Sympl Packages
Sympl is comprised of a number of packages, these are:
sympl-core
This is the core package for Sympl, and handles the Message Of The Day, as well as the libraries and core utilities.
sympl-web
Installs and configures the Apache web server.
sympl-ftp
Installs and configures Pure-FTPd which provides FTP access for domains.
sympl-mail
Installs and configures Exim and Dovecot, which transfer email and handle mailboxes respectively.
sympl-webmail
Installs and configures Roundcube, which provides a web interface for local email accounts.
sympl-mysql
Installs and configures the MariaDB database (which is a drop-in replacement for MySQL).
sympl-phpmyadmin
Installs and configures phpMyAdmin, a web interface for MariaDB.
sympl-dns
Generates DNS zone files in 'TinyDNS' format. Sympl versions 9.1 and 10.1 will include automatic DNS uploading via OctoDNS.
sympl-monit
A system monitor which ensures the installed services are up and running, and restarts them if they fail.
sympl-cron
Handles per-domain cron jobs.
sympl-firewall
Manages the iptables firewall for the server, based on the contents of /etc/sympl/firewall.
sympl-backup
Installs and configures backup2l, an easy to use backup utility.
sympl-updater
Installs and configures unattended-upgrades which automatically installs security updates and updates to Sympl.
libapache2-mod-vhost-sympl
An Apache module which is used by the Mass Hosting configuration to redirect traffic to the relevant site without individual apache configurations.
Other Packages
Other than the dependencies, a number of other suggested packages are also instaled by Sympl by default, such as Vim and htop.