Froxlor Open Source Hosting Control Panel

This is a repackaged open source software product wherein additional charges apply for cloudimg support services.

## Froxlor Hosting Control Panel - Ready in Minutes, Secure by Design Froxlor is a free, open-source server administration and web hosting control panel with an active community of contributors and thousands of deployments worldwide. It gives hosting providers, agencies, and IT teams a single web interface for managing customers, domains, web space, FTP accounts, email, databases, DNS, per-domain PHP settings, and TLS certificates - replacing manual configuration file editing with a clean, intuitive panel. This cloudimg image delivers Froxlor fully installed, configured, and security-hardened so you have a working control panel within minutes of launch. ## Why This Image Instead of a Manual Install or Other AMIs Setting Froxlor up by hand means installing a web server, PHP and its extensions, and a database engine, then running a browser-based setup wizard and hardening the result. That wizard is also the single biggest risk in a shared or public image: whoever reaches it first can claim the administrator account. Unlike other marketplace images that ship with default or shared credentials, this image eliminates the race-condition window entirely: - The captured image contains no Froxlor installation and no administrator account

• The web server is held closed by a systemd condition until first boot completes
• A one-shot service performs installation using Froxlor's own unattended installer
• Fresh administrator and database passwords are generated unique to each instance
• Credentials are written to a root-only file, and only then does the web server open No two deployments share a password, and there is never a window in which the setup wizard is exposed to the public internet. ## Application Stack - Froxlor - current stable release, shipped unmodified from the official tarball
• Apache 2.4 - production-ready web server
• PHP 8.3 - running under PHP-FPM with every extension Froxlor requires
• MariaDB - reliable database backend
• Systemd timer - runs the Froxlor master cron every 5 minutes so panel changes are applied to system configuration automatically Froxlor-generated virtual hosts are written to a dedicated directory, and the panel runs on its own dedicated PHP-FPM pool. This separation ensures a cron run can never lock you out of your control panel. ## Getting Started 1. Launch the instance from AWS Marketplace

2. Wait for first-boot provisioning to complete (typically under 5 minutes)

3. SSH in and retrieve your unique admin credentials from the root-only file

4. Browse to the instance address and sign in

5. Start creating customers, domains, mailboxes, FTP accounts, and databases Froxlor accepts requests on whatever hostname or IP address you reach it on, so you can point DNS at the instance whenever you are ready. ## Who This Is For - Hosting providers who need multi-tenant customer isolation without manual config editing

• Web agencies managing dozens of client sites on a single server
• IT teams who want a lightweight alternative to cPanel or Plesk with full open-source transparency ## Support and Evaluation This product includes cloudimg expert support services. Our engineers provide Froxlor-specific assistance including panel configuration, customer and domain provisioning, mail and FTP setup, TLS certificate issuance, version upgrades, and MariaDB administration. Critical issues receive a one-hour average response time. The hourly metered billing model means you can launch a short test deployment to evaluate the product at minimal cost before committing to production use. ## Additional Resources For a deployment walkthrough, security architecture details, or to book a guided consultation, visit our support channels or contact us directly through the AWS Marketplace listing. All product and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Use of them does not imply any affiliation with or endorsement by them.