VPS can be complicated environments that need to be managed effectively to ensure that they are secure against the latest malicious threats which are able to threaten the safety and security of your VPS and the data that it contains. If you do not manage your VPS effectively, then you might find that hackers are gaining access to it and taking advantage by installing malicious programs such as viruses and root kits so that they can then use your VPS as a base to launch attacks on other vulnerable VPS and servers that are openly attackable from the internet.

One of the main steps that most VPS administrators take to ensure that their VPS are easily manageable, as well as safe and secure to ensure that they can’t be compromised is to install root kit hunting software as well as other pieces of anti-virus and normally set them to automatically scan their VPS at least once a day to ensure that their virtual environment doesn’t contain any malicious software - in a commercial environment such as one where you are hosting website design clients, you might want to set your machine to be scanned more than once a day to ensure maximum security for your clients and their data. Other steps that can be easily taken to ensure that you can manage your VPS effectively is to install some sort of control panel to help you manage the different aspects of your VPS; the control panel doesn’t have to be a web hosting related one, such as cPanel, since these are more likely to not be what you want especially if you are wanting to use your VPS for one specific purpose, in this case you should consider a server related control panel such as Webmin. Some server control panels that you should check out include:

• Webmin - http://www.webmin.com/
• HSphere - http://www.psoft.net/hsphere-overview.html

If you are looking to host clients on your VPS, then you should consider a control panel since this will allow you to manage all the people that you have hosted within the environment effectively, in most cases through a web based administration panel that is provided with most hosting control panels; a client control panel is also provided so that your clients can easily manage their hosting account that they have purchased from you. Some web host control panels that you should take a look at include:

• cPanel - http://www.cpanel.net/
• Plesk - http://www.swsoft.com/plesk/

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