Dear CyberPanel Community,
I am in the process of setting up CyberPanel on a new Ubuntu 22 VPS and have a question about the “hostname” field within the “Setup Wizard/Onboarding” process.
My domain is “domain.com” and I’m considering the following options for this field:
- domain.com
- mail.domain.com
- panel.domain.com
I want to avoid any potential conflicts with email delivery, other services, or CyberPanel functionality due to the hostname choice. Could you please advise on the most suitable option (should I go with #1, #2 or #3 option?) for HOSTNAME field in “Setup Wizard” and explain how it might impact different aspects of the server’s operation?
What is the best practice to name the hostname when installing CyberPanel? I already saw THIS article and watched multiple Youtube videos and everyone sets hostname differently each time. So looks like there’s no common rule how to do this right. That’s why I wanted to confirm this here on the CyberPanel official forum, directly this question.
Thank you for clarifying this important step in the configuration process!
I have multiple servers. I use hostanmes like these:
nucleus.domain.tld
backup.domain.tld
communication.domain.tld
server1.domain.tld
server2.domain.tld
These are not hosting control panel addresses.
For hosting control panel I use these:
nucleus.domain.tld → cp.nucleus.domain.tld
backup.domain.tld → cp.backup.domain.tld
communication.domain.tld → panel.coms.domain.tld
server1.domain.tld → cyberpanel.server1.domain.tld
server2.domain.tld → fuq.s2.domain.tld
In short, hostnames are not panel address.
Hello @engrrajonahmed ,
I know this is a bit of an old topic but are you able to clarify a few things. Similar to the OP I am trying to come up with the best approach to setting up CP instances.
When using the wizard, should that be purely for setting up the control panel access correctly? As in, if I own the domain, mydomain.tld, when I run the wizard I should use a hostname like: server.mydomain.tld (with an appropriate A record pointing to the server IP).
Then after that, I can create a website using mydomain.tld, with “create” mail domain domain selected. So my end result when issuing SSL would be:
Hostname SSL => server.mydomain.tld
Website SSL => mydomain.tld
Mailserver SSL = mail.mydomain.tld
??
The vps hosting the server would of course have a rDNS that returns mail.mydomain.tld for the relevant server IP.
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide