Jabali Panel

A modern web hosting control panel for WordPress and general PHP hosting. Built with Laravel 12, Filament v5, Livewire 4, and Tailwind CSS v4.

Version: 0.9-rc35 (release candidate)

This is a release candidate. Expect rapid iteration and breaking changes until 1.0.

Highlights

• Multi-tenant isolation with per-user Linux accounts and PHP-FPM pools
• Agent-driven automation for domains, SSL, mail, DNS, backups, and migrations
• cPanel and WHM migrations with detailed, step-by-step logs
• Built-in mail stack (Postfix, Dovecot, Rspamd) with webmail SSO
• DNS management with templates and optional DNSSEC
• Backups for users and servers with schedules, retention, and remote targets
• Security controls including firewall, Fail2ban, and ClamAV scanning

Installation

Quick install:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/shukiv/jabali-panel/main/install.sh | sudo bash

Gitea install (self-hosted):

curl -fsSL http://192.168.100.100:3001/shukivaknin/jabali-panel/raw/branch/main/install.sh | sudo bash

Optional flags:

• JABALI_MINIMAL=1 for core-only install
• JABALI_FULL=1 to force all optional components

After install:

• Admin panel: https://your-host/jabali-admin
• User panel: https://your-host/jabali-panel
• Webmail: https://your-host/webmail

Feature Map

Admin Panel

• Server dashboard with stats, health, and recent activity
• User management with suspension and quota tracking
• Service manager for systemd services
• PHP version manager and PHP-FPM pool management
• DNS zones, templates, and DNSSEC management
• SSL issuance, renewal, and certificate inventory
• IP address management (default and per-domain assignments)
• Backups and restores (local + remote, schedules + retention)
• Migrations (cPanel restore and WHM downloads)
• Security center (firewall, Fail2ban, ClamAV, security scans)
• Audit logs and email notifications

User Panel

• Domains and redirects with automatic Nginx config
• DNS records editor
• Mail domains, mailboxes, and forwarders
• Webmail SSO (Roundcube)
• WordPress manager (install, scan, updates, SSO)
• File manager plus SFTP/SSH key management
• Databases and user permissions
• PHP settings per account
• SSL certificates and renewals
• Cron jobs
• Backups and restore
• Logs and statistics
• Protected directories

Platform

• Root-level agent for privileged operations
• Queue-backed jobs for long-running tasks
• Self-healing service monitor and alerts
• Redis ACL isolation for WordPress caching
• Multi-language UI

Screenshots

Admin panel:

• Dashboard:
• Server Status:
• Server Settings:
• Security Center:
• Users:
• SSL Manager:
• DNS Zones:
• Backups:
• Services:

User panel and flows:

• User Dashboard:
• Domain Management:
• Backups:
• cPanel Migration:

Architecture

• Control plane: Laravel app with Filament panels
• Data plane: root agent handling privileged operations
• Job queue: async tasks and migration steps
• Logging: agent and panel logs for troubleshooting

Service stack (single-node default):

• Nginx + PHP-FPM
• MariaDB (user databases)
• SQLite (panel metadata by default)
• Postfix, Dovecot, Rspamd
• BIND9 (DNS)
• Redis
• Fail2ban and ClamAV (optional)

Requirements

• Fresh Debian 12 or 13 install (no pre-existing web or mail stack)
• A domain for panel and mail (with glue records if hosting DNS)
• PTR (reverse DNS) for mail hostname
• Open ports: 22, 80, 443, 25, 465, 587, 993, 995, 53

Upgrades

cd /var/www/jabali
php artisan jabali:upgrade

Check for updates only:

php artisan jabali:upgrade --check

CLI

jabali --help
jabali backup create <user>
jabali backup restore <path> --user=<user>
jabali cpanel analyze <file>
jabali cpanel restore <file> <user>

Development

composer dev
php artisan test --compact
./vendor/bin/pint

Initial Release

• 0.9-rc35: Server Status charts now read sysstat history; installer enables sysstat collection; legacy server_metrics storage removed.
• 0.9-rc34: User deletion summary steps; notification re-dispatch on repeated actions; ModSecurity packages added to installer.
• 0.9-rc33: Email Logs unified with Mail Queue; journald fallback; agent response reading hardened.
• 0.9-rc32: Server Updates list loads reliably; admin sidebar order aligned; apt update parsing expanded.
• 0.9-rc31: File manager navigation uses Livewire actions; parent row excluded from bulk select.
• 0.9-rc30: Avoid IncludeOptional in ModSecurity CRS includes.
• 0.9-rc29: Ensure ModSecurity unicode mapping is installed automatically.
• 0.9-rc28: ModSecurity unicode mapping setup fixes.
• 0.9-rc27: Installers now read VERSION when available.
• 0.9-rc26: Updated installer version banner.
• 0.9-rc25: Added Gitea installer script.
• 0.9-rc24: WAF installer improvements and ModSecurity setup fixes.
• 0.9-rc: initial release candidate with core hosting, mail, DNS, SSL, backups, and migrations.

License

MIT