Audience
Web hosting providers, DevOps professionals, and server administrators seeking a tool to manage websites, mail, DNS, databases, and backups
About Hestia Control Panel
Hestia Control Panel is an open source, lightweight, and powerful server management solution offering a web and CLI interface to deploy and manage web domains, mail, DNS, databases, and backups from a single dashboard. It supports SFTP/SSH user access with chroot jails, two‑factor authentication, SSH key management, and per‑domain TLS certificates. Multiple PHP versions, Nginx, MariaDB/MySQL, PostgreSQL, Exim/Dovecot mail services, and DNS with DNSSEC are all integrated. One‑click CMS installation and interactive GUI for backups, including automated backups to FTP, SFTP, or over 50 cloud providers, simplifies operations. The control panel also includes automated firewall rules, quota management, and robust REST API support. Hestia is made with ease of use in mind, creating a user or a website is as easy as clicking a button and filling out a couple of fields, while advanced features are easily accessible.
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Free Version available.
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Hestia Control Panel
United States
hestiacp.com
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