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Ask HN: What is something like cpanel but works well on a $5 VPS?
My use case will probably be postgre+nodejs instead of PHP+mariadb, but if you have good recommendations with other assumptions or focuses, please share those, too.
- zakki 9y agoI got this review: https://blog.ssdnodes.com/blog/administer-your-vps-cheaper-with-6-cpanel-alternatives/ https://blog.ssdnodes.com/blog/administer-your-vps-cheaper-w...
- ezekg 9y agoI haven’t used any of these before, but maybe this thread will be helpful? https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/the-definitive-thread-on-open-source-control-panels-cpanel-alternatives-part-i https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/the-definit.... Heroku is always a good choice too in case you don’t want to manually manage things.
- tedmiston 9y agoIt probably depends exactly which cPanel features you care about. DigitalOcean has a bunch of convenient one-click images (via Bitnami) and $5 boxes. They have templates for Node.js, MEAN, Dokku if you want to run a few Node apps, etc. https://www.digitalocean.com/products/one-click-apps/ https://www.digitalocean.com/products/one-click-apps/
- asfandsh 9y agoVirtualmin / Webmin http://www.webmin.com/virtualmin.html http://www.webmin.com/virtualmin.html
- microwavecamera 9y agoThis article has a decent overview of popular open-source control panels. I haven't had a chance to try any of them so your mileage may vary. https://www.rosehosting.com/blog/best-open-source-hosting-control-panels https://www.rosehosting.com/blog/best-open-source-hosting-co...
- crispytx 9y agoI really miss using cPanel. Now I just roll with an FTP client (FileZilla) and use phpMyAdmin for my MySQL server.
- 8draco8 9y agoConsider using Adminer from https://www.adminer.org https://www.adminer.org instead of phpMyAdmin, it's an one PHP file that you can upload anywhere without installation and just type the address in the browser and it will work out of the box. It even allows for visual customisation trough CSS files. Just download desired skin and put the CSS file in the same directory as downloaded PHP and it's done. Great little script.
- dabockster 9y agoI've found that cPanel can actually interfere with how Node.js runs in some cases if it's left on default settings.
- kristoff_it 9y agoI used Ajenti in the past on smallish boxes. Absolutely lighter than cPanel, not sure tho if light enough for a 5dollar machine. http://ajenti.org/ http://ajenti.org/
- kotrunga 9y agoI use VestaCP https://vestacp.com/ https://vestacp.com/