OpenAdmin API Documentation

OpenAdmin API can be used to manage options available from the OpenAdmin interface: hosting plans, accounts, domains, services, DNS, email, security, server administration, and more. All API endpoints require Bearer JWT authentication.

To generate a token for use with the endpoints, send a POST request to /api/ using your OpenAdmin username and password:

curl -X POST "https://OPENADMIN_DOMAIN_OR_IP:2087/api/" && \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"username":"OPENADMIN_USERNAME","password":"OPENADMIN_PASSWORD"}'

We recommend creating a separate admin user dedicated solely to API usage. This way, you can quickly suspend or delete that account if its credentials are ever compromised.

Example response with the token is:

{"access_token":"eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInRs4CI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVzaCI6ZmFsc2UsImlhdCI6MTc4MDc0OTkwOCwianRpIjoiZDcwZmY2NmEtNDNiOC00OGZkLThiMWEtZDIwYWUwMDNhNjEyIiwidHlwZSI6ImFjY2VzcyIsInN1YiI6Im9wc3VwcG9ydCIsIm5iZiI6MTc4MDc0OTkwOCwiY3NyZiI6IjZlOGRmNGVmLTA0MjktNGNkYy1hNTg5LTJkYzUwMDk2ZDI2NSIsI3V4cCI6MTc4M33c1MDgwOH0.WLQ8rsVOF6pQg07i1fI1lXfd8_cCmryiOjGqg8zgOmw"}

This token must be sent in header for all other API endpoints:

-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_JWT_TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json"

💡 Hint: Use opencli api list command to view usage examples for all the endpoints available on your OpenPanel version.

Users​

List All Accounts​

GET /api/users

[
  {
    "username": "stefan",
    "email": "stefan@pejcic.rs",
    "plan_name": "default_plan_nginx"
  }
]

Create Account​

POST /api/users Request Body:

{
  "email": "stefan@pejcic.rs",
  "username": "stefan",
  "password": "s32dsasaq",
  "plan_name": "default_plan_nginx"
}

Response:

{
  "response": {
    "message": "Successfully added user stefan password: s32dsasaq"
  },
  "success": true
}

Get Single Account​

GET /api/users/{username}

Suspend / Unsuspend / Change Password​

PATCH /api/users/{username} Request Body Example:

{
  "action": "suspend",
  "password": "NEW_PASSWORD_HERE"
}

Change Plan​

PUT /api/users/{username} Request Body:

{
  "plan_name": "default_plan_nginx"
}

Delete Account​

DELETE /api/users/{username}

Autologin to User Account​

CONNECT /api/users/{username}

List Users with Dedicated IPs​

GET /api/ips

List a User's Containers​

GET /api/users/{username}/containers

Add ?stats=1 to get live CPU/memory/network stats for that user's containers instead of the compose service definitions.

Manage a User's Container​

POST /api/users/{username}/containers/{action}/{container_name}

{action} is one of start, stop, restart, cpu, ram.

Request Body (for cpu/ram only):

{
  "value": "2"
}

Plans​

List All Plans​

GET /api/plans Response:

{
  "plans": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "ubuntu_nginx_mysql",
      "description": "Unlimited disk space and Nginx",
      "bandwidth": 100,
      "cpu": "1",
      "ram": "1g",
      "disk_limit": "10 GB",
      "storage_file": "0 GB",
      "inodes_limit": 1000000,
      "db_limit": 0,
      "domains_limit": 0,
      "websites_limit": 10,
      "docker_image": "openpanel/nginx"
    }
  ]
}

Create Plan​

POST /api/plans Request Body:

{
  "name": "Starter",
  "description": "Starter hosting plan",
  "email_limit": "10",
  "max_email_quota": "0",
  "max_hourly_email": "0",
  "ftp_limit": "5",
  "domains_limit": "5",
  "websites_limit": "5",
  "disk_limit": "5000",
  "inodes_limit": "100000",
  "db_limit": "5",
  "cpu": "1",
  "ram": "1",
  "bandwidth": "100",
  "feature_set": "default"
}

Get Single Plan​

GET /api/plans/{plan_id}

Edit Plan​

PUT /api/plans/{plan_id} (or PATCH) Request Body: same fields as Create Plan — only send the ones you want to change, the rest fall back to defaults (0 for limits, 1 for cpu/ram, 100 for bandwidth, default for feature_set).

Delete Plan​

DELETE /api/plans/{plan_id}

Domains​

List All Domains​

GET /api/domains

Add Domain​

POST /api/domains/new Request Body:

{
  "username": "current_user",
  "domain": "example.com",
  "docroot": "/var/www/html/example.com"
}

Suspend Domain​

POST /api/domains/suspend/{domain}

Unsuspend Domain​

POST /api/domains/unsuspend/{domain}

Delete Domain​

POST /api/domains/delete/{domain}

View / Update Docroot​

GET /api/domains/docroot/{domain} POST /api/domains/docroot/{domain} Request Body:

{
  "docroot": "/var/www/html/newroot"
}

View / Update DNS Zone File​

GET /api/domains/{domain}/dns POST /api/domains/{domain}/dns

Edits the raw bind zone file. On save the zone is validated with named-checkzone and reloaded — if validation fails, the previous version is restored automatically.

Request Body:

{
  "content": "$TTL 86400\n@ IN SOA ..."
}

View / Update Caddy Config for a Domain​

GET /api/domains/{domain}/caddy POST /api/domains/{domain}/caddy

Same validate-then-reload behavior as the DNS zone endpoint, but for the domain's Caddy config block.

Request Body:

{
  "content": "example.com {\n  reverse_proxy ...\n}"
}

View / Update VirtualHost Config​

GET /api/domains/{domain}/vhost/{username} POST /api/domains/{domain}/vhost/{username}

Updates the raw nginx/apache/openresty vhost file for that user's domain and restarts the webserver container.

Request Body:

{
  "content": "..."
}

SSL: View Status, Request AutoSSL, Upload Custom Cert, View Logs​

GET /api/domains/{domain}/ssl POST /api/domains/{domain}/ssl

Request Body (AutoSSL):

{ "action": "autossl" }

Request Body (custom certificate — paths must live under /var/www/html/):

{
  "action": "custom",
  "public_path": "/var/www/html/example.com/cert.pem",
  "private_path": "/var/www/html/example.com/key.pem"
}

Request Body (issuance logs):

{ "action": "logs" }

View Domain Access Log​

GET /api/domains/{domain}/log

Supports ?page=N and ?show_all=true query params for pagination.

View Domain GoAccess Stats​

GET /api/domains/{domain}/stats/{username}

Returns the pre-rendered GoAccess HTML report (regenerated every 24h).

DNS Cluster​

GET /api/dns/cluster — view cluster config (allowed slave IPs, enabled state) POST /api/dns/cluster — enable/disable the cluster, or add/remove a slave IP

Request Body examples:

{ "action": "create", "ip": "1.2.3.4" }

{ "action": "delete", "ip": "1.2.3.4" }

{ "action": "enable" }

DNS Cluster Node Status​

GET /api/dns/cluster/{ip}

Checks reachability of a slave node via rndc first, falling back to SSH.

DNS Zone Templates​

GET /api/dns/zone-templates POST /api/dns/zone-templates Request Body:

{
  "zone_template_ipv4": "...",
  "zone_template_ipv6": "..."
}

Domain File Templates​

GET /api/domains/file-templates POST /api/domains/file-templates

Default templates used for new domains: default_page, suspended_user, suspended_website, docker_nginx_domain, docker_openresty_domain, docker_apache_domain, docker_varnish, docker_caddy. Send only the keys you want to update.

Usage​

API Usage Info​

GET /api/usage

Current Usage Stats​

GET /api/usage/stats Response:

{
  "usage_stats": "{\"timestamp\": \"2024-09-03\", \"users\": 1, \"domains\": 2, \"websites\": 0}"
}

CPU Usage​

GET /api/usage/cpu Response Example:

{
  "core_0": 0,
  "core_1": 0
}

Memory Usage​

GET /api/usage/memory

Disk Usage Per User​

GET /api/usage/disk

Server Disk Usage​

GET /api/usage/server Response Example:

[
  {
    "device": "/dev/vda1",
    "mountpoint": "/",
    "fstype": "ext4",
    "total": 123690532864,
    "used": 63366230016,
    "free": 60307525632,
    "percent": 51.2
  }
]

System​

Get System Information​

GET /api/system Response Example:

{
  "hostname": "stefi",
  "os": "Ubuntu 24.04 LTS",
  "time": "2024-09-04 15:09:16",
  "kernel": "6.8.0-36-generic",
  "cpu": "DO-Premium-Intel(x86_64)",
  "openpanel_version": "0.2.7",
  "running_processes": 178,
  "package_updates": 98,
  "uptime": "18905"
}

Docker Info​

GET /api/docker/info

Raw output of the Docker Engine info API call (containers, images, storage driver, etc).

Services​

List Monitored Services​

GET /api/services

Edit Services List​

PUT /api/services Request Body Example:

{
  "service1": { "name": "Service One", "status": "active" },
  "service2": { "name": "Service Two", "status": "inactive" }
}

Check Status of Services​

GET /api/services/status

Start Service​

POST /api/service/start/{service_name}

Restart Service​

POST /api/service/restart/{service_name}

Stop Service​

POST /api/service/stop/{service_name}

Notifications​

List Notifications​

GET /api/notifications

Response Example:

[
  { "title": "Update available", "message": "New package updates available." }
]

Mark Notification as Read​

POST /api/notifications/{line_number}/read

Pass ?command=mark_all_as_read to mark every notification as read in one call.

Delete Notification​

DELETE /api/notifications/{line_number}

Pass ?command=delete_all to clear the whole log.

Emails​

Mailserver Settings​

GET /api/emails/settings POST /api/emails/settings

Request Body (set webmail domain):

{ "webmail_domain": "webmail.example.com" }

Request Body (switch webmail client):

{ "webmail_software": "roundcube" }

Request Body (toggle mailserver services — any of ENABLE_POSTFWD, ENABLE_AMAVIS, ENABLE_DNSBL, ENABLE_RSPAMD, ENABLE_SPAMASSASSIN, ENABLE_MTA_STS, ENABLE_OPENDKIM, ENABLE_OPENDMARC, ENABLE_POP3, ENABLE_IMAP, ENABLE_CLAMAV, ENABLE_FAIL2BAN, SMTP_ONLY, ENABLE_SRS):

{ "ENABLE_CLAMAV": "1", "ENABLE_FAIL2BAN": "1" }

Request Body (change storage location — only allowed before any mailbox exists):

{ "storage_type": "custom", "email_storage_location": "/mnt/mail" }

List / Manage Mailboxes​

GET /api/emails/accounts — list all mailboxes and their quotas POST /api/emails/accounts — update password, quota, or send/receive restrictions DELETE /api/emails/accounts — delete one or more mailboxes

Request Body (change password):

{ "action": "password", "email": "user@example.com", "password": "newpass" }

Request Body (set quota, in MB):

{ "action": "quota-set", "email": "user@example.com", "quota": "1024" }

Request Body (remove quota):

{ "action": "quota-del", "email": "user@example.com" }

Request Body (restrict send/receive):

{ "action": "restrict", "email": "user@example.com", "type": "send", "restrict_action": "add" }

Request Body (delete accounts):

{ "emails": ["user@example.com"] }

Mail Queue​

GET /api/emails/queue — list queued messages POST /api/emails/queue — retry or delete queued messages

Request Body:

{ "action": "retry", "scope": "all" }

{ "action": "delete", "scope": "selected", "queue_ids": ["ABC123"] }

Per-Domain Email Rate Limits​

GET /api/emails/domain-limits — view postfwd rules (add ?hits=example.com to view recent hits for a domain) POST /api/emails/domain-limits — manage rules

Request Body (set a limit):

{ "action": "update-domain", "domain": "example.com", "username": "user1", "limit": 100 }

Request Body (reset counters):

{ "action": "reset-all" }

Other supported actions: reset-domain, reset-user, delete-domain, delete-user, delete-all. You can also send {"raw_content": "..."} to overwrite the postfwd rules file directly.

Security​

HTTP Basic Auth​

GET /api/security/basic-auth POST /api/security/basic-auth Request Body:

{
  "basic_auth": "yes",
  "basic_auth_username": "admin",
  "basic_auth_password": "secret"
}

Blacklisted User-Agents​

GET /api/security/blacklist-useragents POST /api/security/blacklist-useragents Request Body:

{
  "blacklist_useragents": "BadBot\nEvilCrawler",
  "enabled": "yes"
}

Disable OpenAdmin​

POST /api/security/disable-admin

ConfigServer Firewall (CSF)​

GET /api/security/firewall — check whether CSF is installed POST /api/security/firewall — forward a raw command to the CSF UI backend

Request Body:

{ "action": "cf" }

CorazaWAF Status​

GET /api/security/waf POST /api/security/waf Request Body:

{ "status": "yes" }

CorazaWAF Rule Sets​

GET /api/security/waf/rules POST /api/security/waf/rules Request Body:

{ "rule_name": "REQUEST-901-INITIALIZATION", "action": "off" }

Two-Factor Authentication​

GET /api/security/2fa — returns {"totp_enabled": true}, or a fresh secret + qr_data_uri to scan if 2FA isn't enabled yet POST /api/security/2fa/enable — confirm enrollment POST /api/security/2fa/disable — turn 2FA off

Request Body (enable):

{ "secret": "BASE32SECRET", "code": "123456" }

Request Body (disable):

{ "password": "your-account-password" }

Passkeys​

GET /api/security/passkeys — list passkeys for the authenticated API user POST /api/security/passkeys — rename a passkey DELETE /api/security/passkeys — remove a passkey

Request Body:

{ "id": 1, "name": "Yubikey" }

Server​

Cron Jobs​

GET /api/server/crons POST /api/server/crons Request Body:

{
  "jobs": [
    { "line_number": 1, "schedule": "0 3 * * *", "logging": true }
  ]
}

SSH​

GET /api/server/ssh — status, running config, authorized keys, and current settings POST /api/server/ssh — start/stop/restart the service, update settings, or manage authorized keys

Request Body (service action):

{ "action": "restart" }

Request Body (settings):

{ "port": "2222", "password_auth": "no", "pubkey_auth": "yes", "permit_root_login": "no" }

Request Body (add/remove a key):

{ "new_key": "ssh-ed25519 AAAA... comment" }

{ "key_to_remove": "ssh-ed25519 AAAA..." }

SSH Full Config​

GET /api/server/ssh/config — raw sshd_config POST /api/server/ssh/config — overwrite it (restarts SSH)

Timezone​

GET /api/server/timezone POST /api/server/timezone Request Body:

{ "timezone": "Europe/Belgrade" }

Drop Memory Cache / Swap​

POST /api/server/memory/drop-cache POST /api/server/memory/drop-swap

Process Manager​

GET /api/server/processes — supports ?sort=cpu|memory|priority|name|owner|command|pid (prefix with - to reverse) POST /api/server/processes/{pid}/kill

Clustering Node​

GET /api/server/node POST /api/server/node Request Body:

{ "default_node": "root@1.2.3.4", "default_ssh_key_path": "/root/.ssh/id_rsa" }

Root Password​

POST /api/server/root-password Request Body:

{ "password": "newpassword" }

Reboot​

POST /api/server/reboot Request Body:

{ "reboot_type": "graceful" }

reboot_type is graceful (waits, then reboot) or hard (sysrq trigger). The request blocks until the reboot delay elapses, then the connection drops.

GET /api/server/reboot/status — used to poll whether the panel is back up.

Server Migration​

GET /api/server/migrate — check status/log of an in-progress or finished migration POST /api/server/migrate — start importing data from another OpenPanel server over SSH

Request Body:

{ "host": "1.2.3.4", "root": "root", "password": "secret" }

Settings​

Administrators​

GET /api/settings/administrators POST /api/settings/administrators

Request Body (create — Enterprise only):

{ "action": "create", "username": "newadmin", "password": "secret123" }

Other supported actions: suspend, unsuspend, delete, rename_user (with new_username), reset_password (with new_password), disable_2fa, disable_passkeys.

Resellers​

GET /api/settings/resellers POST /api/settings/resellers

Request Body (create):

{ "action": "create", "username": "reseller1", "password": "secret123" }

Request Body (update limits):

{ "action": "update", "username": "reseller1", "allowed_plans": "1,2", "max_accounts": "10", "max_disk_blocks": "1000" }

Other supported actions: suspend, unsuspend, delete, rename_user, reset_password, disable_2fa, disable_passkeys. A reseller token can only manage its own account and is restricted to reset_password.

General Settings​

GET /api/settings/general POST /api/settings/general Request Body:

{ "2083_port": "2083", "2087_port": "2087", "force_domain": "panel.example.com", "dev_mode": "off" }

Defaults for New Accounts​

GET /api/settings/defaults POST /api/settings/defaults Request Body:

{
  "values": { "DEFAULT_PHP_VERSION": "8.2", "WEB_SERVER": "nginx" },
  "services": ["phpmyadmin"]
}

Default Compose/Env Templates​

GET /api/settings/defaults/files POST /api/settings/defaults/files DELETE /api/settings/defaults/files — resets both files from the upstream GitHub source

Request Body:

{ "env": "...", "compose": "..." }

Per-User Compose/Env Files​

GET /api/settings/defaults/files/{username} POST /api/settings/defaults/files/{username}

Feature Sets​

GET /api/settings/features — list feature sets GET /api/settings/features/{plan} — view one set POST /api/settings/features — create a new set POST /api/settings/features/{plan} — update/enable-all/disable-all/delete a set

Request Body (create):

{ "feature_name": "my_set" }

Request Body (update):

{ "action": "update", "features": ["ftp", "cron"] }

Other actions: enable_all, disable_all, delete.

Locales​

GET /api/settings/locales POST /api/settings/locales

Request Body (install):

{ "locale": "en-us" }

Request Body (set default):

{ "default": "en-us" }

Modules / Plugins​

GET /api/settings/modules POST /api/settings/modules Request Body:

{ "enabled_modules": ["dns", "malware_scan", "phpmyadmin"] }

Custom Code​

GET /api/settings/custom-code POST /api/settings/custom-code

Send any of: custom_css, custom_js, in_header, in_footer, post_update, pre_startup, custom_section, forbidden_usernames, restricted_domains, howto_guides, wp_themes, wp_plugins, pagespeed_api_key.

{ "custom_css": "body { background: #111; }" }

PHP​

GET /api/settings/php POST /api/settings/php Request Body:

{ "php82": "memory_limit=512M\nupload_max_filesize=64M" }

Send "options" to update /etc/openpanel/php/options.txt, or phpXY (php56 … php84) to update a specific version's php.ini.

Caddy Metrics​

GET /api/settings/caddy/metrics

Returns raw Prometheus-format metrics from Caddy's /metrics endpoint.

Update Preferences​

GET /api/settings/updates — current preference, latest available version, and update log POST /api/settings/updates Request Body:

{ "preference": "minor_only" }

preference is one of minor_and_major, minor_only, major_only, none.

Run Update Now​

POST /api/settings/updates/now

Starts opencli update --force in the background.

Pin/Downgrade Version​

GET /api/settings/updates/tags — list available openpanel/openpanel-ui docker tags POST /api/settings/updates/tags Request Body:

{ "version": "1.7.60" }

Notification Preferences​

GET /api/settings/notifications POST /api/settings/notifications Request Body:

{
  "cpu": "90",
  "webhook_url": "https://example.com/hook",
  "update": "on",
  "ssh_whitelist": "1.2.3.4/32\n5.6.7.0/24"
}

Supports numeric thresholds (load, cpu, ram, du, swap, max_total_conn, max_conn_per_ip), webhook_url, email, SMTP fields (mail_server, mail_port, mail_use_tls, mail_use_ssl, mail_debug, mail_username, mail_password, mail_default_sender), the services toggle, boolean event toggles (update, attack, limit, login, ssh, reboot, dns, plus the ACTIONS section like admin_create, user_delete, domains_ssl, etc — pass "on"/"off"), and ssh_whitelist (newline-separated IPs/CIDRs).

License & Support​

License Key​

GET /api/license — current key POST /api/license — set/validate a key DELETE /api/license — remove the license

Request Body:

{ "key": "YOUR-LICENSE-KEY" }

License Info​

GET /api/license/info

Verify License​

POST /api/license/verify

Generate Support Report​

GET /api/support/report

Runs opencli report --public --non-interactive and returns the generated report.

Import & Transfer​

Import from cPanel / CyberPanel Backup​

GET /api/import/{panel_type} — list import job statuses ({panel_type} is cpanel or cyberpanel) POST /api/import/{panel_type} — start an import in the background

Request Body:

{ "path": "/root/backup-user.tar.gz", "plan_name": "default_plan_apache" }

View Import Log​

GET /api/import/logs/account/{log_filename}

List Detected Backup Files​

GET /api/import/backup-files

Scans /, /home, and /root for backup-*.tar.gz files.

OpenPanel-to-OpenPanel Transfers​

GET /api/import/transfers — list transfer log files POST /api/import/transfers — start a transfer

Request Body:

{
  "openpanel_username": "newuser",
  "server": "1.2.3.4",
  "username": "root",
  "password": "secret",
  "live_transfer": true
}

Transfer Status for a User​

GET /api/import/transfers/{username}

View Transfer Log​

GET /api/import/logs/transfer/{log_filename}