VPS Optmized Logo

[paulkoan]

Originally Posted by electric

If you really want to remove the logo, then I think you should contact cpanel and offer to pay a full-price regular license that will work in the VPS environment. (ie: Pay full price for a "regular" license, even though it's technically a VPS.)

Heh, that made me laugh. I am guessing you weren't serious?

[cpaneldave]

Originally Posted by nat

My servers are not virtual private servers.

When my users see "VPS Optimize" in their cpanel's, they think they are on a virtual private server when they are not.

They think something has changed and blame absolutely everything on the new logo. Client after client is whining with crap that has nothing to do with this silly new logo. They just don't get that it is just a picture. They don't even get it after telling them it's just a new cpanel logo and does nothing becase our servers are not virtual private servers.

There is no reason to be mentioning "VPS Optimize" on a non-VPS servers. In my case, this "VPS Optimize" logo is only creating confusion and whining.

If you're not running a VPS and you see the logo, please submit a support ticket so we can solve the issue.

[mambovince]

I don't understand why this was needed. Why target VPS hosts specifically?

ASAIK There are far more small hosting companies using reseller accounts which tend to be overloaded and give a much worse user experience.
Yet they aren't forced to be 'transparent' to their customers.

I only use high-end VPS's for hosting client sites, and the specs often exceed many dedicated servers.

I hope cPanel will reverse this decision.

Best wishes,

- Vince

P.S. Are the cPanel tweaks for optimizing a VPS not aplicable to dedicated servers?

[mambovince]

Hi,
May I kindly suggest a reply to my comments/logic, from either cPanel or users please?

Many thanks,

- Vince

[cpaneldave]

Originally Posted by mambovince

I don't understand why this was needed. Why target VPS hosts specifically?

ASAIK There are far more small hosting companies using reseller accounts which tend to be overloaded and give a much worse user experience.
Yet they aren't forced to be 'transparent' to their customers.

I don't understand what you mean by "targeting VPS hosts specifically". The version of cPanel is optimized for VPS and thus called VPS Optimized. If we made a version optimized for something else, we would make a distinction with that version as well.

I only use high-end VPS's for hosting client sites, and the specs often exceed many dedicated servers.

I hope cPanel will reverse this decision.

Best wishes,

- Vince

P.S. Are the cPanel tweaks for optimizing a VPS not aplicable to dedicated servers?

Some of these tweaks trickle down to dedicated servers, mainly those related to services. Others do not as they are specific to VPS environments. You'll see more info in the future about VPS vs Dedicated tweaks.

[mambovince]

Originally Posted by cpaneldave

I don't understand what you mean by "targeting VPS hosts specifically". The version of cPanel is optimized for VPS and thus called VPS Optimized. If we made a version optimized for something else, we would make a distinction with that version as well.

My comment was meant to be taken in context of this thread i.e VPS hosts unhappy with the new VPS logo, and to be considered together with my full comment regarding hosts using resller accounts.

AFAIK There are far more small hosting companies using reseller accounts which tend to be overloaded and give a much worse user experience.
Yet they aren't forced to be 'transparent' to their customers.

To clarify further, it has been suggested in this thread that cPanel is justified enforcing this on VPS owners/hosts so as to be "transparent" with their clients.

Hence, my reasoning is suggesting that VPS owners are unduly victimised when compared with hosts using reseller accounts - as these are not identified by a specific cPanel logo so as they also be "transparent" with their clients.

Apologies if I wasn't clear enough in my previous post.

Best wishes,

- Vince

[cpaneldave]

Originally Posted by mambovince

To clarify further, it has been suggested in this thread that cPanel is justified enforcing this on VPS owners/hosts so as to be "transparent" with their clients.

I haven't seen anywhere in the thread where a representative of cPanel has said this.

VPS Optimized is a separate code base that we work on with specific tweaks for VPS environments. The branding on this product is not going to change.

[tkerns]

QUOTE=cpaneldave;422589] The branding on this product is not going to change.[/QUOTE]

Dave,
Since this is so, is it possible to run a standard copy of cpanel on a vps?

I have a vps with 2 cpu cores guaranteed, burst to 8, 4 gigs guaranteed ram, burst to 8 gig.

Is there any detrement to running a standard copy of cpanel on the above mentioned vps?

Thanks.

Tom

[cpaneldave]

Tom,
Right now, it's not possible to run cPanel / WHM for dedicated server on a virtualized system. Sorry for any confusion.

[tkerns]

Dave,
I see you edited your post, as the email notification I received said it was possible

What about servers that have only one VPS per server. The reason I like to run VPS software, even on a server with only one VPS, is that it makes it really easy to migrate from server to server in the case of hardware failure, or hardware upgrades.

So are you saying that it is impossible to run the standard copy of cpanel on any vps, even if it doesnt qualify for vps licensing?

I know the vps license is cheaper, but the few dollars a month extra for a standard license is a drop in the bucket compared what I already pay for these servers.

Thanks.

Tom

[cpaneldave]

Originally Posted by tkerns

Dave,
I see you edited your post, as the email notification I received said it was possible

What about servers that have only one VPS per server. The reason I like to run VPS software, even on a server with only one VPS, is that it makes it really easy to migrate from server to server in the case of hardware failure, or hardware upgrades.

So are you saying that it is impossible to run the standard copy of cpanel on any vps, even if it doesnt qualify for vps licensing?

I know the vps license is cheaper, but the few dollars a month extra for a standard license is a drop in the bucket compared what I already pay for these servers.

Thanks.

Tom

It's not currently possible as our universal installer will detect that it is a VPS and install VPS Optimized.

[Nhojohl]

How-To Change the logo to just say WHM...

cd /usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/docroot/themes/x
cp logo_vps.jpg logo_vps.jpg.bak
rm -f logo_vps.jpg
wget http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/6808/logovpsxg9.jpg
mv logovpsxg9.jpg logo_vps.jpg

To prevent it from being changed:

chattr +i /usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/docroot/themes/x/logo_vps.jpg

EDIT: Example screenshot



Personally I like the VPS Optimized part, looks shnazzy but this is for those of you who really really don't want clients, etc, to see it...
Also... I take no responsibility if you botch something up :P