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Choosing a control panel for your VPS: what to decide before you install one
This article is for people with a VPS or a dedicated server with root access. On shared plans the panel is cPanel,...
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HestiaCP and VestaCP on a VPS: what the panel gives you and what stays your job
This article is for people with a VPS or a dedicated server with root access. On shared plans the panel is cPanel,...
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Webmin and Virtualmin on a VPS: a server admin tool and a hosting panel, explained
This article is for people with a VPS or a dedicated server with root access. On shared plans the panel is cPanel,...
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CyberPanel, aaPanel and CloudPanel on a VPS: free panels and the questions to ask first
This article is for people with a VPS or a dedicated server with root access. On shared plans the panel is cPanel,...
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Running a VPS without a control panel: what the panel did and how you do it by hand
This article is for people with a VPS or a dedicated server with root access who work from the command line. A panel...
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Installing cPanel and WHM on your VPS, step by step
The short answer: cPanel installs with one command, as root, on a freshly installed AlmaLinux 8 or 9. You need a...
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Installing Plesk on your VPS, step by step
The short answer: Plesk installs with one command, as root, in around 15 minutes. Of the systems you can order, use...
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Installing Webuzo on your VPS, step by step
The short answer: Webuzo (by Softaculous) is a multi-account hosting panel that installs with three commands, as...
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Installing HestiaCP on your VPS, step by step: a free panel with e-mail
The short answer: HestiaCP is a free, open-source panel, with no licence, that installs the web server, PHP,...
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Installing CloudPanel on your VPS, step by step: a free panel for PHP, Node and Python apps
The short answer: CloudPanel is a free control panel, with no licence, built for PHP sites (WordPress included),...
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Which control panel to install on your VPS: cPanel, Plesk, Webuzo, HestiaCP or CloudPanel
The short answer: it comes down to three questions. Do you need mailboxes on the server itself? Will you have...
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cPanel or Plesk on your VPS: the differences that matter
The short answer: both are paid and do the same job: sites, e-mail, DNS, SSL and backups. Choose cPanel if you want...
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cPanel or Webuzo on your VPS: the differences that matter
The short answer: both are paid and are organised the same way: one panel for the server administrator and another...
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cPanel or HestiaCP on your VPS: the differences that matter
The short answer: HestiaCP is free and light, and gives you sites, e-mail and DNS on a Debian or Ubuntu VPS; cPanel...
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cPanel or CloudPanel on your VPS: the differences that matter
The short answer: choose cPanel if the server will hold several accounts, with e-mail and DNS in the same panel, or...
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Plesk or Webuzo on your VPS: the differences that matter
The short answer: both are paid and both do sites, e-mail, DNS and reselling. Choose Plesk if you want the full WP...
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Plesk or HestiaCP on your VPS: the differences that matter
The short answer: both give you sites, e-mail and DNS on the same server. Choose Plesk if you will have customers or...
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Plesk or CloudPanel on your VPS: the differences that matter
The short answer: choose Plesk if you want one server that does it all: sites, e-mail, DNS and accounts for clients,...
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Webuzo or HestiaCP on your VPS: the differences that matter
The short answer: both give you sites, e-mail and DNS on the same server. Choose Webuzo if you need resellers,...
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Webuzo or CloudPanel on your VPS: the differences that matter
The short answer: both run Node.js and Python apps as well as PHP; the difference is everything else. Webuzo is a...
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HestiaCP or CloudPanel on your VPS: the differences that matter
The short answer: both are free, need no licence and run on Debian and Ubuntu. Choose HestiaCP if you want a...
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Free or paid control panel on your VPS: what the licence buys you
The short answer: paid panels (cPanel and WHM, Plesk, Webuzo) come with a vendor behind them, updates that arrive on...





