Hello fellow members, I have been in the industry since 2014 testing out stuff that doesn't even make sense like several control panels I have tested just for the fun, and honestly speaking I had an urge to test out their functionality and user experience. I have tested several Free ones open source ones and some commercial ones too. So let's just share them all here. I will be covering the Panels which are Free as in $0 for any fees. So let's just get started with the list of free panels.

1. Keyhelp
You might be wondering what is this thing, well keyhelp is been a really helpful panel from the last year(i.e. 2019) it supports everything I needed to run a shared hosting server for several of guys(they said they wanted to isolate users and all) keyhelp is actively developed for Debian based Linux distros with several new features popping out every new update. The features and capabilities of this one are really good it has a special function where it will automatically update all packages swiftly but it will also let you know if few packages require your attention, amazing isn't it? it has all the features one can ask for including but not limited to An advance file manager, DNS manager, mail system with queue management, and of course white-labeling(you already know what this is :wink: ) so what makes it stand out? the only thing I can think of its capabilities to automate things and preserve your settings for automatic updates without any errors(at least I didn't encounter any).

More information and setup instructions: https://www.keyhelp.de/en/

2. TinyCP
You guys might have heard about this thing another Debian based panel with some awesome features(typically the same as every other panel there is like file manager, DNS, mail, etc etc) but the thing is not only with all the features running intact the memory footprint for this specific beast is low means it won't be hogging your resources at all and with the beautifully crafted code with the modular approach is just simply amazing. Sometimes I wonder why isn't this thing famous? well maybe because it's limited to Debian-based distros? who knows at least not me(i am not a god so meh).

More information and setup instructions: https://tinycp.com/home/index

3. VestaCP
Wait I know before you say something I already know the development for the "official" branch is all but active there are several high-risk security issues in the code but there are still some forks that are actively in development trying their hardest to fix things that are just ignored on the official development branch. A fork from the MadeITBelgium is such an example where they are actively developing this fixing bugs and security vulnerabilities but this branch is limited and only meant for the RedHat-based Linux distros, perhaps you can find some other branch with the same active development for your favorite Linux who knows. Talking about features vestacp is really good when I consider the apache + Nginx(reverse proxy) setup it optimizes the website to its maximum performance but there are things I don't understand why did they do that. One such thing is the file manager and sFTP plugin which are paid, I know it's not a bad thing for something good to be paid but the reason stated before releasing something was "We will have paid plugins to support our development" which technically just died without any notice or announcement it was like now you can see me, poof, now you can't.

More information and setup instructions: https://vestacp.com

4. HestiaCP
Remember the vestaCP from the above point? I know you do well Hestia is a fork of VestaCP too but for Debian-based distros(IDK why did they renamed it though) well technically speaking they are of course a fork but with a different approach and what is that? their free file manager that comes out of the box to be used yay! a file manager for those who are lazy or just doing some small modifications on the go! ahem, brahmasmi! just kidding it's been an overall good experience using the hestiacp, of course, their UI is something I didn't really like but it depends on person to person. So any other features? aside from active development and file manager I can't think of any(but isn't it all you need?).

More information and setup instructions: https://www.hestiacp.com/

5. aaPanel
Yep it's this one alright, aaPanel the internationalized version of Pagoda(Baota in Chinese) panel(bt.cn panel) yeah it's a Chinese product but I assure you not all Chinese products are bad like corona, ahem, I think I shouldn't have said that well speaking of aaPanel this thing is really amazing for single users(like me woohoo! yeah boi!) the features are good as well the modular approach like tinyCP making it better and better and on top of that it supports many things like docker, ruby apps, etc just name it and you will the module inside its AppStore, simply breathtaking me and some of my friends started using this panel like a year ago, of course, there were some issues and concerns(there are still some though) but overall satisfaction this one provided was simply over the top, then why didn't I put it at the top? because it still lacks some features like multi-users(i know it's a deciding factor for some) also this one is buggy if you want it to be you're all in one web server serving mails + websites + DNS + some random app it might break your patience when configuring it to your liking but once you get yourself familiar with this one it's quite easy(not technically you can still face some issues like lsphp installing itself even after removing OLS).

More information and setup instructions: https://aapanel.com

6. ISPconfig
I don't think I need to say much about it one of the oldest and still growing with active development and great community support. It has most of the features one can think of from basic administration multi-user shared hosting ones just name it(well not like aaPanel that support docker, ruby, etc) the only thing I don't like about this one is the installation process if you are a beginner you will be facing something you never encountered and it will really cause a headache at some point. This one is especially for advanced users as they know what do to if an error occurred during the installation. But to be honest I really like its permission engine or whatever it is called it's by far the best I have ever seen in free panels.

More information and setup instructions: https://ispconfig.com

7. CyberPanel
Some of you might already be using this one it natively works with OLS(OpenLiteSpeed) and has a really good UI. It also supports containerizations and git subversion control able to deploy apps directly from the git repository. I used to be a big fan of this project just because of OLS but as time pass and I started noticing OLS is not as fast as they claimed it to be but instead, sometimes it was awful they say it supports apache rewrites but you have to restart the OLS if you made any changes and wait until it auto-restart itself after saving your .htccess file. I was testing a bunch of stuff and finally made a decision to shift from OLS to Nginx thus I made a move towards other panels. If you are into fancy things and modern UI you might prefer CyberPanel as your daily driver.

More information and setup instructions: https://cyberpanel.net

8. Virtualmin
I don't think there is any veteran here who hasn't used the Virtualmin as an extension of the webmin server management panel, while webmin is meant for server management Virtualmin is meant for website management allowing you to have a fully functional multi user shared hosting server. The features are by far the same as any other panel out there but the complete code visibility just makes it WOW! if I remember correctly I was successful in imitating the Cpanel server which sent the same headers and same pages rendered by Cpanel the only thing left was the UI and I dropped it after I lost the instance(it was from a provider who went in hiding in the early stage of post4vps).

more information and setup instructions: https://virtualmin.com


My verdict
I know I didn't include many other panels like fastpanel, ajenti, etc but the point on this thread was to give a general idea about Server panels you can try and dig out their potentials I migrated my keyhelp VM to aaPanel as I no longer have multi-user requirements and/or hosting specific needs I am mostly deploying JS, python and PHP apps and aaPanel do the job for me without any issues if you feel like I should edit and include other panels in the list do feel free to PM/DM me and I'll make sure to discuss the usage and efficiency for the said panel.

Thank you for your time.


Last updated: 31st Masrch 2021

Following VPS Holders still have to complete their posts for March 2021.  

VPS Holders with missing posts:
@Honey   -   5
@YOuNeS_Dz   -   13
@sAmI   -   0

I'm confident @xdude will complete his posts as he usually does right up to the last day of the month.  Hopefully VPS 9 worked out for @Honey not sure what is happening.  @sAmIas been in touch.

@YOuNeS_Dz please note @Dynamo's "Missing Posts" rules are strictly applied. Failing to complete the 20 posts by end of tomorrow, 31 March will lead to the VPS powered off.  Once the VPS has been powered off, if you want to keep the VPS, you will need to reapply for it during the April Giveaway.  Please note that 100$ will then be deducted from your credit points as penalty.  If your credit points are low, you need to keep a close watch on them as you need to always have 100$ in your account in order to apply for a VPS.

I was using valet for macOS, but I have to switch windows as my Hackintosh laptop is getting pretty warm.
I found laragon page is pretty compelling and offer similar features like valet. I installed and it's been 2 years that I never tried another dev stack.
Here I am sharing some of the features that I like, you can get the full feature set from their website Laragon .

1. Pretty Url and sharing

I need to change all the host file manually for every app that I create, now laragon do that for me automagically. It creates app.test or anything you like as an extension. And when I have to share from my computer sometimes it does not register my localhost, but laragon makes sharing with ngrok just one click. 

2. Comes with some goodies 

It comes with notepad++,git and ConEmu which is better than dos in my opinion. HeidiSql portable software also a good alternative for phpmyadmin.

There are a lot of features to see, I advise you to go and give it a try.

I open this thread to let you know that you must always update your software!

Recently a new CVE has been filled that explain how to exploit a "Ignition" bug that allows the arbitraty execution of code. IT is really dangerous.
One of my friend VPS has been infected buy a cryptominer, the aricle I am going to post here talks about Docker APIs but the same "malicious command" has been used on Laravel's exploting. He requested my help to eradicate that maleware... well it was a nightmare, killing the process was useless because a new one will start soon after. What you need to do is find a a cron job that let the malware in.

Another CVE regards databse queries... but it is less dangerous that a miner inside your server! As the CVE article says, most of attempt of this exploit will result on "no result" from the query...


Stay safe, stay updated!

hello guys . i got this error today from my friend website . what is this i dont edit anythink in host.

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Every year a lot of smartphones are released, most of them get a international edition but sometimes there are very good edition limited to a specific market. Why they do that?

For example recently OnePlus announces its OnePlus series 9 phones:

• One Plus 9, international availability
  
• One Plus 9Pro, international availability
  
• One Plus 9R, india exclusive
  

9R is a cheaper phone with almost the same feature, except for the enthusiast ones such as advanced cameras and top gamma CPU... why non-india people can't get it?

Another example are the Samsung esotic colors, on China and Korea has been reported the availability of RED and PINK variants of their phones over the times, they just get released a bit later than their international variants.

What differences between a international phone and a region-specific region are:

• CSC partition, they can be adjusted buy flashing the international ROM
  
• Modem LTE frequencies, nowadays we almost uses all of the available, except for some China frequences
  

What they do this unfair market strategy? 
If I like RED color why I should be unable to get it? Only because I am not chinese/korean? It is crazy.

To give the possibility to compare the VPS based on the node I used the same benchmark script that I used for the first review:"Yet-Another-Bench-Script" available on github.
The migration added a lot of new stuff speaking of performance:

• A slightly powerful CPU, on real world tasks the change is unnoticeable to be fair but the CPU physically changed so I must report it!
  
• 5GB more of SWAP, the VPS jumped from 1GB to 6GB of swap memory ssd-based... with the already equipped 8GB of ram and you get powerful combination of 14GB!
  
• Storage technology changed from HDD to SSD, it should do a huge improvements but as you can see from the I/O operations the speed is likely the same, previous location was running  a RAID configuration to get the best performance out of standard HDD. I think that running heavy process that works with file the SSD will do the difference.
  
• The networks speeds according to me are the same, on the benchmark there are some slow connection but I think it is related to that specific moment, maybe it was busy? The VPS is still amazing fast with its 1GBit connection.
  

I also changed my environment by switching from Debian 10 Buster to Fedora 33. I have always liked RHEL-based distros, on VPS 9 I used for a lot of time CentOS. This time, unfortunately, I had to switch to Fedora 33 because CentOS Stream is just a joke--- we are all waiting for Rocky Linux

I am doing very well with Fedora, some feature pre-installed are a bit a blotware but they are easily removable, such as cockpit... I have never used it because I am a CLI guy and I don't give any trust to "static" control panel that just run blindly commands.

Another change I have made is switching from nginx to caddy2, an amazing web server that auto-manage the SSL certificate with a very easy to understand configuration.

Regarding my usage... it is still unchanged, you can read it on my first review.
Before the migrations, VPS 14 was an amazing VPS. After the migration and the my issue ticket I can clearly say that my experience with @phoenixwolf's BladeNode is superior to my previous sponsor Virmach. They are both amazing company that offer a super service but with Bladenode I received a better "care". I remember the old days when I got a DDoS attack and virmarch's ticket response was a bit vague or slow. Nothing like this happen with bladenode

I still think very high about Virmach... they took from me a very huge DDoS load and they didn't complain, their network just kept up my VPS. I hope that I will never give the same experience to Bladenode, I am working very hard with Cloudflare firewall and protection on it!

Like always, I want to end this review thanking:

• @Dynamo, as always, for creating Post4VPS community that allowed me to use this VPS;
  
• @deanhills, this time I opened a support ticket and he replied very fast!;
  
• @Mashiro for his tutorials, I used some of them to set-up my environment;
  
• Bladenode (@phoenixwolf) for sponsoring this amazing VPS and his amazing support, he "closed" my issue ticket in less that 1 day doing also some "extra" work is not pre-configured;
  

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2018 was a wonderful hosting year, a lot happened, there are many stories to be told and we will look back. With a number of new hosting companies in 2018, including HostLease that has been reopened with a new owner. New sponsors were also added to Post4VPS and a number that had disappeared. VPS-Hosting.ca the old VPS 3 and 6 were theirs, also Rocketrix had suddenly disappeared, with the last being GalaxyHostPlus in the beginning with the end of VPS 7. April 9, 2018 ABC-Hosters came into the spotlight with a great VPS . And in December went VPSLices.

Welcome to the annual overview of 2019, a year with a beautiful moment, and a year with annoying moments, but a year that will stay with us anyway. To start on March 15 with gloomy news with the passing of Charley Whitening, active in Formula 1 for years but in recent years as race leader, @deanhills was also signed up as the new giveaway manager, @Manal also went crazy with his VPS, he changed his Disk Space from 100GB to 300GB HDD. Of course, HostLease did not leave behind the Sponsor of VPS 15 either, HostLease had given a new VPS 16 a year later. @Manal was forced to switch its hosting service because the contract agreement with HostLease had not gone well. But knowing @Manal, we had no worries, in fact, he had grown quickly towards this switch in his company and can call himself very successful, because not long after that he also came up with new VPS 4, which was stimulated to the VPS industry once again. Also this VPS from Shadowhosting.net was a big one with a thick 300GB Disk Space HDD. After a failure of a few days, VPS 15 and 16 was back again, eventually the disk space was upgraded from 20GB to 40GB, on July 24th ABC-Hosters also came back with their VPS 3, on the same day VPS 17 came back. Hostlease was also included, this VPS was a completely different VPS than its predecessors, it also became massively used mainly for game servers, of course they were happy with this. Unfortunately, there was a report that due to Dutch legislation that ID card had to be given to the providers, of course HostLease did not agree with this and ultimately won the case law. Also came VPS18 and at the back where everyone looked strange about the specs, only they found the disk space low. VPS18-2 was also added later. @Manal saw that HostLease was working hard on improving their VPSes, Shadowhosting of course has special power and one of the best service! So they drilled 10GB of RAM into their VPS and were ultimately the winner with the best specs. Of course Hostlease wanted to compete again, that's why the new VPS 16 with 200GB SSD, and 12GB RAM beat @ Manal's VPS'es but after a year hostlease had to give in to @Manal from Shadowhosting with their fantastic UPHOLD, finally Hostdoc came back in picture but unfortunately with sad news, they had to close their doors due to an unknown case but we were very pleased with them.

Welcome to the annual overview of 2020 had gigantic annoying moments but also a few beautiful moments. On March 13 the Corona virus entered the world worldwide. Many companies were hit with this, unfortunately 2020 was a very disappointing year, Post4VPS was also hit hard by the Corona it seemed. Many VPS providers had pulled themselves out of the race, which was very annoying. HostDoc, ShadowHosting, ABC-Hosters, HostLease, Bladenode and SSDBlaze. All these companies no longer had a vision of the future at Post4VPS, so many sponsors had disappeared. Fortunately, there were also 3 new VPS providers to keep Post4VPS alive. Racknerd, ReadyDedis and limitlesshost. Cubedata and Bladenode were not that easy to get rid of, because a lot of sponsors had left, these new providers / current providers had free rein in Post4VPS, this was of course excellent news for Post4VPS. It was also discussed that cPanel adapted their revenue model, so that many providers switched to DirectAdmin to reduce costs. There were also a lot less free hosting providers, I have made a list here with the reliable hosting providers where you can claim free hosting and who their provider is or whether they have their own servers.

List FREE HOSTING.
- Blade node - 99% Trusted and verified. DirectAdmin
- HostPoco - 96% Trusted and verified. cPanel
- LNB Hosting - 98% Trusted and verified. DirectAdmin
- 000webhost - 75% Trusted but not verified. (Custom Panel)

Anything else? Reply so I can edit it.