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I want to rent out part of my servers but in order for me to do this I will need a control panel. Is there any free or open-source server control panels? Or at lease a cheap one? Thanks in advance!
 
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JimF_35
Oh so you are talking about remote control. There are many systems out there. I recommend VNC. It works with Linux and Windows. It gives your remote control of the server. Again you still need to get them connected to your network and that is were VPN comes in. It connects your private network to their private network so that you can talk to all of the computers on your private network. VPN opens a secure connection that is encrypted so that no one on the internet can see it except for those you give the passwords to. Once they connect to your network then they can remote into the server with VNC and there you go.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGYIsJUIxH8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFg7TSwVcL4...
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What do you mean by "control panel". Define the functions you need it to do. It sounds to me that you are wanting to setup Virtual Machines for your clients. If so I recommend Citrix Zen. They have free version but you might not be able to use it if you are using it for profit. As with most Freeware the licenses do not allow you to use them in a business. There are Open Source programs which will allow you to use them for Business but you usually do not get any support with those and some times no installer.

http://www.citrix.com/products/xenserver/overview.html

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=free+virtual+machine
 
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By control panel I mean it as in i give them permissions like maybe how much ram or HDD space or ranks like who is system admin and such. I would not mind open-source programs either.
 
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That is what I thought. This is called Virtual Machines.

http://searchservervirtualization.techtarget.com/definition/virtual-machine
 
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Thanks but I cant really use a virtual machine for what I need because everyone who downloads the virtual machine will have to manually configure it.
 
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That's not how Virtual machines work. You create a virtual machine that they log into. They don't have to install anything on there computer. You setup the initial virtual machine and configure it for them.
 
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I am first going to just rent the servers out for data/media storage and usage. after a while I am then going to be hosting web servers.
 
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That is what we call a file server. If you are looking to setup a free file server then I would suggest Linux because Windows and Macintosh cost money. also you can trough Apache on it later for your web hosting but make sure you have a good firewall and static ip from your ISP and get a Domain registered with IANA.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wUfzdiE4m8

How are you planning on getting people access to this Server? I would recommend VPN like a Cisco 2811 router or any good VPN router. Again you are going to need a static Ip from your ISP.
 
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Also I am not sure what you business plan is but remember you will have to compete with sites like Dog Pile, Drop Box all of the others out there doing this. You may have a tough time selling this to investors unless you have something unique that you are providing.
 
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It is not so much a business considering I am only 13 years old. It is only for friends. I am using PF Sense for a firewall. My ISP gave me a dynamic IP so all I did was convert it to static.

Now about the VPN and Control panel. That is my concern here. I dont know how I was going to get them to connect so I was thinking if there was a control panel all they have to do is run the panel turn there server on and they can connect/manage from there.
 
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Oh so you are talking about remote control. There are many systems out there. I recommend VNC. It works with Linux and Windows. It gives your remote control of the server. Again you still need to get them connected to your network and that is were VPN comes in. It connects your private network to their private network so that you can talk to all of the computers on your private network. VPN opens a secure connection that is encrypted so that no one on the internet can see it except for those you give the passwords to. Once they connect to your network then they can remote into the server with VNC and there you go.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGYIsJUIxH8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFg7TSwVcL4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1La4N_u6WN0

If you just want to share files with them and not necessarily need them to remote to your server then I would suggest setting up a FTP site.

http://www.wikihow.com/Set-up-an-FTP-Server-in-Ubuntu-Linux
 
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You can't convert a dynamic IP to static, your ISP gives you a static when you have business class internet, what is it that you want your friends to be able to do?
The cheapest way to run a server is to use a Linux flavor such as CentOS and at the same time you'll get to learn Linux. There is plenty of information on how to setup Linux servers online.




 
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Is there something simpler then setting up a VPN?
 
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Well you could just put your computer outside of your firewall but every hacker in the world will hack it. The point behind VPN is that it opens a secure tunnel through your firewall. You can always use a three tier third party VPN to give remote access to your server. Use systems like LogMeIn or GoToMyPC...

https://secure.logmein.com/welcome/freeremotecontrola/?destination=/welcome/freeremotecontrola/&wt.srch=1&utpk=logmein&originid=345685&mcomb=sLlSAmplS|34956744397|logmein|e|i8rbbhb5l0|c&gclid=COrAr9393sACFRFcfgodcYMAIA

https://www.gotomypc.com/tr/ggpet/gotomypc-Exact-Branded/NAPPC/g25sem?Target=mm/g25sem.tmpl&device=c&ID=70150000000ZQZC&gclid=COiX0-793sACFQhbfgodSAkAKw

 
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What do you recommend for cheap VPN.
 
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