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Guides for people who run servers and websites
How to move off cPanel and Plesk, make WordPress fast, set up email that doesn't land in spam, secure and back up your servers. Written by the people who build a control panel.
Back Up Websites to S3 with restic: A Complete Linux Guide
Back up websites and databases to S3 storage with restic: pick a provider, apply 3-2-1, encrypt, dump MariaDB safely, schedule and test restores.
Best cPanel Alternatives in 2026: 9 Control Panels Compared
Plesk, DirectAdmin, Enhance, Webuzo, HestiaCP, CloudPanel, CyberPanel, ISPConfig and Koapanel compared: 2026 pricing, OS support, mail and resellers.
cPanel Price Increase 2026: Licence Costs and How to Pay Less
cPanel 2026 prices by tier, every increase since 2019 with sources, costs for a VPS with 15, 50 and 150 accounts, and ways to cut your licence bill.
How to Install a Control Panel on Ubuntu 24.04 (2026 Guide)
Which control panel should you install on an Ubuntu 24.04 VPS? Requirements, cPanel vs Plesk vs HestiaCP vs CloudPanel, and a step-by-step install.
How to Migrate from cPanel to a New Server with No Downtime (2026)
Move sites, databases and email off cPanel: backup or SSH, lowering TTL, hosts file testing, DNS cutover, mail checks and .htaccess rules on nginx.
How to Migrate from Plesk to a New Server Without Downtime (2026)
Move sites, databases and email off Plesk: Backup Manager or SSH, lowering TTL, hosts file testing, DNS cutover, mail checks and Apache rules on nginx.
How to Secure a VPS for Web Hosting on Ubuntu 24.04
Harden an Ubuntu 24.04 VPS that hosts websites: SSH keys, ufw, fail2ban, unattended upgrades, per-site users and PHP-FPM pools, malware scans and backups.
How to Start a Reseller Hosting Business as an Agency
Sell hosting under your own brand: reseller account or your own VPS, costs and margins with a worked example, packages, white label, support and panels.
Migrate Email Accounts with imapsync Without Losing Mail
Move mailboxes between servers over IMAP with imapsync: Ubuntu 24.04 install, dry runs, folder mapping, passwords, MX cutover timing and a checklist.
Speed Up WordPress with nginx, Redis and OPcache: Practical Guide
Make WordPress fast on a VPS: nginx page cache, Redis object cache, OPcache, PHP version, images and database, with working configs and how to test them.
SPF, DKIM and DMARC for Your Own Mail Server: Stay Out of Spam
Set up SPF, DKIM, DMARC, reverse DNS and MTA-STS on a self-hosted mail server, with example DNS records, dig checks and Gmail and Yahoo 2026 rules.
Switch from cPanel to Koapanel Without Leaving WHMCS
Keep your WHMCS clients, products and automations. A step-by-step guide to the Koapanel module, moving existing services, testing and rollback.
WordPress Hosting on a VPS - Complete Ubuntu 24.04 Guide
How to host WordPress on your own VPS - sizing, nginx, PHP-FPM, MariaDB and Redis, security, backups and updates. By hand or with a control panel.