Are you not happy with specifying port 8090/rainloop on your CyberPanel admin page (1) for your users’ webmail access? Have you followed my tutorial on getting rid of port 8090, but would still don’t like (2) rainloop being the name of your webmail access for your users/customers? How would you like to direct access to RainLoop webmail to something like (3) webmail.example.com or (4) customer.another-example.com/webmail?

In Part 1, we reinstalled the Operating System on our Virtual Private Server, had a brief overview of CyberPanel and its automated Lets Encrypt SSL renewal method, and discussed Glue Records with our Domain Registrar.

In Part 2, the focus was on allowing secure non-root access to the server, updating the Operating System, and installing CyberPanel.

Now that we have a clean installation of CyberPanel, there are some immediate steps that should be taken with regards to configuration. Part 3 of the series will focus on these. Specifically, this article will step through the following:

Part 3:

• Introduction - Watch on YouTube
• Update CyberPanel admin account - Watch on YouTube
• Create a root website for web and e-mail - Watch on YouTube
• Configure NameServers in CyberPanel - Watch on YouTube
• Review DNS Records - Watch on YouTube
• Run DNS check - Watch on YouTube
• Enable SSL on the mail server - Watch on YouTube
• Create an e-mail account - Watch on YouTube
• Get e-mail server details for 3rd party mail clients - Watch on YouTube
• Test mail using Rainloop webmail - Watch on YouTube
• Run mail-tester.com test on mail server - Watch on YouTube
• Configure and test Thunderbird with SSL/TLS enabled protocols - Watch on YouTube
• Video Walk-through

Let’s get started with the configuration now!

Self-hosting can be a daunting idea, but there are plenty of resources available to help you get started. While some may imagine self-hosting as running hardware at home 24x7, that is not the only way. The cost of running a Virtual Private Server (VPS) has come down significanly over the last several years. To host several low-traffic domains, you can get by with a pretty low-end, inexpensive (Between $25-$40 USD per year) VPS. For this series, you should have a machine with the following bare minimum specs: 1 CPU, 1GB Mem, and 10GB of storage. This should be sufficient for learning and/or running a few small, low-traffic blogs with e-mail.

Have you ever wanted to host your own websites and e-mail, but weren’t sure where to start?

Over the years, I have paid shared hosting companies to host my websites and e-mail. One of the things I appreciated as an end-user, and occasionally as a reseller, was the ability to manage all aspects of my hosting (like DNS, mail, and server config) through a Hosting Control Panel such as CPanel, Plesk, or some provider’s home-grown solution.