{"id":888,"date":"2025-01-17T08:45:29","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T08:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ethernetservers.com\/blog\/?p=888"},"modified":"2026-08-11T08:42:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T08:42:01","slug":"stop-paying-try-this-hosting-control-panel-instead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ethernetservers.com\/blog\/stop-paying-try-this-hosting-control-panel-instead\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop Paying! Try this hosting control panel instead"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the most common discussions you\u2019ll see when visiting web hosting forums is quite simple: <strong>which control panel is best?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are plenty of big names in the web hosting control panel industry, such as cPanel and DirectAdmin (these are just two examples of many), however many individuals and businesses (including us) are tired of price increases, especially when all they\u2019re doing is bringing lots of software packages into one interface, that, believe it or not, they didn\u2019t even create!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you\u2019ve ever managed a database in a control panel, chances are you did it with phpMyAdmin. Likewise, if you ever checked or sent an email in your web browser, chances are you did it with Roundcube. Or maybe you uploaded some files? You probably used an FTP server, such as Pure-FTPd. Companies like cPanel and DirectAdmin didn\u2019t create any of these \u2013 they\u2019re all freely available and open-source software.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If, for one moment, we removed all those software packages, those control panels wouldn\u2019t have much going for them \u2013 they certainly wouldn\u2019t be as user-friendly!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This raises the question, <strong>what exactly are you paying for?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For one, technical support \u2013 which is often guaranteed when using a commercial product, but is very often community best-effort based (i.e. forums, Discord, etc) when using a free alternative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other than that, for your average user who isn\u2019t worried about paying for a fancy brand, there isn\u2019t all that much left that you can\u2019t get from some of the free competitors \u2013 who often still make money through donations or other means, such as advertising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-what-s-the-solution\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">What&#8217;s the solution?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hestiacp.com\/\">Hestia Control Panel<\/a>, also known as HestiaCP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This free, donation-supported control panel has all the features we discussed above, with a simplistic user interface that does everything the average webmaster will need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their code is readily available for anyone to look at on <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/hestiacp\/hestiacp\">GitHub<\/a> and the product receives frequent updates.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the time of writing, version 1.9 is near release, with support for Ubuntu 24.04, PHP 8.4, a web-based terminal, as well as an importer for cPanel and DirectAdmin. An impressive-looking update!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UPDATE April 4th, 2025: 1.9 was released, the latest version is now 1.9.3!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-getting-started-installing-hestiacp\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Getting Started (Installing HestiaCP)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Step 1: Purchase a VPS with Debian 12. All the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ethernetservers.com\/vps-hosting\">plans on our website<\/a> are capable of running HestiaCP, but we\u2019re going to use the vETH 2G plan for this demonstration<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Step 2: Log in to SSH using the details in the welcome email we send out<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Step 3: Bring the operating system fully up-to-date:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>apt update\napt upgrade<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Step 4: Run the following commands to install HestiaCP:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>Wget <a href=\"https:\/\/raw.githubusercontent.com\/hestiacp\/hestiacp\/release\/install\/hst-install.sh\">https:\/\/raw.githubusercontent.com\/hestiacp\/hestiacp\/release\/install\/hst-install.sh<\/a>\nbash hst-install.sh<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Step 5: Fill in your email address and hostname (i.e. server.mydomain.com) when prompted<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Step 6: When the installation has finished, note down the login URL, username, and password presented in your SSH session<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Step 7: When prompted (at the end of the installation), hit any key on your keyboard to reboot the server<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Step 7: Log in to HestiaCP using the login URL, username, and password provided in the SSH terminal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-creating-a-user-domain-amp-pointing-the-dns\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Creating a user, domain &amp; pointing the DNS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Step 1: Click on \u201cUSER\u201d and then \u201cAdd User\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Step 2: Log in as the user you just created by clicking the \u201cLog in as [username]\u201d link<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Step 3: Under the \u201cWEB\u201d tab, click on \u201cAdd Web Domain\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Step 4: Fill in your domain, and click on \u201cSave\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Step 5: Log in to your domain registrar, and create an A-Record for the root domain, as well as the \u201cwww\u201d prefix, which points to your server\u2019s IP address<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-setting-up-an-ssl-certificate\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Setting up an SSL certificate<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Step 1: Under the \u201cWEB\u201d tab, click on your domain<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Step 2: Click on \u201cEnable SSL for this domain\u201d and then \u201cUse Let\u2019s Encrypt to obtain SSL certificate\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Step 3: Click on \u201cSave\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-setting-up-wordpress\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Setting up WordPress<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Step 1: Under the \u201cWEB\u201d tab, click on your domain<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Step 2: Click on \u201cQuick Install App\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Step 3: Click on \u201cSetup\u201d underneath the WordPress logo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Step 4: Fill out the form, entering in the basic information such as your site name, WordPress account information, etc<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Step 5: Click on \u201cSave\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At this point, you should be able to visit yourdomain.com\/wp-admin and log in with the username and password you set in Step 4 of the above section!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You\u2019re now ready to take full advantage of all the great features that WordPress has to offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you run into a problem, or have a question, don\u2019t worry \u2013 feel free to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ethernetservers.com\/clients\/contact.php\">contact us<\/a>! 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