From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 14 03:21:16 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F170B106564A for ; Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:21:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from spork@bway.net) Received: from xena.bway.net (xena.bway.net [216.220.96.26]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8FB28FC14 for ; Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:21:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from spork@bway.net) Received: (qmail 7027 invoked by uid 0); 14 Apr 2009 03:21:15 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?10.3.2.41?) (spork@96.57.144.66) by smtp.bway.net with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 14 Apr 2009 03:21:15 -0000 Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:21:15 -0400 (EDT) From: Charles Sprickman X-X-Sender: spork@hotlap.local To: Outback Dingo In-Reply-To: <5635aa0d0904132008t4ae8285due381e5deb791e4f@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <5F58EE61-2E49-4A51-9760-35965DA9BF08@inoc.net> <5635aa0d0904132008t4ae8285due381e5deb791e4f@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (OSX 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org, Robert Blayzor Subject: Re: web hosting best practices X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:21:17 -0000 On Tue, 14 Apr 2009, Outback Dingo wrote: > actually, dont use Cpanel, you can from ports install SysCP or DTC from > ports/sysutils, or a semi-automated install of ispCP which is quite nice, > all open source also. which give you mail/dns/web/ftp management. Yeah, I've recently been looking at the options in that space. My concern with CPs is that: -they do break sometimes, and if you're not up to speed on the whole AMP stack and the CP, you're done -regardless of what CP we go with, we will always have a set of customers that are here because we'll do one-offs for them, and a CP is too restrictive for that That said, the guy that wrote Freeside, which we now use for billing, noted that these open source CPs all look "interesting": GNUPanel http://gnupanel.org/ OpenPanel http://www.openpanel.com/ ispCP Omega http://isp-control.net/ RavenCore http://www.ravencore.com/ Thanks, Charles > On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 9:28 AM, Robert Blayzor wrote: > >> On Apr 13, 2009, at 8:55 PM, Charles Sprickman wrote: >> >>> That said, most of the information I'm looking for revolves around >>> security and performance issues, user management, and just what additional >>> php and perl modules to offer as standard. Very basic stuff, but I'm >>> looking for broad outlines and the experience of others... >>> >> >> >> >> Might want to save yourself a bunch of trouble and look at something like >> CPanel. Just install a base FreeBSD 7.x or Linux (ie: CentOS, etc) and away >> you go. Basically turns the box into an appliance and they have service >> provider based monthly leasing that's very cost effective. >> >> -- >> Robert Blayzor, BOFH >> INOC, LLC >> rblayzor@inoc.net >> http://www.inoc.net/~rblayzor/ >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-isp@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-isp >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-isp-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >