Another common enquiry question is – if we provide VPS’s and if so what which server control panels would we recommend. We have previously provided dedicated servers and latterly – virtual private servers (VPS’s) and we may indeed go back to providing this product once the market settles. However, our existing managed server revenue stream is adequately subscribed shall we say, so provision of fresh dedicated servers and VPS’s for new customers have been withdrawn from the service list, for the time being.
However, we have installed and supported all of the Linux based server management control systems through evolving technological periods of dedicated hardware and virtualisation at some point and the only one we would recommend is the control panel we currently use to manage our servers/VPS’s which is Control Web Panel (CWP), formerly Centos Web Panel.
Having been with this control panel for many years – we believe that its point in the software development-cycle, means it is secure, robust and feature rich. The free version of the panel will cater for users who do not need multiple PHP versions, PHP-FPM or greater than 10 users. The coolest feature is actually the pro license price, at just north or a tenner per year. Its rival product is CPanel who’s licensing cost is greater than that for a month. Should you choose to buy a license – you can click here to check it out.
Also keep an eye on Fossbilling – as it is open source (free) and in active development, but not production ready yet. Although it already has a module for CWP integration.