Just trying some control panels
So far:
The installation script asks few questions but I was happy with all the defaults
This one I really liked the simplicity and the nginx file editor window
Was very easy to add a site and get running with WordPress in minutes
2026-07 I notice an issue with the Cloudpanel nginx process it doesn't drop privilege's after it starts, it continues to run as root (normally nginx is configured to start as root, and then drops privileges to www-data and runs as this restricted user account). Which means privilege separation seems broken and the web server can read everywhere instead of where you point allow it to.
Next:
Loved the installation configurator and the ability to pick and choose and deselect components (Such as Apache Exim etc)
Again a good free option. But I got scared by a remote browser shell compromise that allowed server takeover. It's been fixed
Summary
If you are looking for free as in beer then you probably would install the above options and lock them down to make them as least enticing to compromise as possible.
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