Herne Panel Documentation

Sites

Go to Sites → New Site and enter your domain (without www) to create a new site. Nginx config and SSL certificate are set up automatically.

Settings

Manage General, SSL / HTTPS, PHP Limits, Redis Defaults, Additional Domains / Aliases, and Danger Zone from focused Settings pages.

Additional Domains / Aliases

Add, edit, and remove extra hostnames for a site with modal actions, SSL inclusion, redirect behavior, and compact status badges.

Quick Install / Apps

Install WebBlocks CMS or a clean Laravel application skeleton with safe .env handling, APP_KEY protection, cleanup, and retry support.

Canonical Domain Migration

Promote a temporary site domain to the real primary domain with backups, file moves, alias cleanup, and Nginx/SSL verification.

Site Setup Wizard

Follow the four-step wizard to connect a Git repo, fill .env, create a database, and run the first deploy.

Deploy

Configure a Git repository URL, branch, and deploy path under the Deploy tab.

Databases

Create a MySQL database per site under Sites → Databases → New Database.

Email

Use Sites → Email to inspect mail-server readiness, verify the required DNS records, and provision real mailboxes into the live Postfix and Dovecot setup for the site domain.

SFTP & SSH Keys

Create an SFTP user under Sites → SFTP. Each user is restricted (chrooted) to the site's /web_root directory.

File Manager

Browse, edit, upload, rename, and delete files directly from the browser under Sites → Files.

.env, Artisan & Terminal

Edit the .env file directly in the browser under Sites → .env. Use Ctrl/Cmd+S to save.

Backups

Create file or database backups under Sites → Backups → New Backup.

Cron Jobs

The Cron page edits the www-data crontab — jobs run as the web server user.

Panel API

Automate Herne from scripts, CI pipelines, and agents with capability-scoped bearer tokens — the same rules and limits as the panel itself.

Tips

Useful tips and common gotchas when running Laravel applications on Herne.