The following Service Plan Options Information table describes
all the service options and how to apply them when creating or updating
a Service Plan template or domain.
The table includes information on the following sections,
which correspond to the WEBppliance
Service Plan option sections. Click the name of the section you want to
read, or you can view
the entire table from the beginning.
Site
information section |
For this option: |
Specify or enter: |
Security Level |
The security level assigned to a site establishes the operating
environment of the site. Depending on the security requirements of the
site, select one of the following options:
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IP
Based Hosting
(Service Plan field only) |
Click this option if you are creating a Service Plan template
for IP-based
domains. |
Name Based Hosting
(Service Plan field only) |
Click this option if you are creating a Service Plan template
for name-based domains. |
DNS
section |
For this option: |
Specify or enter: |
Add to DNS |
If you want to add an entry to the DNS
server provided by WEBppliance, select the check box; otherwise, leave
it blank. |
Subdomains section |
For this option: |
Specify or enter: |
Subdomain Interface |
Select the check box to enable access to the subdomain interface
for creating and managing subdomains. |
Maximum Subdomains |
Enter the maximum number of subdomains that can be created
for the domain. |
Base Directory |
Enter the complete path to the directory where all the subdomains for
the domain are located. By default, they will be located under /var/www. |
Aliases
section |
For this option: |
Specify or enter: |
Domain Aliasing |
If you want to allow other domain suffixes to map to this
domain, select the check box; otherwise, leave it blank.
In the text box, enter the specific domain suffixes you want
to map to the domain, for example, .net or .org. Enter only
one suffix per line.
Note:
If you add records to an alias zone (that is, a zone added to an alias
domain), before you remove the alias domain, make sure you manually migrate
all the records to another zone.
|
Aliases |
In the text box, enter the specific domain suffixes you want
to map to the domain, for example, .net or .org. Enter only one suffix
per line.
Note:
If you add records to an alias zone (that is, a zone added to an alias
do0main), before you remove the alias domain, make sure you manually migrate
all the records to another zone.
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Monitoring
section |
For this option: |
Specify or enter: |
Threshold (MB) |
Enter the upper limit of network traffic (in MB) that the
domain is allowed to have per month.
|
Cycle Start |
Specify the day of the month the bandwidth threshold monitor
resets and begins a new monitoring session.
Click the arrow and from the list, choose a number between
1 and 28. For example, if you want the monitoring to start
on the 10th of each month, choose 10. |
Analog Web/FTP Log
Analyzer |
If you want to provide your customers with analysis reports
of Web and FTP server use, select the check box; otherwise, leave it blank.
|
Webalizer
Log Analyzer |
If you want to provide your customers with graphical log
analysis reports of Web and FTP servers usage, select the check box; otherwise,
leave it blank. |
System
Limits section |
For this option: |
Specify or enter: |
Disk Quota |
If you want to set a specific amount of disk space that can
be assigned to a domain, select the check box; otherwise, leave it blank.
|
Allocated Disk Quota (MB) |
Enter the numerical amount (in MB) you want to assign. |
User Quota |
If you want to set a maximum number of simultaneous users
that will be allowed to use this Service Plan on a single domain, select
the check box; otherwise, leave it blank. |
Max Users |
Enter the maximum number of users, for example, 25. |
Web
Server section |
For this option: |
Specify or enter: |
Web Server |
If you want to provide Web server support to your customers,
select the check box; otherwise, leave it blank. |
Web Server Name |
Enter the domain name prefix, for example "www.". If you do not specify a prefix,
a DNS record
will not be created for that domain name. |
CGI |
If you want to allow your customers to run CGI scripts on
their Web servers, select the check box; otherwise, leave it blank.
|
Script Alias |
Specify the directory in which you will store CGI scripts
created for the domain. The default directory is cgi-bin. If you
are unsure of what to enter in this field, retain the default. |
Secure Web (SSL)
(for IP-based
domains only) |
If you want to provide your customers with secure Web pages,
select the check box; otherwise, leave it blank.
|
Server Side Includes |
If you want to allow your customers to create .shtml
Web pages, select the check box; otherwise, leave it blank. |
Modperl
for Apache |
If you want to allow your customers to use Modperl
for Apache, select the check box; otherwise, leave it blank. |
Alias |
The default alias is Perl. |
Generate Web Logs |
If you want to provide statistics about Web site traffic
for the CustomLog
report, and provide error information for the ErrorLog
report, select the check box; otherwise, leave it blank.
If you have enabled the Analog Web/FTP Log Analyzer option,
you must also enable this option. The Generate Web Logs application provides
the statistics used for the Analog Web/FTP Log Analyzer reports. |
Tomcat 4 |
If you want your customer to use Tomcat 4, select the check
box; otherwise, leave it blank. |
FrontPage
Extensions
(IP-based
domain option only) |
If you want to support customers who want to use Microsoft® FrontPage® to manage their Web site, select
the check box; otherwise, leave it blank.
Note:
Microsoft FrontPage
has its own protected directory feature. If you select the FrontPage
option, your users cannot use the directory protection provided by WEBppliance.
Your users can protect their directories through FrontPage instead. For
information on this FrontPage feature, see the Microsoft FrontPage user
guides.
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E-Commerce section |
Miva Merchant |
If you want to allow your customers to create e-commerce storefronts
using Miva Merchant, select the check box; otherwise, leave it blank. |
File
Management section |
For this option: |
Specify or enter: |
Backup/Restore |
If you want to allow your customers to backup and restore
data or configuration files, select the check box; otherwise, leave it
blank. |
File Manager |
If you want to allow your customers to access, create, and
remove files and directories on the domain, select the check box; otherwise,
leave it blank. |
Mail
Access Protocol section |
For this option: |
Specify or enter: |
POP3+IMAP Server |
If you want to provide your email users access to their email
from remote mail clients, select the check box; otherwise, leave it blank. |
Mail section |
For this option: |
Specify or enter: |
Email |
If you want to allow your customers to send and receive email
messages from the mail server on the domain, select the check box; otherwise,
leave it blank. |
Mail Server Name |
Enter the prefix you want to use, for example, "mail.". |
Majordomo |
If you want to allow your email users to create mailing lists,
select the check box; otherwise, leave it blank. |
Vacation Auto-Responder |
If you want to allow your email users to create vacation
messages to automatically respond to incoming email messages, select the
check box; otherwise, leave it blank.
Note:
If you select this option, and later temporarily remove it from the domain
then add it back to the domain, you must notify your users to reactivate
this feature. When you remove this feature from the domain, Vacation Auto-Responder
automatically resets the option to Off for any user account currently
using the feature. Users will not be able to use this feature until they
manually set it to On again.
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Web-based Email Access section |
For this option: |
Specify or enter: |
Squirrel Mail Web-based Email |
If you want to provide your customers access to their email
messages over the Internet, select the check box; otherwise, leave it
blank. |
Remote
Login section |
For this option: |
Specify or enter: |
Development |
If you want the virtual domain shell of your customers to
have access to development tools like GCC or G++compilers, select the
check box; otherwise, leave it blank. |
OpenSSH Secure Shell |
If you want to allow your customers to log on and access
the domain using an SSH connection, select the check box; otherwise, leave
it blank. |
Telnet |
If you want to allow your customers to log on and access
the domain using a Telnet connection, select the check box; otherwise,
leave it blank.
The maximum number of Telnet domains supported on one server
is 250. |
File
Transfer section |
For this option: |
Specify or enter: |
FTP |
If you want to allow your customers to transfer files to
and from the domain using an FTP connection, select the check box; otherwise,
leave it blank.
|
FTP Server Name |
Enter the prefix you want to use, for example, "ftp.". |
Anonymous FTP |
If you want to allow anonymous users to access the FTP server
without a password, select the check box; otherwise, leave it blank. |
Database
Server section |
For this option: |
Specify or enter: |
MySQL |
If you want to allow your customers to manage their SQL databases
through MySQL, select the check box; otherwise, leave it blank.
|
Database Administrator |
The Database Administrator exercises administrative control
over all the databases of the
site.
Enter the user name of the Database Administrator in this
field. The name should not exceed 16
characters.
|
Number of Databases |
Enter the maximum number of databases permissible for the
site.
Important:
Please take note of the significance of the following values:
0
- Site Administrator cannot create databases for the site. Note
that no default database is created when a site is created.
-1
- Site Administrator can create unlimited number of databases for
the site.
|
Database Prefix |
Enter a prefix for the database. The prefix is necessary
to ensure that the database is unique to the site and can have a maximum
of 30 characters.
Prefix caveat
The prefix name,
once set, must not be changed, as this will change the name of all the
databases across the site. As a result of this, your site databases will
be inaccessible.
To restore connection to the database, do one of the following:
Revert to the original
prefix.
Change
the code references in your site pages so that they refer to the new prefix.
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Reseller |
Select the reseller for whom you want to create sites using
the service plan template.
Note:
When you create a site using this service plan, the site will, by default,
be owned by the reseller. The Service Plan template you create for the
reseller does not limit the reseller in any way from defining his own
service plan configurations.
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