EG Hosting Panel V1

EG Hosting Panel – Full Hosting Commerce, Billing & Provisioning Platform

The EG Hosting Panel is a comprehensive, CI4-based hosting commerce platform for providing a professional web hosting, server and domain shop under its own control. It combines a modern Shop frontendA powerful one. Customer Centre and a deeply integrated Admin headquarters for infrastructure, billing, support and system operation.

The software is for use on Dedicated or cloud/VPS servers with root access Designed and provides complete control over cronjobs, firewall, SSL, mail, API connections and system processes.

1. Shop frontend – hosting, domains & server products

The public frontend forms the basis for the sale of hosting products, domains and server services.

• Product catalogue: Web hosting, Business/WordPress hosting, Cloud/Dedicated Server, Managed Server, Software products
• Domain system: Real-time domain check, availability, TLD price list, shopping cart integration
• Tariff finder: Assistant for automated packet discovery
• Checkout: Terms, add-ons, coupons, VAT/VIES, order conclusion
• Configurator: Product configuration before order (e.g. CPU/RAM/Storage)
• Multilingualism: German and English
• Multicurrency: EUR, USD, GBP (exchange rates via Cron)
• CMS: Static pages, legal texts, content management
• Consent system: Cookie/Consent banner (necessary, analysis, marketing, media)
• Maintenance mode: Timed maintenance page with countdown & admin bypass
• Login/registration: Password reset, optional 2FA & Passkeys

2. Customer Center – Management of all hosting & domain services

The Customer Center offers a complete self-service environment for hosting customers.

• Dashboard: Notes, status, open tasks
• Services: Hosting management, DNS, termination, panel login
• Hosting Premium: Advanced actions such as backups, snapshots, security features (depending on API)
• Domains: Nameservers, DNS records, transfers, renewals
• Invoices: PDF, payment, printing, ZUGFeRD-Export
• Tickets: Support system with attachments
• Balances: Charge & use as a means of payment
• Account: Profile data, VAT-ID/VIES, account deletion
• Security: SMS verification, TOTP-2FA, passkeys
• Downloads: Software provision including limits

3. Administration – Infrastructure, Billing, Support & System Operations

The admin area is at the heart of the panel and provides complete control over customers, products, servers and system processes.

3.1 Customers and Shop

• Customer management, team rights, customer groups
• Orders, services, invoices, dunning services
• Product Management & Pricing

3.2 Infrastructure

• Server management (KeyHelp, Plesk, Hetzner Cloud & Robot)
• Hetzner Cloud Sync & Price Markup
• TLD Prices & Domain Configuration

3.3 Support

• Ticket system with departments, status, templates
• Help centre
• Live chat

3.4 Website & CMS

• CMS, campaign widget, SEO autopilot
• Languages, currencies, billing design

3.5 System operation

• Security Firewall (rate limit, bot/geo-block, honeypot, IP-whitelist)
• Protocols, cache, mail-queue
• Analytics, compliance, accessibility
• Cron & Master-Cron
• Backup system
• Mail Templates & System Settings

3.6 Media

• Media library for pictures & videos

4. Safety and operation

• Roles & Rights: Admin, Staff, Customer
• CSRF, rate limits, session protection
• Firewall: Bot-Filter, Geo-Block, Honeypot, IP-Block/Whitelist
• 2FA & Passkeys: For Admin & Customers
• Audit logs: All security-related events
• Backup system: Configurable, including logs
• Master crown: Central control of all system tasks
• Maintenance bypass: Staff sees banners instead of maintenance

5. Interfaces and API integrations

5.1 Payment gateways

• PayPal (checkout, subscriptions, webhooks)
• Stripe (checkout, webhooks)
• Mollie (API-Key or OAuth Connect)
• Transfer (offline)
• Balance (internal balance)

Webhook endpoints: /api/webhooks/paypal, /stripe, /mollie

5.2 Domain APIs

• InterNetX AutoDNS (primary)
• OpenProvider (alternatively)
• RDAP/WHOIS (optional)

5.3 Server provisioning

• KeyHelp – full provisioning
• Plesk – full provisioning
• Hetzner Cloud – Provisioning + Sync
• Hetzner Robot – Dedicated Server Connection
• WireGuard – VPN Provisioning
• cPanel/DirectAdmin – Display/Links (no Provisioner)

5.4 Other services

• BulkSMS – SMS verification and 2FA
• SMTP/Mail-Queue – asynchronous transaction mails
• LibreTranslate – optional DE↔EN translation
• VIES – EU‐USt‐ID examination
• Exchange Rates – Cron-Retrieval
• Licensecheck.info – Software License Examination
• Geo-IP – countries/flags/analytics
• WebAuthn – Passkeys
• WAVE – Accessibility Scans

6. Technical architecture

• Framework: CodeIgniter 4.7+
• Language: PHP 8.3+
• Data base: MySQL/MariaDB (utf8mb4)
• Cache: File or Redis
• Frontend: Premium–UI + EuroMCE editor
• Jobs: Cron + Master-Cron
• PDF: Dompdf incl. ZUGFeRD
• Document root: /public

7. Server requirements

7.1 Minimum requirements

• 4 vCPU
• 8 GB of RAM
• 80–160 GB SSD/NVMe
• Debian 12 / Ubuntu 22.04+
• Root-SSH and firewall control

7.2 Recommended

• 6–8+ Cores
• 16 GB+ RAM
• 250 GB+ NVMe
• Redis for Cache
• Monitoring (CPU/RAM/Disk/SSL/Cron)

7.3 Software stack

• Nginx or Apache
• PHP 8.3+ FPM with mysqli, intl, mbstring, curl, openssl, gd/imagick, dom/xml
• MySQL 8 / MariaDB 10.6+
• Composers
• Cronjobs (Minute)
• SMTP relay with SPF/DKIM/DMARC

7.4 Network

• Starting: HTTPS for Payment, Domain, Hetzner, SMS APIs
• Incoming: 80/443, 22 (SSH), DB only internally
• Webhooks must be accessible

8. Short version

EG Hosting Panel – Professional shop, billing and customer platform for hosting, domains and servers. With admin center, customer center, payment gateways, domain APIs, server provisioning, firewall, cron engine, backups and maintenance mode. Optimized for dedicated/cloud servers with root access.

Free installation & complete initial setup – completely stress-free

So that you can EG Hosting Panel without technical effort and without risk, we offer a free installation and complete initial setup directly on your dedicated or cloud server. Our team takes all steps – from server verification to the final handover – so that you can focus exclusively on your hosting business.

What we do for you

• Server Check & System Validation: Examination of OS, PHP version, firewall, DNS, SSL, cron capability and API accessibility
• Installation of the panel: Establishment of the CodeIgniter structure, database, composer dependencies, cronjobs, mail queue
• Configuration of all core modules: Shop, customer center, admin area, CMS, currencies, languages, billing design
• Establishment of safety functions: Firewall module, rate limits, 2FA/passkeys, audit logs, system policies
• Integration of your APIs: PayPal, Stripe, Mollie, InterNetX, OpenProvider, Hetzner Cloud/Robot, BulkSMS, SMTP
• Domain and DNS setup: SSL configuration, subdomains, redirects, webhook accessibility
• Optimization of the server: PHP‐FPM tuning, OPcache, Nginx/Apache optimisation, cron stability
• Test phase & acceptance: Checkout tests, domain registration test, provisioning test, mail queue test

Your advantage: Get started immediately

Upon completion of the facility, you will receive a Fully operational system, including:

• Fully functional shop
• finished customer centre
• Configured admin center
• active payment and domain APIs
• Provided server provisioning
• Optimized hosting stack

You don’t have to install anything, configure anything and solve any technical problems – we handle everything. Your hosting business starts immediately, without stress and without waiting.

Optional: Extended Facility

Upon request, we also take over:

• Migration of existing customers & products
• Import of TLD price lists
• Branding & Theme Adjustments
• Integration of external systems (e.g. monitoring, backup storage)
• Server fleet onboarding (KeyHelp/Plesk/Hetzner)

All basic services are free of charge. Extensions by arrangement.