Some questions before buying a vps

[gangoos88]

Hello,

after couple of confusing weeks i decided to buy a vps for my site..
but one thing i did not understand..
you offer cpanel for free, even in free hosting..
then why not offer it for free in vps?

please clear this out..

Thank you..

[ChatIndia]

maybe because the cPanel they offer in free hosting is licensed to x10hosting and the cPanel for your vps need to be licensed to you.

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there is another control panel which is completely free. it is webmin

[leafypiggy]

cPanel is /very/ expensive software, which is why we do not offer free licenses for our VPSs. We are able to offer it on our free hosting because it is a feature that is highly requested, and is basically industry standard for hosting companies.

We do not make cPanel, which is why you must/do purchase the license through us to use cPanel. It also (on our VPS plans) is a "managed" plan, which means that we'll compile and install Apache, PHP, and mySQL for you - something that you'd have to do on your own otherwise, and something we do because cPanel is a pain to configure on your own.


ChatIndia is right, webmin is a free alternative, and can be combined with Usermin to give a similar experience to that of cPanel.. but it's still not cPanel.

[gangoos88]

maybe because the cPanel they offer in free hosting is licensed to x10hosting and the cPanel for your vps need to be licensed to you.

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there is another control panel which is completely free. it is webmin

well, if you want you can keep the cpanel license to you, and give me the opportunity to use it..(like you do in free or premium hosting)


do you mean the Free LXA\Kloxo Control Panel ?

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cPanel is /very/ expensive software, which is why we do not offer free licenses for our VPSs. We are able to offer it on our free hosting because it is a feature that is highly requested, and is basically industry standard for hosting companies.

We do not make cPanel, which is why you must/do purchase the license through us to use cPanel. It also (on our VPS plans) is a "managed" plan, which means that we'll compile and install Apache, PHP, and mySQL for you - something that you'd have to do on your own otherwise, and something we do because cPanel is a pain to configure on your own.


ChatIndia is right, webmin is a free alternative, and can be combined with Usermin to give a similar experience to that of cPanel.. but it's still not cPanel.

That means i have to install all the basic softwares for myself in self managed plan?

but here ( http://x10vps.com/self-managed-vps.php) it said that

"Free LXA\Kloxo Control Panel

We offer a pre-installed template for free within your VPS control panel. Just reload your VPS to this template and be hosting websites in no time." (in below)

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Guys..i just want to host couple of my sites and i need vps because i need much power than premium..

i really confused to choose a right hosting solution for this so please dont confuse me anymore....

This is only my need..not any reselling nothing..

so please help me.if you can..

Thanks..

[ChatIndia]

sorry, i don't have a cPanel license. You can get one from x10hosting by paying $9.95 monthly. But believe me you'd love to set it up without cPanel.

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Okay, they provide you a ready to use "hard disk space". Now operating system and program is up to you.

[leafypiggy]

@OP:

We have a template that you can load onto your VPS that has Apache, mysql, and php already installed on it, as well as lxadmin.

In this case, you wouldn't need to configure anything or install any software - you'd still need to manage it though.

Administering a VPS/Dedicated server is a LOT of work.

[gangoos88]

wow..that sounds good..

it's included in self-managed plan right?

and after installing that template can i further update or install any software?

like if i want to update my php version or want to install perl,,can i do it?

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and another question....

i want to use mail in outlook..specially in my phone..

i can do it by cPanel now..

but without cPanel will it b possible?

i mean with the help of kloxo or any other software?

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@India

yea..i would love to have some thrill without cPanel....

[ChatIndia]

actually installing updates, scripts, uploading files are much more easy in VPS as compared to shared.

In shared hosting I don't have my favorite commands i.e, apt-get and wget

lol

[leafypiggy]

A note - apt-get is debian specific, which you won't have on the CentOS 5 template which is the Kloxo/LXA template.

Yes, you can do all that updating and installing through your VPS - but I recommend you get yourself acquainted with using a command line first. There's no GUI on a VPS - you must type commands manually and know what you're doing.

That being said - I don't know if LXA/Kloxo makes this easy to do - But I will actually install them right now on a test server to find out.

You would have to install a mail server in order to access your email. Any mail daemon will work, you just have to configure it and make it use imap/pop. It probably won't have an auto-configuration script like cPanel does - but you can configure it manually.

[gangoos88]

i have normal idea running command lines but server commands are little unfamiliar to me..help me little if i need...ok

ok what is the result? did it worked in the test server?

How to install a mail server in vps? tellme please..

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Ok one question about payment..

if i pay via my card..will it be through the Visa payment gateway?

i mean will the payment process take place in the visa payment site where i have to enter my online banking password.

then the payment will be done..

tellme it..