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What is aaPanel?
aaPanel is a browser-based control panel for Linux servers. It helps you manage websites, PHP, databases, certificates, files and backups from one dashboard. Its core is free, while Pro features and some plugins or services may cost extra. You still need to pay for your server and domain.

Review status: Official documentation reviewed 9 October 2026. This introduction is not a hands-on benchmark or a claim that a specific release has been tested. Original VPS walkthroughs and screenshots are pending.

What can it manage?

• Website domains, document roots, PHP selection, rewrites and redirects.
  
• Web-server and database software through the supported panel workflow.
  
• Website certificates, file management and scheduled jobs.
  
• Website/database backups and supported remote-storage integrations.
  

Available features depend on the edition, plugins and installed versions. Check compatibility and licensing before relying on a feature. Installing a panel does not replace Linux administration, updates or a recovery plan.

Before installing
Use a clean supported Linux server and check the current OS/architecture requirements in aaPanel Quick Start. Do not install it over another hosting panel or an existing production stack without a supported migration plan. Size RAM, CPU and disk for your application, database, backups and traffic; an installation minimum is not a production capacity guarantee.

The installer prints a management URL, entrance path and credentials. Store these privately. The trusted server console can display the current panel details with:

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bt default

That output is sensitive: do not post it in the forum or include it in a public screenshot. Running bt opens the panel maintenance menu; read each option before using it.

Common questions
Does aaPanel provide the VPS itself?
No. The panel is software installed on a server you obtain separately.

Are all features free?
No. Check the current edition and individual plugin/service terms. A free core does not mean every add-on is included.

Does every SSL certificate renew automatically?
No. Renewal depends on the validation method, credentials and scheduled jobs. aaPanel documents that manual DNS TXT validation does not provide automatic renewal. Monitor expiry and verify your chosen renewal process.

Can it serve unrelated hosting customers?
Evaluate the intended permissions, isolation, limits and recovery workflow before choosing it for customer hosting. A sub-account alone is not proof of isolation.

Choose your next step

• Prepare and verify a new VPS
  
• Install and configure aaPanel
  
• Secure panel access
  
• Create a website and enable HTTPS
  

Official references: Quick Start; Website and SSL management. For help, share your OS, aaPanel release, web server and a redacted error, not credentials.