cPanel ("Control Panel") is a graphical web-based web-hosting control panel, designed to make administration of websites easy. cPanel handles all aspects of website administration in its interface. The software, which is proprietary and distributed by cPanel Inc., is designed for use by commercial web hosting
services, so the company does not offer a reduced-cost personal use
license; however, owners of non-profit organisations such as
educational institutions and charities can request a license at a
reduced cost. Reduced prices are frequently available from
dedicated-server companies, who install it along with the operating
system.
Features
To the client, cPanel provides front-ends for a number of common operations, including the management of PGP keys, crontab tasks, mail and FTP accounts, and mailing lists.
Several add-ons exist for an additional fee, the most notable being Fantastico, a bundle of scripts which automate the installation of, but not the update of (see article), web applications such as SMF, phpBB, Drupal, Joomla, TikiWiki, Moodle and over 50 others.
Unlike some other web hosting control panels, cPanel manages some
software packages separately from the underlying operating system,
applying upgrades to Apache, PHP, MySQL,
and related software packages automatically. This ensures that these
packages are kept up-to-date and compatible with cPanel, but has become
a cause for consternation to some, as it becomes difficult to easily
install newer versions of these packages.
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