Control panel (web hosting)

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A Control panel in web hosting refers to the interface provided by the hosting company for the maintenance and monitoring of the hosted website.

Some of the commonly available modules in most control panels:

• Access to server logs.
• Details of available and used webspace and bandwidth.
• Email account configuration.
• Maintaining FTP users’ accounts.
• Managing database.
• Visitor statistics using web log analysis software.
• Web based file manager.

Contents 1 Software packages 1.1 Proprietary software 1.2 Free and open source software - FOSS 2 See also 3 External links

[edit] Software packages

[edit] Proprietary software

Notable software often used as a web-based control panel include

• cPanel
• Cortex from EMS-cortex
• DirectAdmin
• H-sphere from Parallels
• InterWorx
• Lxadmin now called Kloxo
• Plesk from Parallels
• MachPanel from MachSol, Inc.
• Hosting Controller from Hosting Controller, Inc.

[edit] Free and open source software - FOSS

Web-based control panels licensed under the GPL/other free licenses:

• DTC (Domain Technologie Control)
• ehcp
• ISPConfig
• Gnupanel
• Usermin
• Virtualmin
• Webmin
• ispCP
• Openpanel

[edit] See also

• Control panel (engineering)

[edit] External links

• Control panel providers at the Open Directory Project