Server and panel settings – Administrator Guide

Most server-wide options are under Tools & Settings, in the groups General Settings, Tools & Resources, StackRegent and Appearance. This article walks through the ones you set up once and revisit now and then.

Server Settings#

Go to Tools & Settings › Server Settings.

Section	Setting	Meaning
System	Full host name	The server's name in mail, links and certificates, e.g. `server1.example.com`.
Statistics	Keep statistics	Months of statistics to keep.
	Traffic counts	Incoming and outgoing, outgoing only, or incoming only.
	Disk usage includes	What counts against a subscription's disk space: website files, logs, mailboxes and mailing lists, databases, subscription backups, anonymous FTP.
Domains and users	Preferred domain	For new websites: none, `domain.tld` (www redirects) or `www.domain.tld`.
	DNS subzones	Forbid creating subzones in other users' DNS zones.
	Web Deploy	Include the password in downloaded Web Deploy publishing files.
Logs	Privacy	Leave visitors' IP addresses out of website logs.
	Rotation	Rotate every website's logs daily (overrides plans).
	Keep website logs	Days; 0 keeps them until the plan's rotation removes them.

Click Save.

System Time#

Tools & Settings › System Time shows the server time, daylight saving time and the last synchronisation. Mail, certificates, scheduled tasks and the licence check need an accurate clock.

Choose the Time zone.
Tick Set the clock from time servers (NTP) and list the Time servers (default time.windows.com), or untick it and enter Date and time by hand.
Click Save.

IP Addresses#

Tools & Settings › IP Addresses lists the server's addresses that websites can use, with interface, type, resellers and number of subscriptions.

Add a new address to the network adapter in Windows first, then click Reread IP.
Click Edit to set Type (Shared serves many websites, Dedicated serves one subscription), tick Use for new subscriptions by default (shared addresses only) and choose the Resellers that may use it.
An address that is not the default and has no subscriptions can be removed from the panel; it stays on the adapter.

Customize Panel URL#

Tools & Settings › Customize Panel URL sets the address customers and emails use to reach the panel.

Enter Panel URL, e.g. https://panel.example.com:9443. The host name needs a certificate; issue one under SSL/TLS Certificates.
Optionally tick Redirect – Send browsers that use another address (IP, old name) to the panel URL.
Password reset controls whether the login page shows "Forgot password?" (a one-hour link is emailed to the account's address).
Click Save.

Locked out by a wrong address? Run stackregent panel-url-reset on the server.

Branding#

Tools & Settings › Branding sets your name and look:

Title – shown next to the logo and in browser tabs (empty: StackRegent),
Logo and Logo link,
Favicon (SVG or ICO),
Login screen: Background colour, Background image and Image fit (Fill, Fit, Tile).

Images can be uploaded or given as an address. Resellers have their own Branding page for their customers' panels; the login page keeps your look.

Languages#

Tools & Settings › Languages lists the language packs with their code, number of strings, Default and Available columns.

Click Install pack and choose a JSON file with code, name and strings (the page shows the format).
Choose the default language with the radio button, and untick Available to hide a pack.
Menu entries, page titles and breadcrumbs are translated; strings a pack does not list stay in English.

Each administrator picks a language under Profile & Preferences › Interface language.

Interface Management#

Tools & Settings › Interface Management:

Setting	Meaning
View	Service Provider (sell hosting to customers and resellers) or Power User (manage your own websites; hides customers, resellers and service plans).
Home page	Show "What's new" after updates.
Help link	Address of the documentation link.
Support address	Where the Support page sends requests.
Panel address	The same panel URL options as Customize Panel URL.

Tools & Settings › Custom Buttons adds links to your own services. Each button has a Label, Address, Image, Description, Shown on (Home page, Navigation menu, Subscription pages, Website tools), Shown to (Administrators, Resellers, Customers, Everyone), Priority and an Open in a new window option.

Notifications#

Tools & Settings › Notifications decides who hears about panel events. Events are grouped: Accounts, Subscriptions, Mail, SSL/TLS and Resources. Examples are Customer account created, Subscription expires soon (with a days-ahead value), Outgoing mail over the limit, SSL/TLS certificate renewal failed and Resource limit reached.

For each event tick Administrator, Reseller, Customer, Panel notice (the bell in the top bar) and add Other addresses. Click Edit message to change the subject and text; the dialog lists the placeholders and has Restore default. Click Save at the top.

Email goes out through Tools & Settings › External SMTP Server.

Action Log#

Tools & Settings › Action Log lists what administrators and the panel did, newest first, with time, user, address, object, action and details.

Filter with From, To, Object and the search box, then click Search.
Download CSV exports the filtered list.
Settings sets how long entries are kept (days and a maximum number; 0 keeps them forever) and which objects are logged.
Clear removes all entries, or only those older than a date.

Additional administrators#

Tools & Settings › Additional Administrator Accounts gives support staff their own logins.

Click Add administrator.
Enter Login, Name, Email and Password (a generated one is filled in).
Leave Restricted ticked unless the person needs full rights.
Click Add.

In the list you can Disable/Enable, Restrict/Unrestrict, set a new Password or remove an account. The main administrator cannot be changed here. Removing a login also removes its sessions and API keys.

Tools & Settings › Restricted Mode Settings chooses what restricted administrators may not change. They still see the pages. The groups are server management, server components and PHP versions, security, administrator accounts and API keys, updates, server backups, mail server settings, database servers, appearance, and the Event Manager with scheduled server tasks. By default the first five are on.

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