Notes from building KNJ Panel, in the order it actually happened.
blog /blɒɡ/ noun — 1. A web log. 2. Here: a build log. What we built, what broke, and what we learned.
Real cPanel/WHM ships a “DNS Only” build: the same software running in a restricted mode as a secondary nameserver for a Main server. We wanted the same shape…
Read more →This phase looked at how established hosting panels handle installation and first login, and built a proper onboarding flow of our own. What was missing Our install script…
Read more →Two small closes to end the day: an impersonation bug, and cutting a release so the day’s work shows up as one. The 404 with no way back…
Read more →After audit #11, two parity items remained: User Manager and Exim Configuration Manager. Neither needed what its name implies. User Manager was already done under a different name…
Read more →Audit #11 deferred three installer password-handling findings (Drupal, Nextcloud, and phpBB) rather than guess at a fix for tools whose exact behavior hadn’t been confirmed. Going back to…
Read more →A different approach from every prior audit: go through everything first, fix whatever turns up, and then run the audit proper. Most past audits worked the other way…
Read more →The last item on the original migration-tools roadmap line: promoting an addon domain into its own top-level hosting account. What “ready for it” means The question before any…
Read more →The last missing piece of the original migration-tools roadmap line: pulling one or more accounts straight from a live remote cPanel/WHM server over SSH, rather than requiring someone…
Read more →Restore from cPanel Backup shipped two days earlier with an honest gap: if a customer’s database has their old domain baked into a settings table, such as a…
Read more →The previous phase shipped one shape of the feature: an admin uploads a cPanel backup and it becomes a brand-new account. A follow-up question surfaced a second, different…
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