goPanel for Mac - Free Download Version 2.8.0

Name: goPanel
Price: 24.99 $
Rating: 5 (9 reviews)

This app is AWESOME. It's such a timesaver and makes managing multiple VPS a breeze. I'd been looking for something like this for a long, long time, but it's seemingly the only alternative. Of course, like any software, it's not absolutely flawless and has the occasional hiccup (the app itself, doesn't affect the server at all), but overall it's very stable and reliable. Still left on my wishlist: Domain staging/cloning. That would be such a killer feature if had a Wordpress sync/cloning option (Database, files, etc.)

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Version 2.1.0

after a long search for a good solution, close to giving up, I stumbled upon goPanel. This s*** really works out of the box! Saved me a lot of time and I couldn't be happier!

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Version 2.0.2

I left a review previously, but for some reason I am not able to edit it. So I am writing a new one. After having attempted to use GoPanel to configure a server from start to finish, I must drop my rating to 2 stars.

I am using a fresh Ubuntu 16.04 VM on Microsoft Azure.
GoPanel crashes often whilst trying to perform tasks, essentially rendering it too unreliable to depend on. This is a pity, as it obviously has great potential.

I've taken the matter up with the developer, and received only a few terse replies, through which he eventually indicated it might be crashing when GP has an issue connecting to the server during an operation. Which, to me, suggest it doesn't have adequate fault handling routines, because a slow or unresponsive server connection should not cause the app to crash.

I've attempted to get an update from the developer as to when he is likely to implement decent fault handling, and after a more than a month, I've heard nothing at all back.

As I paid for a license to this app, I find this rather disappointing. I can only assume he put it into the "too hard, too busy" basket.

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Version 1.9.2

Excellent cPanel replacement - easy to setup and use, and very reliable. Developer is responsive, friendly and helpful. It would be a 5-star app if there were more easy-instal options for more software - WordPress alone doesn't cut it, when we have to compete with the likes of Installatron. Ideally, I'd like to see an option to install Docker and dockerized apps. This would open a world of possibilities for software instals that normally consume hours, and for which there is no 'easy-instal' option anywhere (like Discourse, Gitlab, etc.).

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Version 1.9.1

An excellent time-saving app for anyone managing Linux web servers. At first I thought the price was a bit high, but in reality this app only needs to save me around 30 minutes and it's covered the cost. It will in fact save untold hours of time setting up servers.
Currently it's got most of the major web server bases covered. The one area I think it's deficient is installation/configuration of caching options. Would be nice to see support for OpCache, Redis and APC. Perhaps Varnish too, for those wanting to squeeze even more speed out of Nginx, and those how want to get a lot more speed out of Apache.

The interface is excellent. Clear and easy to use. I pleasant change to working in a bash terminal.

So my rating is 4 stars for now. Robust support for the major caching options will push that up to 5. For now, I'll have a bash (no pun intended) at implementing caching on top of what goPanel sets up on the server (I've yet to do it, but assume it will have no hitches)

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Version 1.9.1

Wow. Just wow. This is extremely cheap for the amount of time it save. When it comes to choosing how many stars, 5 is not enough.

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Version 1.8.7

I wish I could actually give a meaningful review, however I wasn't able to actually get this app to connect to my server at all. They provide no logging that I can find, I attempted to add a Linux server operating CentOS 7.3.1611 and it fails to connect. No meaningful errors, no debug info on the SSH session, nothing but a black box of failure. I see no errors in the server logs Zero documentation to help troubleshoot authentication issues. No in depth documentation on supported SSH key types. My servers only allow key based authentication, I use SSH all day using the keys I provided to goPanel and they always work...and yet with goPanel I get a "Received error: Callback returned error". If you accidentally input an invalid hostname you must wait for it to fail and timeout, there are no cancel options on connection attempts. I don't want my passwords and SSH key passphrase being stored (especially by an app that provides no documentation on how it stores credentials), but it seems that the app will not prompt you for this info on a per session basis. If you don't input your key passphrase authentication the app errors with "Received error: Invalid public key, too short".

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Version 1.8.5

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Mike-C

06 July 2017

You really should contact the developer. He's very prompt at responding to emails. I'm sure he could walk you though the process and address your concerns. If not, then certain post here and let us know.

Otherwise, I don't think it's fair to give it a 1/2 star.

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Global Web SRL

07 July 2017

hi,
on connection issue:
We tested the app on several Centos machines using standard PEM key files (both unprotected and passphrase-protected) and we didn't encounter any issue.

When you try to connect do you get any kind of error message?
Can you give us more details about how your server is configured? The app needs either root access or to be able to use the "sudo" command.
Did you configure your server yourself or do you use a prebuild VPS (like those provided by Digital Ocean or Amazon (EC2))? There might be a particular situation in your case that might need to be taken into account.

on ssh/key safety:
Those passwords and passhprases (along with other details and settings needed by the app to manage the server) are stored with the app's local storage (provided by Apple for all apps) on the user's Mac and as a backup on the server within a encrypted file (/etc/gopanel.conf). Initially we did have an option to request passwords when needed, but many users complained about having to enter those details every time they connect.

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Couldn't agree more with Mike-C's review. The app is really speeding up the the server setup and some basic management processes.

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Version 1.8.5

Now that I've been using goPanel for just under a week, I absolutely love it! it's been a real time saver. It works wonderfully and my e-mails to the developer were answered promptly and in detail. The support is excellent. The one catch is that it seems to work better with Apache + MySQL. I had all sorts issues when using it with Nginx + MariaDB. I'm not sure if that was just me, my VPS, goPanel, or a combination of all those. Regardless, buying goPanel is a no brainer.

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Version 1.8.5

Do this app support intel extention for developing cakephp 3 ?

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Version 1.8.5

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Global Web SRL

27 April 2017

the app is not limited, but best to help you with that is if u can tell on what linux distro and version you are trying this?

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