Reqad - the alternate hosting control panel

Open source & self-hosted. Reqad is a free control panel for Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux and RHEL - manage hosting, email, DNS, SSL, WordPress and multiple PHP versions from one clean dashboard.

cPanel-like ease without the licensing. Built for running your own domains or client sites on a single VPS, with predictable costs.

Features

• Hosting accounts - per-domain accounts with disk-usage monitoring
• Email - Exim + Dovecot + Roundcube webmail + SpamAssassin, with SPF, DKIM, SRS, forwarders and autoresponders
• WordPress toolkit - one-click install, subfolder detection, Wordfence integration
• Multiple PHP versions - per-account PHP 7.x/8.x with OPcache, APCu and a full php.ini editor
• SSL/TLS - Let's Encrypt & ACME certificates for the panel and every hosted domain
• DNS management - Cloudflare, cPanel and PowerDNS providers, with wildcard support
• Databases - MySQL/MariaDB with phpMyAdmin
• cPanel migration - import existing accounts with domains, mail and databases
• File manager - account-level, with CodeMirror editor, bulk operations, chmod and archive support
• More tools - browser terminal, SSH keys, cron jobs, backups and service control

Requirements

• OS: Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux or RHEL 8 / 9 - a fresh, clean install
• Architecture: x86_64
• Access: root over SSH
• A reqad.com account - free registration at reqad.com

Stack it manages: Nginx / Apache · MariaDB · Exim / Dovecot · PHP / Roundcube · PowerDNS / Cloudflare · Let's Encrypt · WordPress · Monit · CSF firewall.

Installation

One command on a fresh EL8 or EL9 server - the same command for both, it detects which one you are on:

bash <(curl -sSL https://repo.reqad.net/install.sh)

It checks the server, then opens a terminal UI to choose the web server, PHP version, whether to install the mail stack, the SSH port and the timezone:

┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Rocky Linux 9.4 (Blue Onyx) · x86_64                     │
│ srv1.example.com   203.0.113.10   4 vCPU   7.8G RAM      │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ ▸ Web server    [ nginx + php-fpm ] [ apache + mod_php ] │
│   PHP version   [ 7.4 ] [ 8.2 ] [ 8.3 ] [ 8.4 ] [ 8.5 ]  │
│   Email stack   [ no ] [ yes ]                           │
│   SSH port      22                                       │
│   Timezone      Europe/Bucharest                         │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                    Start installation                    │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
  ↑↓ move · ←→ change · ⏎ select · q quit

Pick Start installation and it sets up the web stack, MariaDB, SSL and - if you asked for it - the mail stack. A log of the run is kept at /var/tmp/reqad-install/install_reqad.log.

Unattended

Pass any option and the UI is skipped, using the defaults for anything you leave out:

bash <(curl -sSL https://repo.reqad.net/install.sh) \
  --template nginx_php-fpm \
  --php 8.4 \
  --email \
  --ssh-port 1922 \
  --timezone 'Europe/Bucharest'

Option	Default	What it does
--template	nginx_php-fpm	Web server stack: nginx_php-fpm or apache_modphp
--php	8.3	PHP version: 7.4, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4 or 8.5
--email / --no-email	off	Install Exim, Dovecot and Roundcube
--ssh-port	22	Moves SSH to another port and disables password auth
--timezone	server's current	Sets the server clock, e.g. Europe/Bucharest
--skip-update	—	Skips the initial system update and package install
-y, --yes	—	Runs with every default, no UI
--dry-run	—	Prints what would be installed and changes nothing
--help	—	Lists every option

Note. The installer does not read environment variables. The older install-el8.sh / install-el9.sh scripts, and the SSH_PORT / TIMEZONE / TEMPLATE / PHP_VERSION / WITH_EMAIL variables they used, are replaced by the single install.sh and the options above.

During early access the package repository is access-controlled: register at reqad.com and send the server's public IP so it can be allow-listed before running the installer.

License

GPL-3.0.