gPanel

gPanel

A web-hosting control panel written in Go.

Note: This software currently only runs on Linux systems.

Table of Contents

1. Technology Stack
2. Preview Images
3. Contribution Set-up & Deployment
4. Installation for Use
   • System Requirements
   • Installing openssh-server
   • Creating the Host Key-pair
   • .ssh Folder and Files Permissions Reference
   • Getting the Repository and Running

Technology Stack

Backend: Go (1.9.2+)
Database: Bolt
CSS Toolkit(s): Bootstrap 4 & Font Awesome
JS Toolkit(s): jQuery

Preview Images

gPanel Structure

gPanel Server

gPanel Account

Contribution Set-up & Deployment

To get the repo...

# Go get the repo and append it to your $GOPATH
go get github.com/kentonh/gPanel

# Navigate to the directory (replace $GOPATH with your actual $GOPATH)
cd $GOPATH/github.com/kentonh/gPanel

To set your repo up to contribute...

# Fork the repo and add it to the list of remotes (replace your-username with your github username)
git remote add fork https://github.com/your-username/gPanel.git

# OPTIONAL: Change the names of the remotes
git remote rename origin upstream
git remote rename fork origin

To deploy...

# Build the binary
go build gpanel.go

# Execute binary as root (root access is needed for functions within the system package)
sudo ./gpanel

Installation for Use

System Requirements

• Linux
  • adduser command (already installed on most debian-based Linux systems)
  • deluser command (already installed on most debian-based linux systems)
  • ssh-keygen command (already installed on most debian-based linux systems)
  • openssh-server installed (installation guide below)
  • golang (installation guide below)
  • php-cgi IF you want to be able to serve .php files
• OSX
  • Currently there is no support for OSX, but it is planned for the future.

Installing Golang

1. sudo apt-get purge golang*
2. Download latest version from https://www.golang.org/dl/
3. sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go[VERSION].[OS]-[ARCH].tar.gz
4. For system-wide installation (reccommended) a. vim /etc/profile b. Add "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin"
5. For local installation a. If ~/.profile doesn't exist then create it (touch ~/.profile) b. Add "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin" to said file
6. Logout and login for changes to /etc/profile or ~/.profile to take effect
7. mkdir ~/go && mkdir ~/go/bin && mkdir ~/go/src && mkdir ~/go/pkg
8. GOROOT=~/go

Installing openssh-server

1. sudo apt-get install openssh-server
2. sudo cp /etc/ssh/sshd_config /etc/ssh/sshd_config.default
3. sudo vim /etc/ssh/sshd_config
4. Uncomment (no # before line) and/or set the following lines in /etc/ssh/sshd_config
   • PermitRootLogin no
   • AuthorizedKeysFile %h/.ssh/authorized_keys
   • PasswordAuthentication no
   • PermitEmptyPasswords no
   • RSAAuthentication yes
   • PubkeyAuthentication yes
5. sudo systemctl restart ssh

Creating the Host Key-pair

1. ssh-keygen -t rsa -N "PASSWORD" -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa [change PASSWORD]

.ssh Folder and Files Permissions Reference

1. To check permissions a. cd ~/.ssh b. ls -l -a (look at ls -l -a dump below)
2. To change permissions a. chmod [PERMISSIONS NUMBER] [FILE]
3. To change ownership a. chown [USER]: [FILE]

.ssh [700 && owned by correct user]
    id_rsa [600 && owned by correct user]
    id_rsa.pub [644 && owned by correct user]
    authorized_keys [644 && owned by correct user]
    known_hosts [644 && owned by the correct user]

Correct output of ls -l -a of ~/.ssh

drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Jan 17 14:49 .  
drwx------ 7 root root 4096 Jan 17 14:42 ..  
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    0 Jan 17 14:49 authorized_keys  
-rw------- 1 root root 1766 Jan 17 14:43 id_rsa  
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  401 Jan 17 14:43 id_rsa.pub  
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  444 Oct 10  2016 known_hosts

Getting the Repository and Running

1. go get github.com/kentonh/gPanel
2. cd ~/go/src/github.com/kentonh/gPanel
3. go build gpanel.go
4. sudo ./gpanel