Admin panel is a control center of your hosting account. It allows you to manage all aspects of your server, including:
- Setting up and managing mailboxes
- Assigning different domains and subdomains to your server.
- Password-protecting certain directories on the server.
- Managing databases.
- Importing your SSL certificates.
- Managing many different properties of your hosting account.
Most popular admin panels are Plesk and cPanel. If your hosting company offers you one of them, this is a great advantage, as these panels offer many options and are easy to use.