VPS cPanel

It’s a graphical management interface based on a Linux OS (operating system). It simplifies the way you manage your website, with features that centralise management in one interface. It’s compatible with our shared hosting plans, VPS plans and dedicated servers.

cPanel hosting is generally a solution for hosting a website or application that uses cPanel. For example, at OVHcloud, cPanel is used on our shared hosting services. The difference between a VPS and a shared hosting plan is in the freedom of managing it. With shared hosting, all resources are distributed between the different users of the hosting solution and it’s our teams that fully maintain the solution. You can’t customise it.
A VPS, on the other hand, offers a dedicated environment. By definition, it’s a virtual server that is cut from a physical machine, so you have allocated hosting space. You can add resources as your business grows. Both solutions are hosted in our own datacentres, and are available worldwide.

A cPanel dedicated server is an entire server managed with this interface. All of its resources are allocated to you (CPU, RAM, disk space, bandwidth, etc.). It’s best suited for advanced web projects, intensive usage, and companies that require increased security.

Although the VPS has a lot in common with the dedicated server in terms of administration, some of its resources are shared. Your environment stays private, giving you excellent control over your hosted solutions, strong scalability and greater management flexibility.

cPanel offers various possibilities and options so you can manage your website however you want:

•     file, database, and domain management;
•     email management, including contact and security controls;
•     metrics which allow you to view your website visitors and resource usage;
•     security options with several control tools, such as 2FA and SSL;
•     application installation, platform management and PHP;
•     Softaculous App Installer, which allows you to install hundreds of applications directly from cPanel;
•     advanced tools, such as cron task management and error pages.

You must have a VPS compatible with the cPanel interface, and an OVHcloud customer account. Once you have this, please refer to our step-by-step guide on: “How to install cPanel on my VPS”.

Shared hosting, VPS or dedicated server: at OVHcloud, all of these solutions are cPanel-compatible. They each offer their own advantages, depending on the nature and growth of your web project.

Remember that before you choose a hosting plan, you need to have a domain name.

Our virtual private servers are compatible with a wide range of operating systems. You can have a VPS with Windows or Linux (including the Debian and Ubuntu VPS setups). The advantage is that we can offer you solutions that you’re already familiar with. Please note that Windows licences aren’t included with our solutions and are billed separately. Linux licences are not subject to additional billing, as they are open source.
You can choose the OS you want to use when ordering your VPS from your Control Panel.