Managing Servers Using the BT Panel (Historical Version)

Scenarios

The BT panel is a visualized server management software that supports more than 100 server management functions, such as one-click LAMP, LNMP, monitoring, website, FTP, database, and Java. FlexusL provides a BT panel application image running on Ubuntu 24.04. This image provides you with a web client to efficiently manage servers, such as website or file management, graphical monitoring, and scheduled tasks. You can use this application image to manage servers.

Prerequisites

You have purchased a FlexusL instance with a legacy BT Panel application image.

Step 1: Configure Security Groups

1. Log in to the FlexusL console and click the target resource card or instance name to go to the instance details page.
2. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Cloud Servers and click the target server name to view its details.

   

3. On the Security Groups tab, click Add Rule to add the rules listed in the following table.

   The following only lists common rules. You can add more rules as needed.

   Table 1 Security group rules

   Priority	Action	Type	Protocol & Port	Source	Description
   1	Allow	IPv4	TCP: 3306	0.0.0.0/0	Allows access to MySQL databases.
   1	Allow	IPv4	TCP: 9090	0.0.0.0/0	Allows access to the phpMyAdmin database management tool.
   1	Allow	IPv4	TCP: 8888	0.0.0.0/0	Allows access to the BT panel dashboard.
   1	Allow	IPv4	TCP: 443	0.0.0.0/0	Allows HTTPS traffic to FlexusL instances.
   1	Allow	IPv4	TCP: 80	0.0.0.0/0	Allows HTTP traffic to FlexusL instances.

Step 2: Reset the Password and Log In to the FlexusL Instance

This section describes how to log in to a FlexusL instance. A FlexusL instance does not have an initial password. After creating a FlexusL instance, set a password for the FlexusL instance before logging in to it.

1. In the Image area on the Overview page of the FlexusL console, click Access to go to the application dashboard and check whether the application has been up and running. If yes, go to the next step.
   

   Wait for several minutes until the application is up and running. Then, you can perform operations such as restarting or stopping the instance, or resetting the password. Otherwise, the initial password may become invalid and you cannot log in to the application dashboard.

   Figure 1 Entry to the application dashboard
   

   After the application is started, the initialization wizard page of the dashboard is displayed.

   

   

   If the dashboard is not properly displayed, possible causes are as follows:

   • The port for accessing the dashboard is not opened. Enable it as needed.
   • The dashboard is being started. Try again later.
2. Locate the resource card and choose > Reset Password. Alternatively, in the list view, click Reset Password in the Operation column to reset the password for the FlexusL instance.

   A FlexusL instance does not have an initial password. Set a password for the FlexusL instance before logging in to it. For details, see Resetting the Password for a FlexusL Instance.

   Figure 2 Resetting a password
   
3. Locate the resource card and click Remote Login. Alternatively, in the list view, click Remote Login in the Operation column. In the displayed dialog box, click VNC Login and enter the username and password as prompted to log in to the FlexusL instance. For more login methods, see Login Modes.

   The username is root, and the password is the one you set in the previous step.

   

Step 3: Initialize the BT Panel

Application images use code-based Ubuntu. They provide graphical user interfaces to make your operations easier. You need to initialize the application dashboard upon the first login. Then you can directly log in to the dashboard from the FlexusL console afterwards.

1. Obtain the administrator username and password for logging in to the BT panel.

   Remotely log in to the server and run sudo cat /credentials/password.txt to obtain the username and password for logging in to the BT panel.

   

2. On the Overview page, click Access in the Dashboard field in the Image area.

   

   

   If the dashboard is not properly displayed, possible causes are as follows:

   • The port for accessing the dashboard is not opened. Enable it as needed.
   • The dashboard is being started. Try again later.
3. Enter the username and password obtained in 1 and click Login.

   

   

   If you cannot log in to the application dashboard, see Why Cannot I Access the Dashboard of the Application Pre-installed in the Application Image After Entering the Initial Username and Password?

4. Install the basic software bundle.

   You can select recommended software packages and click One-click to install them when you log in to the dashboard for the first time.

   You can also close the popup and select other software from App Store and install them afterwards.

   

After the initialization of the BT panel application is complete, you can deploy applications on the dashboard.

Step 4: Deploy the BT Panel