Platform server overview page
The platform server overview page shows information about a platform server. Platform servers manage platform tasks such as provisioning services and displaying control panels. Services such as Windows Web Hosting are not installed on platform servers; they are installed on hosting servers.
On the platform server overview page you can perform several tasks and view the following information:
Platform server overview information
Name. The host name of the server. Click this name to view server information.
Externl Name. The Internet address of the server. For CP servers, the address listed here is used for the variable $CPIPs in the templates used for welcome messages. If you have multiple CP servers, and you want to prevent some of them from being displayed in the welcome message, you can leaving the External Name blank. At least one CP server must have an entry in the External Name field, however.
Type. The type of server. Types include:
Provisioning Engine. Servers that manage the provisioning of services to customers.
Control Panel. Servers that host the control panels.
Enabled. Whether the server is enabled or disabled. indicates the server is enabled. indicates the server is disabled.
Platform server plugins information. This is information about plugins, such as service components, installed on the servers.
Name. The name of the plugin.
Version. The version of the plugin.
Click action bar links to perform tasks. Many of these links are enabled only after you select an item from the list. Action bar links include:
Overview. Refresh or return to the system server overview page.
Edit. Change the server's information.
Disable. Disable the server. This feature is available only if there is more than one server of the type you want to disable.
Enable. Enable a server that has been disabled. This feature is available only if you have disabled a server.
Reboot. Restart the server. This option is available only if there is more than one server of the type you want to restart.
Remove. Remove the server. This option is available only if there is more than one server of the type you want to remove.
How to get to the platform server overview page
Login level required to view this page: Systems