[LRUG] server admin UI on VPS?

[Mickael Riga]

Another thing you might consider :
I might be wrong because I never investigated properly as I never needed it, but as much as I prefer NGINX over Apache, depending on the case maybe you will be better with Apache.
The thing is that there is not really the concept of .htaccess files.
You have to do these things in NGINX config file (which are simpler by the way).
And you have to restart the server after a modification.
That could be limiting as not all panels handle NGINX (not sure I don't use panels and do everything in command line).
And it does not allow you to delegate some config to the owner of an app (at least the apache way).

Maybe you don't care but just wanted to mention.
And again I might be wrong as I never needed it desperately.

Mig



On 21 May 2012, at 18:52, Viktor Tron wrote:

> Thanks guys, I am already using linode as my preferred VPS.  Linode admin console is more like managing your VPS/account.
> But the point is to give the client a UI to administer things. A UI better than calling me to change stuff :) 
> 
> OK so let's be specific.
> Sure installing a blog and a forum probably easy.
> What tools if any allow:
> manage emails, maybe mailing lists
> manage subdomains, do GUIs exist for nginx/apache?
> detailed web access analytics GUI 
> manage ftp accounts
> view db directly (like phpMyAdmin)
> thanks a million
> 
> On Mon, 21 May 2012 18:32:11 +0100, Chris Adams <mail at chrisadams.me.uk> wrote:
> 
> I'd second James on the Linode recommendation.
> 
> You'll get more server your money than if you go with AWS.
> 
> C
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> On Monday, 21 May 2012 at 18:29, Ed James (Alt) wrote:
> 
>> Hey,
>> 
>> It sounds like you need full control of your server, so you're probably better off going with a provider like Amazon or Linode. You'll get a bare-bones server install and the rest is up to you, so if you're not afraid of the sys-admin side of things this is what I'd suggest.
>> 
>> The Linode admin console is ok, but their tech support and prices are excellent.
>> 
>> -- 
>> Ed James
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>> On Monday, 21 May 2012 at 18:25, Viktor Tron wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi lruggers, 
>>> 
>>> Sorry for this offish email, but so many clever web people here I wanna hear you.
>>> 
>>> I developed a rails app. The client also wants to do a lot of management on the server on the same domain, ideally including:
>>> blog (wordpress) 
>>> forum (ideally seeded with a phpforum export, but not crucial)
>>> manage emails, maybe mailing lists
>>> manage subdomains
>>> detailed anaylytics
>>> ftp accounts, manage access
>>> Since for background jobs I almost defo need root access we opted for a host that offered cpanel-based managed server with root access.
>>> Now apart from the fact that cpanel feels like a thing of the past and looks like a monster if you look on the server, I also failed to hack apache config to handle my rails app (running on passenger)
>>> (I simply wanted 2 vhost entries, non-ssl one redirecting to the the other on ssl, already something impossible to do)
>>> 
>>> The above seems like a pretty reasonable list of things to want. Now my question to you. How is this best done?
>>> I do not mind to install wordpress myself and get my hands dirty if you suggest good solutions to the other tasks?
>>> Are heroku and suchlike rails-friendly hosts offering you these admin UIs and I am just better off trying to get my rails app working without insisting on root shell?
>>> 
>>> I appreciate all comments and pointers
>>> 
>>> Vik
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