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Does anyone know if Sentora is able to run on ubuntu 22 - ubuntu 24?? The latest install script om github seems only to support Ubuntu 18. Does anyone know??

Apache wont start because there is an error in /etc/sentora/configs/apache/httpd-vhosts.conf but this file is generated by Sentora. How to I regenerate the file if I cant start apache? Any ideas?

So I have 2 domains on my sentora panel coachhirecork.com and websitesireland.net

So I've read the ports one needs to make sure are open after install here https://docs.sentora.org/?node=40 but do I need to edit the /etc/apache2/apache2.conf file to make sure sentora listens on port 80 and port 443? Is there any information on this that I'm missing?

My zppy repo and my sen-packs repo are both back online! Thanks to @[Jettaman], our main Developer, at DukeCitySolutions.com for hooking me up with hosting.

I figured I should explain why my server and sites went offline. 

Since I found ZPanel (v1.2 I think) Windows only (incomplete at the time) I have been here since day '2' so to speak. (ZPanel/Sentora History) I have had so many home server issues over the years it's incredible. But, this is the first time I had an HDD failure.

What happened you ask?
I maintain my own server from home. As I have done for many years now. Well, the HDD that held the OS died.
I replaced the drive and started re-installing the OS. Simple fix, just time consuming. Well, nothing is that easy for me. During this process the power supply died.
When it rains, it pours...

Jettaman set me up an account on one of his Sentora servers so I could get my sites and clients back online. Well, that wasn't as easy as planned either! We had a php session issue and file permission issues.
Jettaman was able to sort those issues out quickly and my sites are back online!

You may be thinking, TGates uses Sentora and Jettaman uses Sentora, why didn't the sites just 'plug-n-play' on the server? (BTW, my OS was Ubuntu 20.04 and his is also Ubuntu 20.04)
Since the two of us are the only devs, you would think everything would be the same. Nope! His Sentora server is setup to his needs and clients, while mine was setup for my needs and clients. This goes to show how different a Sentora server can be from one install to another.

What to learn from this?
Have a backup plan for hosting, just in case! Even if its temporary while you rebuild your server. 
The most important thing: Back up your hostdata folder locally on your own PC or to a different server! Do not rely on the automated Sentora site backups on your server. If the server HDD fails (like mine did), you are pretty much at a loss.
My server had two HDDs, one HDD hosted the OS and Sentora while the second HDD held my hostdata folder. (Information on how to change the hostdata folder location is in our docs.)
Regardless of your server setup, always download or copy the entire hostdata folder some place safe, at minimum weekly. More active clients/sites should be saved daily.
The built in site backup module also saves MySQL database dumps! This is another important reason to download/save your hostdata folder. Sure, you may have the site on your PC because of editing or whatever, but do you also have a recent DB backup?

I hope this information will help other's to setup a game plan 'just in case' to protect your sites or client's sites.

We do have plans to build a Sentora Core backup module. More info on that at another time.

Useful SEO tool to see what site's (and how many) are sharing your website URL.

Example backlink stats I figured I'd share from: https://www.seoreviewtools.com/valuable-...s-checker/

Input URL: sentora.org
Links pointing to: domain

Note:
This report is limited to the top backlinks pointing at your domain (showing 1 link per domain) View all backlinks

2.85M External backlinks Pointing to: domain (Wow!!)

26 Domain Authority (Score)

2.9K Referring Domains Pointing to: domain

2.51K Referring IP's Pointing to: domain

I just scanned through my zppy repo access log and noticed something that surprised me.
Somebody is still using a very old zPanel install!
I saw a zppy request for Zantastico!, the zPanel version of Sentastico.
Sentora came out 10 years ago!

I just thought I'd share this amusing little tid-bit

Hello,

It is undeniable that Sentora and zPanel were once amazing open-source control panels. However, I now observe that they are on a decline, with no updates and lack of support for the latest PHP versions or applications.

Could anyone kindly suggest the best open-source and free alternative to Sentora? I am looking for a solution that encompasses all the features of Sentora and is regularly updated.

Thank you.

I try show images with absolute path and all time don´t show images, with the same path read directory perfectly with php but don´t show images

My Example:

Quote:<img src="/var/sentora/hostdata/zadmin/public_html/website_com/images/image.jpg" />

This may not be the most appropriate forum to post this. Its general notice concerning the Sentora forums/website.

I've been trying to get back here to test Sentora v2 for a while but hit several road blocks that need addressed asap.

The forum's SSL is invalid. It looks like some letsencrypt/ssl testing was preformed on the forums months ago. Let me know if there is a need for a development lab environment.

Secondly, I only could gain access to the forums after remembering my email and password while following the crumbs left behind in the email rejections at my mail server sent by the forums. I'm seeing these rejections twice an hour for a quite some time...

I'm sure both issues are a major impact and reduction of additional eyes on the project.