One of the struggles with managing your own server is that users can call 24/7 with requests for password resets, bandwidth increases and a host of other issues.  Remote management tools are a necessity to ensure responsiveness as well as convenience.

In this article, we introduce the “best” app for managing Linux servers equippled with WHM/Cpanel.

Hands-down, iwebmanager provides the best interface to WHM.  It is built onn WHM’s API and enables management of almost all options.  We are using it seemlessly across three different servers and find elements of the user interface superior to the actual WHM web based application.

The screen to the right  shows the initial log-in which I’ve configured with an optional password.

Once logged in, you have access to whatever servers you previously configured.  Selecting a server provides an easy to navigate series of menus that provide faster access to specific commands that the cumbersome web counterpart.