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In the Question of How to install Website panel on Windows? We can help you.

Website Panel is a control panel that helps us to manage websites, application tools, email accounts, and much more easily on our Windows server.

Apart from Plesk, it is also considered as one of the prominent control panels for Windows.

So In this article, we will cover the installation and fix some common errors.

Here at Bobcares, we often get requests from our customers to install Website panel for their Windows servers as a part of server management services.

Now let’s see how our Support Techs do this for our customers.

Installing Website Panel on Windows

Indeed Website Panel, earlier known as DotNetPanel. It is an open-source control panel that allows us to fully control our application pools, websites, email accounts, and much more on our Windows server.

We need SQLExpress and Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 as prerequisites. Here are the steps to help us install it:

Steps to install Website Panel on Windows

1. First, type mstsc in the command prompt to get the Remote Desktop dialog box.

2.  Then Download the .exe installation file from https://www.websitepanel.net/downloads/

3. We will have to register an account for downloading this.

4. After that we can choose the latest stable release (2.1) and click on ”Website Panel Installer” to start the download.

5. When the download is complete, we can run the file “WebsitePanelSetup-2.1.0” and click “Next”.

6. Then click “Next” twice for installing the missing components.

7. For installing Portal into the default directory click “Next”.

8. We can set the IP address and hostname for accessing its Server and click “Next”.

9. Next we will create a new user account for accessing the website also we will uncheck the “Create Active directory account” checkbox.

10. Choose a password for accessing the server. Type in the password and click “Next”.

11. We will set the IP address and hostname for accessing Website Panel Enterprise Server and click “Next”.

12. Then we will create a new user account used for accessing the website on Enterprise Server. Uncheck the “Create Active directory account” check box.

13.  We will set a password for accessing the server as admin.  After typing the password then click “Next”.

14. For testing the connection to SQLExpress click “Test Connection” if a message pops up with “Success” click “Next”.

In case if we encounter any error like "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM” we can take Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio and login using the Windows Authentication.

Go to the Object Explorer and expand /Security/Logins, double click on "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM”.

From there click on “Server Roles”  in the dialogue box which appears and check the box "sysadmin”. This possibly will fix the error.
 
We will verify this by clicking on “Test Connection” again.

15. For accessing the portal for Website Panel we will create a new user account, set a password for it, and then uncheck the “Create Active directory account” checkbox.

16. Finally click “Next” and click “Install”. With this, we will complete the installation of It on the Windows server.

Some Common Errors Related to Website Panel.

Therefore now We will see some of the common errors related to Website Panel and the steps to fix them.

•  Error received while Opening Website Panel 1.2 version installed
• Website Panel error ::  Web Application Gallery module is unavailable
• error of the login: Advanced statistics is not enabled for the specified domain
• System.Net.Web Exception: The request failed with HTTP status 400: Bad Request

1.Error received while Opening Website Panel 1.2 version installed:

Way of solution:

Website Panel 1.2 is no longer supported. So we can try installing the latest version of Website Panel to fix the above error.

2.Website Panel error ::  Web Application Gallery module is unavailable

In general, we will receive this error while we are trying to install any Microsoft Applications from Microsoft Web Application Gallery inside Website Panel.

Way of solution:

The solution differs for 32 bit and 64 bit operating systems.

For 32-bit Operating System

To fix this error, we will make some changes in the Windows registry file as below:

1. First we will open the registry to change MsDeploy v1 path.

2. And Navigate through [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\IIS Extensions\MSDeploy\1].

3. Under “Install Path_x86” enter the value C:\Program Files\IIS\Microsoft Web Deploy\.

4. Next navigate through [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\IIS Extensions\MSDeploy\2].

5. Under “Install Path_x86” enter the value C:\Program Files\IIS\Microsoft Web Deploy V2\.

6. Finally, restart IIS after making the changes.

For 64-bit Operating System

To fix this error on a 64-bit Operating System we can do the following:

1. Install the latest version of MS Deploy (x64 version) from http://www.iis.net/downloads/microsoft/web-deploy

2. Then run the Website Panel Server application pool in 64-bit mode.

3. Finally, restart the IIS service.

3.Login Error: Advanced statistics is not enabled for the specified domain

So While installing AWStats with the secure login tool, we will receive the following error:

Way of solution:

For fixing this error we will make slight changes in the User Rights Assignment.

Changes to be made are given in the following steps:

1. First, take the  Administrative Tools and go to Local Security Settings in the windows server.

2. Then go to User Policies and take User Rights Assignment.

3. We will assign rights to DNP Web User by right-clicking on the rights.

4. After that we will choose properties, click Add User or Group.

5. From there choose Object Types and select only Group, click OK.

6. After that take Advance then go to Find Now and select DNP Web Users group.

7. Finally we can click OK thrice for completing the step.

4. System.Net.Web Exception: The request failed with HTTP status 400: Bad Request

The Website Panel stops working at times and this error appears in the portal.

way of solution:

We can fix this error with the following steps:

1. First,  we will start the Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.

2. After that we will choose the site in the IIS tree.

3. Then double-click the Authentication icon.

4. And we will open the Authentication feature in IIS.

Usually, Windows Authentication appears as an option in IIS website authentication settings we can check whether if it is disabled.

Conclusion

Therefore To conclude we saw the steps that our Support engineers follow to install Website Panel on Windows. Also, we saw how to fix some common errors of It.