mPanel is BinaryLane’s primary cloud management interface, allowing customers to manage their VPS, networking, domains, billing, and support requests. This guide provides an overview of mPanel’s navigation and serves as a continuation of the 'First Steps' guide, providing a detailed look at how to navigate and manage your services within mPanel.
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Navigating the BinaryLane platform
This is the top-most navigation bar, it's what you'll use to move around the BinaryLane platform:
Services
Clicking the 'Services' button will take you to your services page, this is where you'll be able to see all your VPSs, Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs) and any Load Balancers:
From this page, you'll be able to add new servers using the
button, create a new VPC using
, or deploy a load balancer using
.
To navigate to a server's dashboard from within the services page, find the region or VPC your server is in, then click the
button on the right-hand side.
Domains
Clicking the 'Domains' button will take you to the management page for your domains. You'll be able to see a list of the domains you've created or transferred into BinaryLane:
You can register new domains or transfer existing domains by clicking
. We can also facilitate DNS hosting for your domains.
The `Registration Status`, `Expires`, and `Registrar` details are fetched from Whois. To fetch the latest details, you'll need to click
.
Note: For new accounts, the ability to purchase new domains is disabled by default. If you'd like to purchase domains on BinaryLane, please reach out to support asking us to enable Domain Purchases for your account.
Account
The 'Account' button will take you to your account management page where you can review adjust your billing, contact information, security details (such as your password, Google Authenticator (2FA), SSH Keys, API keys etc.) and newsletter subscription options:
If you have any in-store credit, this will be displayed at the top of the page.
You can click
to get a cumulated overview of your current service cost for the current usage period or add funds to your account:
>> How will I be billed?
Help Desk
Clicking the 'Help Desk' button will take you to the support portal, where you can access various support resources to assist with managing your services on BinaryLane:
From this page, you can:
- Access a collection of guides and troubleshooting articles that provide answers to common questions and help resolve issues.
- New Support Ticket – If you need assistance with your services, you can open a support ticket by clicking
'
New support ticket '. - Check ticket status – You can track the status of your current and past support tickets by clicking
'
Check ticket status '.
Server Dashboard Navigation and Usage
Your Server Dashboard is where you will primarily interact with your server on BinaryLane. You'll be able to perform tasks such as rebooting, reviewing your server's usage charts, modifying your server's configuration via the 'Change Plan' page, adjusting advanced settings and more:
The dashboard is segmented into 7 parts:
- Top-navigation bar:
- Home button (
) :
This button will direct you back to your main server dashboard if you're on any sub-page (e.g. 'Advanced Settings', 'Firewall Editor' etc.) - Drop-down box (
) :
This indicates what service you're currently viewing. You can click this box to quickly navigate to any other services you have on the same BinaryLane account. - Settings icon (
) :
This is where you will access shortcuts for your server's settings, clicking this button will open a menu that you can use to navigate to your certain VPS settings:
For information on what these settings can do, please refer to our helpdesk article on the matter: Advanced Settings : BinaryLane - Resource statistics bar (
) :
An at-a-glance overview of your server's reported resource usage, including CPU utilisation percentage, current RAM usage, remaining disk space, the monthly data transfer limit for this service and how many days until this limit resets. This information is pulled from your server's Resource Graphs, accessible via the settings menu. - Change Plan (
) :
Clicking this button will take you to your server's 'Change Plan' page. From here, you can add more resources to your server or reduce them, change your current operating system (see section 'Rebuilding Your VPS and Choosing Another Operating System' in our helpdesk article How to Rebuild Your VPS for more information) or include additional add-ons (e.g. Remote Desktop SALs, cPanel accounts etc.). You'll be able to review the current cost and monthly change at the bottom of this page before confirming any changes.
- Home button (
- Server Status:
- Here, you'll be able to see if your server is running, if external connectivity towards your server is working via the built-in ping check (see section 'Ping Check in mPanel' in our helpdesk article BinaryLane mPanel service IPs for more information), which region your server is located in, what host-node (the underlying server) your VPS is currently housed on and what the storage type for this server is.
- You can also restart your server by clicking
, which sends a reboot command for the server to process. If the server is unresponsive to these requests, you can perform a Power Cycle using
. This forcibly reboots the underlying virtual machine (VM) and may be required in some circumstances.
- Here, you'll be able to see if your server is running, if external connectivity towards your server is working via the built-in ping check (see section 'Ping Check in mPanel' in our helpdesk article BinaryLane mPanel service IPs for more information), which region your server is located in, what host-node (the underlying server) your VPS is currently housed on and what the storage type for this server is.
- Server Access Details:
- This section provides essential access information for your server, including the server’s hostname, 'root' username, and your 'root' password. This password will be masked once you've reloaded the page or navigated away. It also contains a direct permalink - a unique identifier as a permanent DNS "A" record mapping to its IP for automated hostname resolution. You'll find a quick-access link to our SSH guide, and if your server is linked to a partner server, its details will be displayed in this section.
- This section provides essential access information for your server, including the server’s hostname, 'root' username, and your 'root' password. This password will be masked once you've reloaded the page or navigated away. It also contains a direct permalink - a unique identifier as a permanent DNS "A" record mapping to its IP for automated hostname resolution. You'll find a quick-access link to our SSH guide, and if your server is linked to a partner server, its details will be displayed in this section.
- Server Networking Details:
- The Network section provides essential details about your server’s connectivity and security settings. The exact fields displayed depend on your server’s configuration, such as whether it is in a VPC with NAT, VPC with a split-NIC setup, or a standard network configuration.
Common Fields:
- Public IP Address – The external IP assigned to your server.
- Internal IP (LAN/VPC IP) – The private network IP, which may be a NAT-assigned address or a separate internal network interface.
- Reverse DNS (rDNS) – The PTR record for your IP, which can be modified if needed.
- Port Blocking – Indicates whether certain outbound ports are restricted for security reasons.
- Cloud Firewall – Shows whether the cloud firewall is enabled or configured.
Additional Fields (Based on Configuration):
- Secondary IP(s) – Additional public IPs assigned to your server.
- IPv6 Address – Displays your assigned IPv6 address. If IPv6 is disabled, a link to enable it will appear.
- IPv6 Routed – If applicable, shows the routed IPv6 subnet.
- Subnet Mask – Specifies the subnet assigned to your public IP.
- Default Route – Displays the default gateway for outbound traffic.
- Network MTU – The Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) size for the network.
- Name Servers – Lists the DNS resolvers assigned to your server.
- Source/Destination Check – A setting typically relevant for VPC-based networking, which determines whether traffic not originating from your instance is allowed through.
- The Network section provides essential details about your server’s connectivity and security settings. The exact fields displayed depend on your server’s configuration, such as whether it is in a VPC with NAT, VPC with a split-NIC setup, or a standard network configuration.
- Server Disk Details:
- Here, you can see the total disk space allocated to your server. If you click on the displayed storage amount, you'll be taken to your disk allocation settings page where you can split your primary disk into multiple disks. It also displays when your last backup for this server occurred (clicking on the link will take you to your server's 'Snapshots, Backups & ISO Management' page) and a quick-access link to the 'Reinstall' page for your server.
- Here, you can see the total disk space allocated to your server. If you click on the displayed storage amount, you'll be taken to your disk allocation settings page where you can split your primary disk into multiple disks. It also displays when your last backup for this server occurred (clicking on the link will take you to your server's 'Snapshots, Backups & ISO Management' page) and a quick-access link to the 'Reinstall' page for your server.
- Kernel Selection Section:
- This section allows you to change the kernel running on your VPS, enabling you to boot into the Finnix Recovery CD for system maintenance, troubleshooting, or data recovery. The selected kernel determines how your server boots and operates, providing access to different tools and environments.
- This section allows you to change the kernel running on your VPS, enabling you to boot into the Finnix Recovery CD for system maintenance, troubleshooting, or data recovery. The selected kernel determines how your server boots and operates, providing access to different tools and environments.
- Recovery Console (NoVNC framebuffer stream)
- The Recovery Console provides direct access to your server’s virtual display using a NoVNC-based framebuffer stream. This feature allows you to interact with your server as if you were physically connected to it, making it an essential recovery tool when standard remote access methods like SSH are unavailable.
If your server becomes unresponsive or you experience network-related issues preventing internet-based access, the Recovery Console lets you log in and troubleshoot problems directly. This can be especially useful for resolving internal firewall misconfigurations, network settings errors, software crashes or system lock-ups that prevent normal operation.
Clicking
will open the console in a larger view, allowing for easier interaction.
- The Recovery Console provides direct access to your server’s virtual display using a NoVNC-based framebuffer stream. This feature allows you to interact with your server as if you were physically connected to it, making it an essential recovery tool when standard remote access methods like SSH are unavailable.
If you require assistance, feel free to submit a support ticket at our helpdesk here: Submit a ticket | BinaryLane