Best open source/free control panel for Ubuntu vps

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Hi guys,
I’m just about to get my hands on a ubuntu vps for a client of mine who doesn’t have plesk/cpanel installed.

I can get around a command line via the shell for basic file based commands but after that I’m still a newbie :slight_smile:

Being used to hostgator style control panels are there any good free cpanel type applications i could install via the shell to allow me to configure some stuff from the comfort of a web GUI?

Many thanks in advance.

Ed

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It might not be as advanced as cPanel, but you can take a look at OpenPanel.

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thanks - will check it out

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you can try virtuozzo / openvz pannels.

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For free I don’t think you can go wrong with Webmin still, we have a few customers who prefer to use it over cPanel (as cPanel can be quite rigid in how you do things).

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Seconded Webmin, and it works very nicely under Ubuntu IMO (tested with 9.10).

Although it’s not free, some of our customers use DirectAdmin which certainly is a lot cheaper than cPanel. They seem happy, although our only real experience is with installation it (which is very easy indeed).