From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 26 15:10:36 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 548A116A41B for ; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:10:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from teklimbu@wlink.com.np) Received: from smtp5.wlink.com.np (smtp5.wlink.com.np [202.79.32.52]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6A28313C442 for ; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:10:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from teklimbu@wlink.com.np) Received: (qmail 89105 invoked from network); 26 Nov 2007 15:10:02 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO smtp1.wlink.com.np) (202.79.32.76) by 0 with SMTP; 26 Nov 2007 15:10:02 -0000 Received: (qmail 13843 invoked by uid 98); 26 Nov 2007 15:10:02 -0000 Received: from 202.79.38.86 by smtp1.wlink.com.np (envelope-from , uid 1009) with qmail-scanner-1.25 (clamdscan: 0.88.4/2205. Clear:RC:1(202.79.38.86):. Processed in 0.044524 secs); 26 Nov 2007 15:10:02 -0000 X-Qmail-Scanner-Mail-From: teklimbu@wlink.com.np via smtp1.wlink.com.np X-Qmail-Scanner: 1.25 (Clear:RC:1(202.79.38.86):. Processed in 0.044524 secs) Received: from [202.79.38.86] (HELO [202.79.38.86]) by smtp1.wlink.com.np (qmail-smtpd) with SMTP; 26 Nov 2007 15:09:54 -0000 (Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:54:54 +0545) Message-ID: <474AE1B0.4080006@wlink.com.np> Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:54:36 +0545 From: Tek Bahadur Limbu User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ovi References: <4746A5A3.7040508@wlink.com.np> <47496AD7.9070508@unixservers.us> In-Reply-To: <47496AD7.9070508@unixservers.us> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Check-By: smtp1.wlink.com.np Spam: No ; 0.2 / 8.0 X-Spam-Status-WL: No, hits=0.2 required=8.0 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Open Source softwares in FreeBSD for web hosting platform X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:10:36 -0000 Hi Ovi, Ovi wrote: > Tek Bahadur Limbu wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> I know that this question has been asked on this list in the past. So >> I am sorry for repeating it. >> >> However, I would like to know the current answers and views on this >> question. >> >> Basically, I want to know which software you might be using as a Site >> configuration and management application for web hosting services. >> >> It will be used primarily to control about 500-1000 virtual domains. >> >> I know that there are Cpanel and Plesk which are very good commercial >> softwares catering the needs for a good web based management tool. >> >> So far, I have only tried out RAQdevil http://www.raqdevil.com/ >> >> It seems good but is quite limited in it's features. >> >> So I would like to know more open source softwares used for this type >> of services. >> >> >> Thanking you... >> >> > We are using syscp and it works well. (you will need to modify it to > suit your needs, the source code is clean and easy to modify). > Any open source software you try, it is not 100% complete (as far as I > know, from my experience with open source web panels), so you will have > to modify the code. The bad thing with syscp is that dns server is not > configurable from web interface (there is a patch, but it allows you to > modify DNS only from admin account, which is not good, I think you will > need regular users to be able to configure their own dns servers), so > this is one thing you must add. I asume you need 3 types of accounts, > admin account, reseller account and user account. > http://www.syscp.org/ I have heard about syscp and will definitely try it once. But I am not very familiar with coding. Apart of the DNS configurations, do we need to hack the code? By the way, how many virtual domains are you currently managing with syscp? Thanking you... > > best regards, > ovi > > > > -- With best regards and good wishes, Yours sincerely, Tek Bahadur Limbu System Administrator (TAG/TDG Group) Jwl Systems Department Worldlink Communications Pvt. Ltd. Jawalakhel, Nepal http://www.wlink.com.np http://teklimbu.wordpress.com