What You Can Do
Section titled “What You Can Do”Use hosting products when you want FOSSBilling to create and manage shared-hosting accounts through a supported control panel.
- Sell hosting plans that automatically create accounts on your servers
- Suspend and unsuspend accounts
- Track bandwidth and disk usage
- Support multiple control panels
Current Limitations
Section titled “Current Limitations”- Can't import existing accounts from control panels
- Suspension reasons aren't sent to the control panel (only stored in FOSSBilling)
- No single sign-on (SSO) — clients log in separately
Supported Control Panels
Section titled “Supported Control Panels”FOSSBilling integrates with these control panels:
| Control Panel | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| CWP | ✅ Working | - |
| HestiaCP | ✅ Working | - |
| DirectAdmin | ✅ Working | - |
| cPanel/WHM | ✅ Working | - |
| Plesk | ⚠️ Working | Minor bug with package syncing |
Anything not listed above likely won't work. Check our server managers documentation for setup guides.
Setting Up Hosting
Section titled “Setting Up Hosting”- Configure your server in System → Hosting plans and servers
- Create hosting plans that match your control panel packages
- Create products using the "Hosting" product type
- Link them to your hosting plans
See server manager guides for specific setup instructions.
Domain Options
Section titled “Domain Options”When configuring a hosting product, you choose which domain options customers can use during checkout:
| Option | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Allow domain registration | Yes | Customers can register a new domain |
| Allow domain transfer | Yes | Customers can transfer an existing domain |
| Allow using own domain | Yes | Customers can point an existing domain they manage elsewhere |
| Offer free subdomains | No | Customers get a free subdomain on a base domain you provide |
Free Subdomains
Section titled “Free Subdomains”Enable Offer Free Subdomains and enter a Free Subdomain Base Domain (e.g., example.com) to let customers choose a subdomain like username.example.com without registering or transferring a domain.
- Duplicate subdomains are blocked — once a subdomain is assigned to an active order, it cannot be reused.
- The base domain is configured per product and cannot be overridden by clients.
- Free subdomains do not trigger domain registration or transfer charges.