There are a number of free Linux web hosting control panels available but this post talks about CentOS Web Panel or CWP – a free Linux hosting control panel. The CWP is very lightweight but with compact and much-needed features that should be there in a Linux Hosting Control Panel.
The CWP has a user-friendly GUI, which will help beginners to an expert in managing the free Linux web hosting panel with ease.
Here in this blog, we would like to discuss some of the unique features of the CWP Dashboard which will help you understand and use the panel better.
Let us have a look at the CWP Dashboard and discuss in detail its different components and features.
CWP Free Linux Web Hosting Control Panel Dashboard
As evident from the above screenshot of CWP one can easily monitor the server resource usage and the basic details at a glance.
The compact and power pack features of the CWP Dashboard are listed below:
Top 5 Processes in the Free Linux web hosting control panel interface for Users
At the glance view, you can find the top users using the CPU process which is an important tool to monitor the server status for system admins. A broad overview of the panel monitoring section helps one to view all the processes, the health status, CPUs, Mem usage, and Swap usage. It is basically the GUI view of TOP which is a command-line utility tool that helps in viewing the processes currently running in the server. The live load uses the top command to show the performance and load used by the specific user.
You will also find MySQL’s current process to view the task running without logging to the CLI. Below is the MySQL process list where you can track the live queries. A user can view the following data using the MySQL option:
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- MySQL process list
- Query State
- Time is taken by a query to execute
- Database
- Slow query
- Thread count and many more
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- Disk Usage Details
The disk space usage can be viewed from the dashboard. One can also view the details of the files and folders. There is also a feature of complete disk usage status where one can browse the following options:
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- Total disk space
- Available disk space
- Used disk space
- Directory Listing
- Directory wise usage
- Folders and file adding list view, delete and edit.
- Compress a folder and file
- Change permission
- Upload new files
- Port Scan
- Server information
- Php file manager configuration
- Move copy and delete
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- Service Status
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A user can view the current services running. Also, from here one can start and stop service or reboot a service if needed. Chkconfig is a command line utility that specifies at which run level you want to can start a selected service. In this free Linux hosting panel, one can list the services running in the panel along with their current status. From the front panel of CWP, the services can be edited by turning the same off/on or to run on a specific run level.
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- System stats
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It gives a consolidated overview of the present system’s health status. One can also check the mail queue, and drop the cache. A screenshot is shared below:
DC – Drop Cache (DC) option will flush the memory cache when there is a shortage of RAM. One can use this option to flush the RAM when there is a low memory issue. Kindly note doing the same very is not recommended very frequently as the cache is used to speed up the server.
Mail Queue – It gives a view of the present emails in the queue.
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- Application Version – It helps to give you a consolidated overview of the version of applications installed on the server. Also if there are multiple PHP versions installed then you can switch between different versions from the option PHP Switcher.
- PHP Switcher – To change server-wide PHP version when multiple PHP versions are installed.
Our Verdict:
At Diadem Technologies, we have been working with commercial and enterprise-grade hosting panels like Plesk for over 15 years now but since many users might find these panels as an unwanted expense, free linux web hosting control panels like CentOS Web Panel are catching up on features, performance, stability and will continue to improve in the near future. Though there are several other free Linux web hosting control panels available we would like to give CWP a rating of 7 out of 10 for their panel. The rating of this Linux hosting panel is based on the user-friendly GUI pros and cons. This free Linux hosting panel is compact gives live information, is stable, and has functionalities that fulfill the basic needs of web hosting panels.
Feel free to post feedback and comments on other free Linux hosting control panels in the market for the benefit of other viewers of this post.
Also, be sure to check out our blog post on How to check MySQL version in Windows instead of the Linux installation of MySQL version. For more information about utilizing MySQL on Windows, read through our detailed guide.
