Garethp Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 Ok, so I've never done server management before, but I tried installing cPanel on a dedicated server (Yes, I know that I wasn't qualified and shouldn't have done it without knowing anything about it) and I lost DNS information (There were 3 different domain names pointing to different folders on the server) and MySQL databases, and I couldn't point the DocumentRoot to where the files where after that, then I lost SSH access and then SecureFTP to the root file system, so suffice to say everything went up the shitter. So I've downloaded CentOS and I'm about to install it on my PC so I can test on that first I was just wondering, is there a cPanel alternative (preferably free) that I can install and it won't change my Apache/PHP/MySQL at all? I just want a control panel for managing FTP users and MySQL databases/users So any advice would be great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 cPanel changes the way most of your system works. To be honest, I hate control panel for this very reason. Why not learn to manage your resources manually? FTP and MySql are reasonably easy to manage and you will find allot more documentation around for the traditional methods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garethp Posted July 6, 2010 Author Share Posted July 6, 2010 Because I want to learn how to build user-friendly servers. I could learn how to manage all that through SSH, and I will, but I also want to learn how to set up a server that has just the right level of control for the average web master, but that doesn't interfere with anything. It's just something I'd like to have in my knowledge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 Just seems your working backwards to me. having an understanding of the underlying technologies is always going to be an advantage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garethp Posted July 6, 2010 Author Share Posted July 6, 2010 True, but thats the practicle viewpoint. I want to know how to do things by shell AND how to do things by setting up an easy to setup and use control panel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_web_hosting_control_panels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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