CentOS Web Panel Review – Introduction

 

CentOS Web Panel is a hosting control panel which centers around easy and quick management of the hosting environment over your Dedicated server or VPS. As its name applies it is to be installed on Servers running CentOS. CentOS is one of the most popular servers operating systems due to its free license, easy management and a large number of tutorials available over the Internet.

CWP, in short, is a great fast and free tool to manage a starting small reseller business or a commercial website and is a great choice when you do not want to be bound by the pesky limits implied on every shared hosting environment.

It gives you free roam over the core system and allows you to modify it on the go as your needs suit it.

CWP can be requested to be installed on any of the VPS and Dedicated Server machines that we offer. You can play around and learn how to manage your services with CentOS Web Panel in a matter of minutes.

CentOS Web Panel Features

What are the Installation and Configuration characteristics during Installation of CWP?
– Apache Web Server (Mod Security + Automatic updated rules optional)
– PHP 5.6 (suPHP, SuExec + PHP version switcher)
– MySQL/MariaDB + phpMyAdmin
– Postfix + Dovecot + roundcube webmail (Antivirus, Spamassassin optional)
– CSF Firewall
– File System Lock (no more website hacking, all your files are locked from changes)
– Backups (optional)
– AutoFixer for server configuration

3rd Party Aplications
– CloudLinux + CageFS + PHP Selector
– Softaculous – Script Installer (Free and Premium)
– LiteSpeed Enterprise (Web Server)

CentOS Web Panel (CWP)
– Setups Server for Web Hosting (websites like WordPress…)
– API for easier account management, and whmcs billing api
– NAT-ed version, support for NAT-ed IPs
– Free Hosting Module, account activation provisioning for sites that have a free hosting

CWP user panel
– High security of the panel by running all client actions under client username
– secure login authorizations by using oauth tokens
– Advanced and secure file manager
– dns zone manager
– custom themes and languages
– script installer for: wordpress, PrestaShop, eXtplorer

Web Server
– Varnish Cache server (improve your server performances up to three times)
– Nginx Reverse Proxy (get you static files delivered in the fastest way)
– LiteSpeed Enterprise integrated
– Compiles Apache from source (improves performance up to 15%)
– Apache reCompiler + Additional modules installation with one click
– Apache server status, configuration
– Apache Redirects Manager
– Edit apache vhosts, vhosts templates, include configuration
– Rebuild all apache Virtual hosts with one click
– suPHP & suExec (improved security)
– Mod Security: Comodo WAF, OWASP rules (one click install, automatic updates, easy management)
– Tomcat 8 server management & install in one click
– DoS protection from the Slow-Loris attacks
– Apache with spamhaus RBL protection (Protecting http PUT,POST,CONNECT)
– Perl cgi script support

PHP
– Compiles PHP from source (improves up to 20% on performances)
– PHP Switcher (switch between PHP versions like: 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2)
– PHP Selector select PHP version per user or per folder (PHP 4.4, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2)
– Simple php editor
– Simple php.ini generator in the users panel
– PHP addons with one click
– PHP.ini editor & PHP info & List modules
– php.ini per user account (you can add changes in /home/USER/php.ini)
– FFMPEG, For Video streaming websites)
– CloudLinux + PHP Selector
– ioncube, php-imap …

User Management
– Add, List, Edit and Remove Users
– User Monitoring (list users open files, listening sockets…)
– Shell access management
– User Limit Managment (Quota and Inodes)
– Limit Processes: The maximum available number of processes per account.
– Limit Open Files: The maximum available number of open files per account.
– User FTP & File Manager
– CloudLinux + CageFS
– Dedicated IP per account

DNS
– FreeDNS (Free DNS Server, no need for additional IPs)
– Add, Edit, List and Remove DNS zones
– Edit nameserver IPs
– DNS zone template editor
– New Easy DNS Zone Manager (with ajax)
– New DNS Zone list with Additional resolving information using google (also checking rDNS, nameservers….)

Email
– postfix & dovecot
– MailBoxes, Alias
– Roundcube webmail
– Postfix Mail queue manager
– rDNS Checker Module (check you rDNS records)
– AntiSPAM (Spamhaus cronjob)
– SpamAssassin, RBL checking, AmaViS, ClamAV, OpenDKIM
– SPF & DKIM Integration
– Re-Build Postfix/Dovecot Mail server with (AntiVirus, AntiSpam Protection)
– Email Auto Responder
– Email Explore, read all mailboxes from one location.
– Mail Routing (local or remote MX Exchanger)

System
– Hardware Information (CPU core and clock info)
– Memory Information (Memory usage info)
– Disk Info (Detailed Disk status)
– Software Info (kernel version, uptime…)
– Services Status (Quick services restart eg. Apache, FTP,Mail…)
– ChkConfig Manager (Quick list and manage your services)
– Services Monitor (automatic restart of services and email notifications)
– Network port usage
– Network configuration
– SSHD configuration
– Auto-Fixer (checks important configuration and tries to auto-fix issues)
– Sysstat Graphs

Monitoring
– Live Monitoring (Monitor services eg. top, apache stats, mysql…)
– Use Java SSH Terminal/Console within panel
– Services Configuration (eg. Apache, PHP, MySQL…)
– Run shell commands in screen/background

Security
– CSF Firewall (Best Linux Firewall)
– SSL generator
– SSL Certificate Manager (quick and easy installation of SSL Certs)
– Letsencrypt, Free SSL certificates for all your domains
– CloudLinux + CageFS
– CSF/LFD BruteForce protection
– IP access control
– Mod Security + OWASP rules (one click install, easy management)
– DoS protection from the Slow-Loris attacks (for Apache)
– File System Lock (no more website hacking, all your files are locked from changes)
– PHP now shows the script name and path in top or process lists
– Apache is limiting number of php processes per user
– Automated Backups
– Hide system and other user processes
– SFTP Security
– AutoSSL (automatically install Letsencrypt SSL certificate when creating new account, addon domain or subdomain)

SQL
– MySQL Database Managment
– Add local or remote access user
– Live Monitor MySQL process list
– Create, Remove database
– Add additional users per database
– MySQL server configuration
– PhpMyAdmin (database managment)
– PostgreSQL, phpPgAdmin Support
– Remote MySQL support (remove mysql load from web server)
– MongoDB Manager/Installer

Additional options
– TeamSpeak 3 Manager (Voice servers)
– Shoutcast Manager (Shoutcast streaming servers)
– Auto-update
– Backup manager
– File Manager
– Scripts folder “/scripts” over 15+ scripts
– Virtual FTP users per domain
– cPanel Account Migration (restores files, databases and database users)
– Torrent SeedBox (one click install with Deluge WebGU)
– SSH key generator

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