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.
Parallels Pro Control Panel allows you to:
Advanced features:
The control panels allow many different users to easily manage their specific Web hosting administrative tasks.
The user levels include:
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:
To begin managing your server level tasks, log on to the control panel as the Server 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:
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.
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:
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.
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:
To begin managing your user level tasks, log on to the control panel as the User Administrator.