What is it?

DTC, or Domain Technologie Control, is an open source GPL Web hosting control panel for administrative and accounting hosting services. DTC is hosting software for everyday server administration of Web, DNS, FTP or mail hosting. Using a Web group identifier, DTC delegates the task of creating subdomains, email, and FTP accounts to users for the domain names they own. DTC manages a MySQL database containing all the hosting information. It has support for many programs and can also generate backup scripts, calculation scripts, and config files using a single system user/group identifier and monitor all traffic accounting per user and per service. The main coding, design, and ideas were developed by Thomas Goirand beginning in 2002.

Who is it for?

DTC is designed for use by both private and commercial Web hosting services, regardless of size. It is one of the few control panels offered as open source software available free of charge under the General Public License. It is considered by many users to be the best of its kind.

Features

DTC features a real-time bandwidth monitor for all servers on an “each user” basis, automatic IP update, antivirus and anti-spam with spam quarantine for mail, automated backup NS and MX between two or more control panels, store-front integration with registration form and payment gateway options, mailing lists with many options including moderation, header customization, and HTML archives, and a package installer similar to Fantastico to install applications such as phpBB, osCommerce, and Drupal in just a few clicks. DTC is fully skinable and translated into several languages, including Chinese, English, Spanish, French, Dutch, German, Italian, Russian, Hungarian, Romanian and Polish.

Administration features include a chrooted cgi-bin with execution limitation for server protection, a non-intrusive installer that won’t destroy but will modify the current server configuration, and professional but affordable business support. The panel in general contains three panels: admin, shared account (client), and email mini-panel. DTC can be totally scripted for all the functions of the panel by PHP, CURL and so on, simply calling an URL. It offers an optional registrar API and supports payment gateways with Instant Account Activation. The super admin can build hosting plans. DTC also offers a package automatic installer, anti-spam with support of Amavis, Clamav and Spamassassin, and a support IP that binds on a LAN. The panel can also do FTP backup of all domains and MySQL databases, including the DTC database.

Compatibility

DTC can run with virtually any Apache, MySQL, or PHP version and any Unix system that understands SH and PHP. It supports all Web browsers including Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, and text browsers like Lynx and Links. The best supported system is Debian, but FreeBSD, RedHat, and OS-X are also supported with a Unix type independency.

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