Hosting panel advice

Tue Nov 7 07:36:38 UTC 2023

Hey, 
I can't contribute much except: my provider offers froxlor ( https://froxlor.org/ ) and it is OK.

Not the best of UIs, and you certainly need to familiarize yourself with it as a user, read some docs or ask someone how to do certain things, but it does the job.

No idea about actions/compatibility with scripting.

If you want to go really overboard, you could make the scripts you yourself use available to users with something like rundeck ( https://www.rundeck.com/ - unfortunately open core, haven't used it in years so no idea what is free VS proprietary). Certainly more user friendly and compatible with your "I don't want to chage my own workflow" - but probably a buttload more work to implement and maintain then something like froxlor/ispconfig.

HTH,
Simon

On 1 November 2023 12:23:51 CET, Paul van der Vlis <paul at vandervlis.nl> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I have a small hosting service for 20 years, but without a hosting panel. So my customers write me an e-mail or call me when they need an extra mailbox or website etc. Then I login using SSH and run a bash script.
>
>For me this is not a big problem, but some customers would like it when they could do more themselves using a web-interface. E.g. change a password or create an extra mailbox.
>
>I have some experience with ISPconfig, what is open source. But I don't like it. I even saw that they sell add-ons who need "ioncube". That encrypts the PHP so the code is hidden!
>https://www.ioncube.com/
>https://www.ispconfig.org/add-ons/ispconfig-migration-tool/
>
>Do you have an advice for an open source hosting panel?
>
>What I would like the most is something where I don't need to change how I work. E.g. where I can configure an "action" when a customer wants to create a mailbox or change a password.
>
>With regards,
>Paul van der Vlis
>
>
>
>
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>https://vandervlis.nl/
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