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Webmin was removed from Debian/Ubuntu at the request of the maintainer in late 2005: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=343897
Unless someone else steps up and Debian-izes it, that's the status quo.
Just because a bit of software isn't packaged according to the guidelines of a particular distro doesn't mean it's insecure. Your speculation about a "massive security issue" is pure FUD, unless you have evidence to back it up, and is an unkindness to a terrific OSS developer.
FYI, Webmin has been around since 1997, with the same developers. 16 years of active development says something, I think.
+1 for Virtualmin. I was sceptical at first, and it took a bit of getting used to from cPanel, but it's very good software. Light on resources, very customisable and just works. Not the prettiest UI but if you're not selling hosting with it, it really doesn't matter.
Ajenti is a server control panel, not a hosting control panel
you can use both, vestacp and Ajenti on the same server,
i use Zpanel and Ajenti
Virtualmin is my favourite
Virtualmin is a web hosting module for Webmin,
a web hosting module for Ajenti is in the works..
I used EHCP since was easier for my friends to teach with much less things to configure and tweak, but seems pretty much abandoned.
So, back to Virtualmin/Webmin.
Kloxo-MR is the best Kloxo strain at the moment, it supports Centos 6 and natively supports Nginx, and yes Mustafa Ramadhan the developer is dedicated and always responsive concerning vulnerability patch.
In other word, I am using both webmin and virtualmin
love both of them
Here are Alternatives for cPanel
1. Webmin
2. Virtualmin
3. ISPConfig 3
4. Web CP
5. Flex CP
6. SysCP
7. Ehcp
8. Zpanel
9. Kloxo
I would suggest ISPConfig 3 and webmin,virtualmin
ISPConfig 3 and RoundCube
Installer script for Debian and Ubuntu
https://github.com/dclardy64/ISPConfig-3-Debian-Installer
He dont make for centos
Kloxo-MR or EHCP
I use Kloxo too, easy to get up and running, be up in an hour or less, I would only recommend to use it for personal services though, where it's only you accessing the panel due the security related problems.
vestaCP
+1 for Virtualmin/Webmin duo! Used Kloxo for many years. It was okay, but once I tried Virtualmin, never looked back. IMHO, Virtualmin and Webmin have by far more features. Also depends on what MTA you have preference for. I prefer Postfix/Dovecot = Virtualmin and great MTA CP. Last but not least: Kloxo and most other CP's take over the server. Virtualmin/Webmin runs alongside practically anything else you need to install.
under free i love kloxo
@cfgguy VestaCP looks amazing.
I have tried almost every panel and vesta is quite good very simple to install and noob friendly .
I used almost all and now using at least 4 of them. My opinion:
These are the panels I'm using in live sites:
► Most used by me is compilation of Webmin/Virtualmin. It is very stable, very configurable (but that is a con also, because of the trillion of settings and tweaks that in a particular time may be a headache to make it work as you want it. For sure, is not simple :-/ ). It has the best cron job out there and it is low in resources if you tweak it wright. No one could disagree that this panel is the leader and, webmin standalone, is used even on top of other panels for an easy server administrating!
► Kloxo is out of the table, but not Kloxo-MR. Very good fork, looks familiar with CPanel (but, actually, isn't. It is much more complicated). Have some issues with stability but in general, works well. It needs a lot of tweaks to have it work well, but it is nice to have a great choice ot engines, databases or php versions to work with, without be an expert on how to install it or configure it by console. Also Kloxo-MR works only on Centos when Kloxo works only on Centos 5!
► ZPanel. Many people here are telling stories about vulnerabilities and not a safe control panale. I have a different opinion. Although I'm not an expert of coding and securing software and code, there is an extremely active community that involves at least 5-6 leading people, they have a large base of modules that extends functionality to the most (eg. there is a module that turns the control panel to a shoutcast server, the only free option as I know to have a graphical interface to work with shoutcast). The panel itself is very lightweight (I run it with the shoutcast server I mentioned before in a 128MB VPS and is working with loads of 0.02 - 0.10 and memory 75 - 90MB) and I did't hear someone being hacked with ZPanel (some incidents of their sites last summer were due to other factors, not hacked panel as the authors claimed. Of course, there isn't even one piece of software or panel that is completely secure, there will always be vulnerabilities sitting there till they will be known). Con is an awful cron job config and the interface is a little messy if you are not familiar with this panel.
► ISPConfig 3 is stable, not so lightweight, well documented and works well with different scenarios (OS, web engine etc.) when installing. But it lacks to settings if you want something more with your panel.
These are panels I used sometime, but not anymore.
► EHCP. When installing it seems nice. It has a bunch of different interfaces to chose with witch you are more familiar, but there are a lot of missing tasks. Configuration is not so easy and is very messy in creating clients, websites or to a lot of other tasks. Support is minimum, also. And the last release is 1,5 year old.
► Open Panel: Very minimal, I couldn't use it in a live environment.
► i-MSCP: Tried it for about a month. Nothing really bad but nothing special, either. Minimal, IMHO.
This is my review in control panels. Again, I'm not an expert but, I guess, an average user with some basic knowledge of setting and running a web server capable to handle (with the help of web and community, of course) most of issues.
^^ That was a very nice comment! Good job!
Opting for VestaCP. Ditched ZPanel after several blacklistings.
Does the blacklisting stop now?
Yep! :-))
@DennisdeWit Glad to hear that, broer.
zPanel all the way.
Zpanel hosting control panel with CstyleXv2 Theme - Demo @ http://zpanel.tk/
i use Zpanel hosting panel and Ajenti server panel, i host ten websites
Zpanel CstyleXv2 Them Download http://themes.zpanelcp.com/log.php?id=16
ZPanelCP CentOS 6.4 Installer 10.1.0: http://www.zvps.co.uk/zpanelcp/centos-6
ZPanelCP Ubuntu 12.04 Installer 10.1.0: http://www.zvps.co.uk/zpanelcp/ubuntu-12-04
Ajenti 1.0 server control panel http://ajenti.org/
Wow, this look so nice.
I moved from shared to VPS hosting one year ago so I still have a lot to learn. However, during this time I have tried a few.
webmin/virtualmin
ispconfig 3
kloxo
Ajenti- could not get to work on centos even with rpm/instructions from their site
vestacp
I have found zpanel together with webmin to be the most useful. Yes, one can install both.
Zpanel for routine tasks and then I go to webmin for the more involved like virtual hosts.
The install of zpanel is the absolute easiest and phpmyadmin is accessible from the panel. For an individual managing his own sites this is an easy setup. However, if I were hosting or giving access to many people I would look at vestcp.
using i-mscp for long time, is vestcp multi server cpanel
grave digging much