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Developer(s) | ISPConfig UG |
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Stable release | |
Written in | PHP |
Operating system | Linux |
Available in | 22 languages |
Type | Web hosting control panel |
License | BSD license |
Website | ispconfig |
ISPConfig is an open source hosting control panel for Linux, licensed under BSD license and developed by the company ISPConfig UG. [2] The ISPConfig project was started in autumn 2005 by Till Brehm from the German company projektfarm GmbH.
Using the dashboard, administrators have the ability to manage websites, email addresses, MySQL and MariaDB databases, FTP accounts, Shell accounts and DNS records through a web-based interface. The software has 4 login levels: administrator, reseller, client, and email-user, each with a different set of permissions. [3]
ISPConfig is only available on Linux, with CentOS, Debian, and Ubuntu being among the supported distributions.
The following services and features are supported: [4]
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