{"id":355,"date":"2011-11-02T03:22:08","date_gmt":"2011-11-02T08:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/blog\/?p=355"},"modified":"2026-02-26T13:59:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T13:59:07","slug":"what-is-an-ispconfig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/blog\/what-is-an-ispconfig\/","title":{"rendered":"What is an ISPConfig?"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

ISPConfig is an online administration interface to manage the hosting server web services. ISPConfig is a graphical interface to manage web servers, available as an open source. Different levels of hosting companies may offer you this service to manage all the traditional services of a web server such as DNS, domain names, FTP, web server, database, etc…<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Here are the features available:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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  1. Httpd (virtual hosts, domain and IP based) Apache<\/li>\r\n
  2. FTP – Proftpd and vsftpd<\/li>\r\n
  3. Bind (A, CNAME, MX, and SPF Records)<\/li>\r\n
  4. POP3 Auto-Responder<\/li>\r\n
  5. MySQL client-databases<\/li>\r\n
  6. Webalizer statistics<\/li>\r\n
  7. Hard disk quota<\/li>\r\n
  8. Mail-Quota<\/li>\r\n
  9. Traffic limits<\/li>\r\n
  10. IP-addresses<\/li>\r\n
  11. SSL<\/li>\r\n
  12. Shell-access<\/li>\r\n
  13. Mailscanner (Antivirus)<\/li>\r\n
  14. Firewall – iptables ipchains<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

    If you are considering the ISPConfig admin panel for dedicated server web hosting, then some points you may need to remember.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

    As a reminder, ispconfig3 is an “interface” to graphically manage your hosting server, including the services that I have mentioned above.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

    However, there are a few concern issues that go with it, including the fact the version provided is not \u201cup to date\u201d. The other issue inherent in it; ispconfig3 is highly questionable about integrated webmail; (squirellmail). And finally that the default mail this architecture, using the SMTP port 25 instead of 587, is more common today when you have ISPs filter port 25.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

    Therefore main objectives are:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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    1. Update ispconfig3 to its latest version<\/li>\r\n
    2. Squirrel mail was replaced by Round-cube<\/li>\r\n
    3. Change port 25 through port 587 for SMTP service<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

      The following points need to be noted before using this admin panel.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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      • Use port 587 instead of port 25<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
      • Change webmail “squirrelmail” with “roundcube”<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
      • SSL solves the problem caused by the update<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
      • Update of ispconfig<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        ISPConfig is an online administration interface to manage the hosting server web services. ISPConfig is a graphical interface to manage web servers, available as an open source. Different levels of hosting companies may offer you this service to manage all the traditional services of a web server such as DNS, domain names, FTP, web server, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[106,101],"class_list":["post-355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-control-panels","tag-ispconfig","tag-open-source-control-panel"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t