How to install Froxlor in Ubuntu

To Install Froxlor in Ubuntu

In this tutorial we are going to learn the installation procedure of Froxlor. It is a server management tool to manage multiple-user services and manage domain services, web server, email accounts etc. It allows the user to store the ssl certificates for each domain.

Features

  • Determine which ports should use SSL.
  • Store dedicated FTP, HTTP, and Mail traffic.
  • To create support tickets and reply directly within Froxlor - with online/offline indictator for the customers.
  • Save different PHP-configurations
  • Database Directory protection & settings Quota management.

To Install Froxlor

Append the Froxlor package into your repository.

root@user1-linuhelp:/home/user1# add-apt-repository " deb http://debian.froxlor.org wheezy main" 

Update the system

root@user1-linuhelp:/home/user1# apt-get update
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily InRelease
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security InRelease [65.9 kB]                                                       
Get:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates InRelease [65.9 kB]
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W: GPG error: http://debian.froxlor.org wheezy Release: The following signatures couldn' t be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY F6B4A8704F9E9BBC

Enable the GPG key

root@user1-linuhelp:/home/user1# apt-key adv --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-key FD88018B6F2D5390D051343FF6B4A8704F9E9BBC
Executing: gpg --ignore-time-conflict --no-options --no-default-keyring --homedir /tmp/tmp.X1gncm1L9D --no-auto-check-trustdb --trust-model always --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --primary-keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net &ndash rec
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gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1

Run the following command to install the Froxlor package

root@user1-linuhelp:/home/user1# apt-get install froxlor php5-curl
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree      
Reading state information... Done
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Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ...
Processing triggers for systemd (225-1ubuntu9) ...

Move the froxlor directory into webroot directory.

root@user1-linuhelp:/home/user1# cd  /var/www
root@user1-linuhelp:/var/www# mv froxlor /var/www/html

Open the web-browser and navigate to http://< IP_address> /froxlor/

Welcome page of froxlor appears and click Start install.

Requirement of installation will be shown, trigger click here to continue.

Enter the all authentication fields for database connections.

Installation is successfully completed and then " click here to login" .

Login with the user credentials.

The dashboard of froxlog opens.

Click settings option in system menu. Change the settings as per your requirement and enable quota option.

To add customer

Click Resource &rarr customer option and click create customer

Enter the customer details as show below.

Now the customer will be created.

To Create the domain for the customer

Click domain option at Resource menu and select create domain.

Enter the Domain settings fields.

Now the domain will be created.

To view the resource

Click Recalculate resource usage in Resource option to view the usage statistics.

Tag : Froxlor Ubuntu
FAQ
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Is there any alternative tool available for Froxlor?
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Try cPanel, ISPmanager, Ajenti, Vesta Control Panel
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What is Froxlor?
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The Froxlor is a lightweight server management control panel which is developed by experienced Server Administrators to simplify the effort of managing your hosting platform. This open source software offers multi-user account feature including reseller accounts which can manage reseller resources and limit what the customers may use in the dedicated customer panel. You can also manage domain names, FTP accounts, email accounts, support tickets and customers that are associated with them. Please note that Froxlor does not come with preinstalled LEMP or LAMP stack. So you need to install the LAMP or LEMP stack on your server before proceeding with Froxlor installation.
Q
After installation, How do we open a web interface of Froxlor?
A
The full URL should be http://your_server_ip/froxlor.
Q
Can I try this tool before I directly configure into my server?
A
You can use this link, https://demo.froxlor.org/ to try the live demo for this tool. It's kind of cloud you don't need to install it on your server
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what is the latest version available?
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0.9.39.5 is latest till date