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The ISPConfig 3.3 Manual

Updated for ISPConfig 3.3: from your first website, mailbox and DNS zone to multiserver installations, daily administration and troubleshooting.

The ISPConfig 3.3 Manual explains how the control panel works, how to install and update it, and how to manage your hosting services. It combines a detailed interface reference with practical examples and step-by-step tutorials.

New getting-started guides walk you through your first website, email account and DNS zone. Installation instructions cover the autoinstaller, manual Apache and nginx setups, and multiserver installations with a Management Server and dedicated Service Nodes.

The security and troubleshooting chapters help you work through certificate problems, email delivery, website and PHP errors, DNS issues and problems after an update.

ISPConfig 3.3 Manual · Authors: Till Brehm, Falko Timme · PDF

Why the manual is not free

The income from the manual funds development time for ISPConfig and allows us to provide more support to ISPConfig users. ISPConfig itself stays free.

Contents

  1. About ISPConfig: concepts, managed services and multiserver management.
  2. Users and permissions: administrators, resellers, clients and resource limits.
  3. Installation and updates: automated and manual installation, Apache and nginx, single servers, Management Server and Service Node setups, and updating ISPConfig.
  4. Getting started: create your first website, database, FTP account, email account and DNS zone, including SPF, DKIM and DMARC records.
  5. Control panel reference: login, dashboard, tools, clients, websites, databases, email, DNS, system settings, monitoring and global search.
  6. Practical tutorials: SSL websites, redirects, FTP, email and spam filtering, DNS zones, mirrors, additional PHP versions and more.
  7. Security: PHP settings, HTTPS for the panel, website security and fail2ban.
  8. Troubleshooting: debugging, Let's Encrypt certificates, incorrect website content, email, PHP and DNS.

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