About Parallels Pro Control Panel for Linux

Parallels Pro Control Panel (formerly known as Ensim Pro) is designed to simplify Web hosting by controlling and automating common hosting tasks.

Note: For simplicity, we will refer to Parallels Pro Control Panel for Linux as "Parallels Pro Control Panel" throughout this guide.

Parallels Pro Control Panel is a robust control panel solution for small and large professional hosting providers. Parallels Pro Control Panel includes all the tools and features that you, as a hosting provider, need to build compelling, commercial-quality plans for shared and reseller hosting.

Benefits of Parallels Pro Control Panel

Parallels Pro Control Panel allows you to:

• Configure hosting applications such as Apache Web server and FTP server.
• Create new sites (IP-based or name-based).
• Manage site settings and configuration options.
• Manage site content - including databases and subdomains.
• Define mail aliases and options.
• Analyze site Web traffic reports.
• Export and import site content.

Advanced features:

• Define targeted, compelling Service Plans for shared site and reseller hosting. By defining a Service Plan once, you can establish new customers very quickly, while controlling application settings and resource quotas.
• Review detailed reports of bandwidth usage per site and allow accurate and complete billing of all traffic used by sites.
• Protect shared sites with a virtual private file system and provide additional site security and prevent theft of customer's data.
• Delegate administration to your customers, including your resellers, site owners and site users, while simultaneously reducing your support calls and improving customer satisfaction.

Delegating control

The control panels allow many different users to easily manage their specific Web hosting administrative tasks.

The user levels include:

• Server owner - managed by the Server Administrator
• Reseller - managed by the Reseller Administrator
• Site owner - managed by the Site Administrator
• User account holder - managed by the User Administrator

About the Server Administrator

The server level of administration is designed for the hosting provider or reseller who either owns server hardware or has remote access to physical servers.

As the owner of servers, you are called the Server Administrator, and can:

• Set up your server with Web hosting capabilities
• Configure the server applications for your customers
• Create new sites
• Manage existing sites
• Export and import data and configuration scripts
• Automate many frequently performed administrative tasks

To begin managing your server level tasks, log on to the control panel as the Server Administrator.

About the Reseller Administrator

The reseller level of administration is designed for individuals or businesses who want to resell or manage sites without actually owning or maintaining hardware. As a reseller, you buy sites from an ISP or hosting provider and resell them to individual customers. If you are already a Web site creator, designer, or consultant, becoming a reseller is a perfect way of diversifying and expanding your business.

As the reseller, you are called the Reseller Administrator, and can:

• Create new sites
• Manage existing sites
• Customize the control panel

To begin managing your reseller level tasks, log on to the control panel as the Reseller Administrator.

Note: You cannot perform operating system level tasks like starting and stopping services.

About the Site Administrator

The site level of administration is designed for businesses that want to manage their hosted sites and the services installed on the sites.

As the owner of sites, you are called the Site Administrator, and can:

• Set up security features for an entire site or just an individual Web site
• Manage the user accounts on an entire site or just an individual Web site
• Set up protected directories on the Web server
• Set up your site email and FTP features
• Work with the directories and files on your site
• View traffic reports about your site
• Export and import site and user data

To begin managing your site level tasks, log on to the control panel as the Site Administrator.

Note: The Server Administrator automatically has access to the Site Administrator control panel.

About the User Administrator

The user account level of administration is designed for someone who subscribes to a site and is assigned a user account.

As the subscriber, or user account holder, you are called the User Administrator, and can:

• Maintain your account contact information
• Set up your email services
• Access your email messages over the Internet
• Publish your Web site content
• Export and import files from your Web site

To begin managing your user level tasks, log on to the control panel as the User Administrator.