cPanel
cPanel is one of the most popular Linux-based control panels for web hosting accounts. It lets you conveniently manage all services in a single place. Currently, cPanel is the industry standard and most web developers are well acquainted with it.
Intuitive and easy to use, cPanel empowers you to manage a web hosting account with maximum efficiency. Whether that’s creating new FTP users and email addresses or monitoring resources, creating subdomains and installing software.
**cPanel pairs with WMH to create a complete hosting platform
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WHM
WHM is the control panel for administering a server, and allows you to create and manage cPanels, and set certain global settings that apply to all the accounts, or the server. WHM is available on most of our Linux hosting plans, including Reseller Hosting, VPS and Linux Dedicated Servers.
::: tip WHM + cPanel Work Together
WHM is needed to manage and create server users and applications for websites. -> This is the tool that installs cPanel and defines what it's tools and users can see and do.
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Plesk
Plesk is the leading WebOps hosting platform to run, automate and grow applications, websites and hosting businesses. Being the only OS agnostic platform, Plesk is running on more than 380,000 servers, automating 11M+ websites and 19M mail boxes. Available in more than 32 languages across 140 countries, 50% of the top 100 service providers worldwide are partnering with Plesk today.
Plesk has simplified the life of SysAdmins and SMBs since the early 2000’s and continues to add value across multiple cloud services. The Plesk hosting platform effectively enables application developers by providing access to a simple and more secure web infrastructure managed by web pros and hosting companies.
Plesk is a complete hosting platform.
Plesk does the same job that cPanel & WHM do in one application.
LetsEncrypt + AutoSSL
Let’s Encrypt is a free, automated, and open certificate authority brought to you by the non-profit Internet Security Research Group (ISRG).
Firm Media uses this tool on our DV servers to automatically create/renew and install valid SSl certificates on our client's website.