Service Descriptions

Services are software applications, scripts, or packages that are enabled when you add or modify a site. The services are optional and may not be installed on the server.

Web Server

Apache Web Server. Responds to Web browser requests.
Mod_perl for Apache. Enables you to write Apache modules entirely in Perl. It embeds a Perl (Practical Extraction and Report Language) interpreter into the Apache server, so that the dynamic content produced by Perl scripts can be served in response to incoming requests, without the significant overhead of re-launching the Perl interpreter for each request.
WebDAV server. WebDAV (Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning) is a set of extensions to the HTTP protocol, which allows users to collaboratively edit and manage files on the remote Web servers.
PHP Hypertext Preprocessor for Apache. Creates dynamic Web pages. PHP (PHP Hypertext Preprocessor) is a server- side, cross-platform, HTML embedded scripting language.

Python

Python. Enables you to write system utility programs and scripts. Python is a popular, object-oriented, interpretive scripting language used for writing system utilities and Internet scripts.

FTP

FTP. Transfers files over the Internet. FTP (File Transfer Protocol) allows you to transfer files across the Internet.
Anonymous FTP. Allows you to use an FTP site without a password and without creating a user account.

DNS

DNS (if available). Translates domain names into IP addresses. DNS is a database that performs name translations. To manage this information effectively, DNS has a distributed architecture, composed of many DNS servers in a hierarchical fashion. Each server is responsible for both name-to-IP- address and IP-address-to-name translations.

MySQL

MySQL. Allows you to work with your SQL databases. MySQL is a widely used relational database management system for SQL databases. A database management system allows you to add, access, and process data stored in a SQL database.
phpMyAdmin Web Based MySQL Administration. Allows you to manage your SQL databases over the Internet. phpMyAdmin can handle administering entire MySQL database servers or just a single database over the Internet by removing any platform-specific limitations. In the control panel, you can use phpMyAdmin to set up, configure, and view your databases.

Email

Email. Routes outgoing and incoming mail using SMTP. Sendmail is an SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) mail server that routes SMTP email messages through the Internet to be stored on a mail server. SMTP is the most common email protocol on the Internet. Sendmail also enables management of email features, such as email aliases, responders, and spam filters.
POP3 + IMAP Server. Processes incoming mail. POP3 (Post Office Protocol, version 3) and IMAP (Internet Messaging Access Protocol) mail servers store incoming email messages until users download them to their computers. In addition to storing incoming email messages, the IMAP server allows users to archive email messages in folders, share mailboxes with other users, access multiple mail servers at one time, and more efficiently access email attachments.
SquirrelMail Web-based Email. Provides Web-based access to email accounts. SquirrelMail is an email client that uses IMAP to provide your email account users with access to their email messages directly on the Internet.
Mailing Lists (Majordomo) (if available). Manages mailing lists. Mailing lists are commonly used to circulate topic discussions. A mailing list includes a set of list members. Whenever a list member posts an email message to the mailing list email address, that email message is distributed to all list members.
MailScanner. Email scanning service that scans incoming and outgoing emails for viruses.
Virus Scanning (Clam AntiVirus). Interfaces with the MailScanner to integrate with the mail server for scanning incoming and outgoing emails for viruses.
Spam Filtering. A spam filtering service that scans email messages for spam and enables user level control and management of spam.
Vacation Auto-responder. Automatically responds to incoming email messages with a predetermined response. Vacation Autoresponder creates automated email responses that replies to incoming email messages during times when the user is not available to check and reply to email messages. This feature is most commonly used when a user intends to be unavailable for an extended period of time.

Network Connection

Telnet. Provides remote access to another system over a network. Telnet is a common terminal emulation protocol that connects computers locally or across the Internet. The protocol runs on your computer and connects your local computer to a server on the network. It also allows a user at a local computer to log on to a remote computer.
OpenSSH Secure Shell. Provides secure remote access to another system over a network. Secure Shell (SSH) is a facility for logging into a remote machine and remotely executing commands on a remote machine. It is intended to provide secure encrypted communications between two untrusted hosts over an insecure network.
OpenSSL Secure Web. Provides secure Web pages. SSL is a protocol that transmits private documents through the Internet. It creates a secure connection between a client and a server over which any amount of data can be sent securely. SSL works by using a private key to encrypt data transferred over the SSL connection. You can secure a domain through the Web Server Manager (of the control panel).

FrontPage

Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions. Allows you to support customers who want to use Microsoft FrontPage to manage their Web sites. You can access FrontPage administration Web pages, as the Site Administrator, from the Web Server Manager (of the control panel).

Dynamic Web Content

Power Tools. Enables customers to install and use off-the- shelf Web applications through the Site Administrator control panel. Power Tools are used to provide e-commerce, content management, forums, chat, and other dynamic features of Web sites.
Miva Merchant. Provides e-commerce support for domains. Miva Merchant enables you to create multiple online storefronts and support e-commerce on a domain.

Statistics

Webalizer Log Analyzer. Webalizer is a free web server log file analysis tool. Webalizer generates usage statistics for Web and FTP servers in easily comprehensible graphical or tabular formats. The logs generated are a statistical encapsulation of user traffic on your server and can be viewed in HTML format.
AWStats Log Analyzer. AWStats is a free powerful and featureful tool that generates advanced Web and FTP server statistics, graphically.
Analog Web/FTP Log Analyzer. Measures the usage traffic on your Web and FTP servers. The Analog Web/FTP Log Analyzer is an automated log analysis program that compiles Web site traffic statistics into an easy to read and understand form.