By gknskn
Hey everyone,
I have never set up and never managed a VPS. But I believe I can handle basic stuff at the first time. I have read lots of forum topics about panels however most of them discussed at 2012/2013. I think to try ZPanel because of its user friendly interface but many people said it has security issues. But maybe they made it more secure in 1 year. So I need the opinions about latest version of the free panels.
I will use it for our OpenCart based small scale eCommerce site. Only one site will run on the server. All we need a fast, stable and secure server, mail service, SSL.
Should I pay for cPanel or give a try to ZPanel, Webmin, Webuzo, VestaCP etc…? Or can I do basic stuff with learning commands? :)
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Saying that “Webmin/Virtualmin” are not user friendly is a colossal understatement. It probably does way more than what you need, and it will probably take less time to learn how to configure Apache by hand than it will to learn how to use the control panel. It’s just page after page of incomprehensible fine-grained attributes and no help for the uninitiated. I wouldn’t recommend it if you’re not already an experienced Xnix admin and understand how to do things by hand.
Vesta is at the other extreme. I like it quite a bit, but bear in mind that it’s very simple. You can easily get a website up and running with it, but it misses a few features that I’d love to see (upgrading PHP or MySQL versions, for example).
For those asking themselves this question in 2018 … i can tell you that i recently had one of my Vestacp servers hacked … and so did hundreds if not thousands of others … i’ve applied the fix, but my advice is to look into Webuzo:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGRgrAAYBcFkmSnFju_MadWCvHE3WznEV
How about VestaCP, I have read many positive comments about it. <br> <br>Actually I’m asking to myself a question now: <br> <br>5$ VPS + 15$ cPanel or 20$ VPS and free panel for the beginning? <br> <br>
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