Adding IP-based Sites

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Before creating any sites, you might want to create a Service Plan template. Templates are not required to create sites; however, they can make creating multiple sites and establishing services for the sites easier and faster.

You can create and manage sites using the Sites Manager.

Note: A special alias called site_blackhole is automatically created when the site is created. It does not display in the list of aliases and its only purpose is to act as a repository for all garbage email. When a user with an alias is removed, the alias can still remain (as it may be referenced by other aliases), but the target user name is replaced by site_blackhole. When an email is sent to this alias, it goes to site_blackhole.

Before you begin to create a site, make sure you have all the required information.

Before you create sites or default templates for sites or services, you need the following information.

• A fully qualified host name.
  • For an IP-based site, the host name must map to the IP address of the domain.
  • For a name-based site, the host name must map to the IP address of the server hosting the control panel.
• The IP address (if the site is IP-based).
• The name of the site's Web server.
• The name of the FTP server (if the site is IP-based).
• The amount of disk space the site will be assigned.
• The name, password, and email address of the Site Administrator, who is the person who will manage the new site.
• What services or Service Plan you will provide for the site.
• Whether or not you want the domain entry added to your DNS server.

Note: If you are using a DNS service different from the one the control panel provides, or you prefer to save CPU resources, you can choose to forego a DNS entry.

• The name of the directory in which you will store CGI scripts. The control panel provides a default directory, but you might prefer to store scripts elsewhere.
• The maximum number of users you will allow on the site.

To create an IP-based site:

1. In the shortcuts section of the Home page, click Add IP-Based Site (Sites section).
   

   To get to the home page, click Home on the navigation bar at left.

2. In the Site Name field, enter the name of the site.

   Important: The site name must be the fully qualified name, containing both the host name and the domain name; do not include the www prefix. The total length of the database name (inclusive of the database prefix) should be less than 255 characters.

3. In the Administrator User Name field, enter a user name for the Site Administrator, the person who will manage this new site.

   Important: You must not enter a user name starting with a number (such as 123abc). If you do, you will receive an error message and the site will fail to add.

4. In the Administrator Password field, enter a password for the Site Administrator.
5. Retype this password in the Confirm Administrator Password field.
6. In the Email Contact field, enter the email address of the Site Administrator.
7. Set the security level for the site by selecting an appropriate option in the Security Level field.
8. In the IP Address field, enter the IP address you want to assign to the site.
9. In the Select a Service Plan field, do one of the following:
   • If you want to use an existing Service Plan template, click the arrow and from the list, choose the name of the template you want to use.
   • If you do not want to use a Service Plan template, or if you want to manually assign the services available to this site, click Advanced.

     The Add IP-based Site form expands to display the Service Plan form that allows you to choose the service options you want to enable for the site.

     Use Service Plan options information to help you complete the form.

10. Click Add Site.

    The control panel creates the new IP-based site and assigns a temporary default home page for it. To view this temporary home page, go to: http://<your_site_name>.

• When a Virtuozzo container uses the host-routed network, after adding an IP-based site the following command should be executed as root on Virtuozzo Hardware Node:

  vzctl set N --ipadd IP –save

  Where:

  • N – Virtuozzo container identifier
  • IP – IP address of the recently-added IP-based site.
• When bridged network is used no additional actions are necessary.

Next Quick-start topic: Creating and managing name-based sites