *free* control panel

Originally posted by othellotech
add usermin to webmin and you've got a pretty good *free* control panel




Hi All,

I'm able to make whatever I want, :stickout:

Here is WHAT I did :banana:

I followed tips of you guys, disabled many option in webmin (about 65-70%) :dgrin: then installed add usermin and the main thing I've to say is I also installed Virtualmin :gthumb: ------- NOW I got a stripped down version of cpanel ---- or at least similar to that.

Thanks a lot :beer:

How stable is the setup!?

usermin is not enought, you gotta have to install virtualmin to run vritual server.

Originally posted by fuse1982
usermin is not enought, you gotta have to install virtualmin to run vritual server.

Originally posted by bigerck

I followed tips of you guys, disabled many option in webmin (about 65-70%) :dgrin: then installed add usermin and the main thing I've to say is I also installed Virtualmin :gthumb: ------- NOW I got a stripped down version of cpanel ---- or at least similar to that.

the question is :

what webmin + usermin + virtualmin can NOT do ??

you can check also and vhcs lite:
http://www.vhcs.net/new/en/index.php?p=1.28
It is free

I followed instructions from:

swelltech.com/support/virtual-servers/index.html

and I culd not make virtualmin working. I was able to do it all with exeptions of:

“LoadModule suexec_module modules/mod_suexec.so
However, things may get a bit trickier, because we plan to put the web root for each new virtual domain user into the /home directory. The SuExec module requires the base directory to be specified at build time for security reasons...if you compile from source, you've probably already thought of this. If you use RPMs, you'll need to rebuild from the SRPM with the suexec docroot altered to point to /home. For example, my SPEC file has the following in the configure section:
--with-suexec-docroot=/home \
“
I just have not clue how to do that. If you successfully installed virtualmin, please share the wealth!
Webmin is very nice piece of software. I just have hard time with virtualmin.
Regards
Jacek

Originally posted by jpiterow
I followed instructions from:

swelltech.com/support/virtual-servers/index.html

and I culd not make virtualmin working. I was able to do it all with exeptions of:

“LoadModule suexec_module modules/mod_suexec.so
However, things may get a bit trickier, because we plan to put the web root for each new virtual domain user into the /home directory. The SuExec module requires the base directory to be specified at build time for security reasons...if you compile from source, you've probably already thought of this. If you use RPMs, you'll need to rebuild from the SRPM with the suexec docroot altered to point to /home. For example, my SPEC file has the following in the configure section:
--with-suexec-docroot=/home \
“
I just have not clue how to do that. If you successfully installed virtualmin, please share the wealth!
Webmin is very nice piece of software. I just have hard time with virtualmin.
Regards
Jacek
what Os you use?
in debian 3 and freebsd is working fine

My system is Fedora3. I just have no much experience in other OS’es.
Regrads,
Jacek

Originally posted by YUPAPA
How simple do you want?
Just a file manager? :penguin:

:roll2:

Just be able to use it as a panel. Full functionality of Virtualmin, I guess…

Originally posted by Stacie
:roll2:

So mean ~~ :uhh:
You laugh ME!! :bawling:

Here is a list of good free Hosting Control Pannles Which will run on a linux based operating system

VHCS - vhcs.net
Webmin - webmin.com
Usermin - usermin.com
Bankio - webhost-panel.net

Originally posted by Mekhu
How stable is the setup!?

yes, how stable please. Have you checked
for vulnerabilities ?

I do know that the bankio Hosting CP is easy to setup while only been stable and developed for Redhat Linux 9.0

Many people say that Redhat 9.0 is very unstable...I have found it fine for a web based hosting platform as well as a Samba Logon Domain.

Also VHCS i have tried to install and have many problems with the
./vhcs2-setup app to configure and run the CP properly...

Futher more i think bankio and VHCS2 are good you just need good knolage to install them. Finding and installing the required software to support these CPS is found hard.

While Webmine and usermin are very simple to install. Also Very simple to configure and maintain.

I would go with the Webmin & Virtualmin, they are not so hard to install and you get a totally FREE cpanel for your server websites.

We had it running for over 1 year on our servers and it went really smooth ( apply updates, take care of security issues and it's ok - and FREE )

Also there is Bankoi web hosting panel for Linux somwhere on the web , I know a friend of mine is very active on their forums.

Originally posted by amghosting
I would go with the Webmin & Virtualmin, they are not so hard to install and you get a totally FREE cpanel for your server websites.

We had it running for over 1 year on our servers and it went really smooth ( apply updates, take care of security issues and it's ok - and FREE )

Also there is Bankoi web hosting panel for Linux somwhere on the web , I know a friend of mine is very active on their forums.

But how, how did you do it! (Virtualmin installation).

Just like they say on their website:

"Installation of the module itself is straight-forward. If you have never installed Webmin before, you will want to refer to the Book of Webmin for full documentation. After Webmin installation, browse to the Webmin:Webmin Configuration:Webmin Modules module. There you can install the module."


So you must first install Webmin and then it's very simple to add the VirtualMin module. Read the documentation otherwise you can't do it.