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Blog & News

Latest updates, feature announcements, and security news from Panelica.

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How to Connect ChatGPT / Codex CLI to Your Hosting Panel via MCP

A step-by-step guide to wiring Codex CLI to the Panelica MCP server via ~/.codex/config.toml, giving it the same 404-tool catalogue available to any MCP client.

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What Is MCP (Model Context Protocol) and Why Hosting Panels Need It

MCP is the open standard that lets AI assistants discover and call a hosting panel's real API as structured tools instead of guessing — here is why that matters.

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How to Manage a Web Server with Claude Code (One Command Setup)

Connect Claude Code to your Panelica panel with a single claude mcp add command and start managing accounts, domains, databases and deployments in plain English.

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Create a WordPress Site by Talking to an AI: A Real Walkthrough

A real, tool-by-tool walkthrough of an AI assistant creating a domain, database, WordPress install and SSL certificate through the Panelica MCP server.

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cPanel vs Panelica in 2026: Which Panel Can Your AI Actually Use?

cPanel has no official MCP server or embedded AI agent in 2026; Panelica has both, plus a Telegram bridge — a fair, detailed comparison of what each panel offers.

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Docker App Hosting for Resellers: What You Sell, and Why No One Gets Root

How to sell one-click Docker app hosting: what the customer buys, the three product shapes, real multi-tenant isolation, and a shared hosting vs VPS vs container comparison.

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Self-Hosted Alternatives: What Each App Actually Needs to Run

How to read a Docker app catalogue memory figure honestly: main-container floors, multi-container apps, the Immich example, and plain OS containers for building your own stack.

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403 Forbidden: A Decision Tree for Permissions, WAF Rules and the Ones That Only Happen on HTTPS

A 403 has five common sources and they need opposite fixes. Here is how to tell file permissions from a WAF block from an access rule in under two minutes, including the 403s that appear only over HTTPS.

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Roundcube Alternatives in 2026: What to Run Instead, and When Not to Bother

SnappyMail, SOGo, Cypht and Nextcloud Mail compared against Roundcube 1.7.2. RainLoop is finished, SOGo 6 is still alpha, and for most servers the honest answer is that Roundcube is fine — here is when it is not.

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SOGo vs Roundcube: Groupware or Webmail, and Why the Answer Is Rarely Both

Roundcube is a webmail client. SOGo is a groupware server with calendars, contacts and ActiveSync. They are not competitors, and picking the wrong one costs you either features you needed or complexity you did not.

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CentOS Web Panel vs VestaCP in 2026: One Is Still Patched, the Other Has Not Cut a Release Since 2021

CWP shipped a security-focused release on 27 July 2026. VestaCP's last tagged release was November 2021, though commits continue. If you are choosing between them for a RHEL-family server, that gap is the entire decision.

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aaPanel vs CyberPanel in 2026: Two Free Panels Chasing the Same Server

Both are free, both run on RHEL-family Linux, both ship Docker. aaPanel wins on application catalogue and polish; CyberPanel wins on web server performance and open governance. The security records point in different directions.

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