Adding name-based sites

- Important: If your name-based domain limit is zero, it means that the Appliance Administrator has not enabled name-based sites as part of your Service Plan.

A site can be IP-based or name-based. IP-based sites have an unique IP address; name-based sites have an unique host name, but share an IP address with the WEBppliance server. In other words, all name-based sites have the same IP address, namely, that of the WEBppliance server.

Name-based sites:

- Receive most of the benefits of IP-based sites without occupying an IP address

- Can be offered at a lower cost to customers

The limitations of name-based sites is that they are not secure since SSL is not supported.

- Note: Name based sites include the host header (www.site_name.com) in addition to the standard host header (site_name.com).

Make sure you have all the required information before you add a site.

To add a name-based site, follow these steps:

1. From the left navigation bar, click Sites.

2. In the Sites Manager menu, click the arrow, and choose Add Name-based Site.

3. In the Site Name field, choose one of the following options.

- Append to or change the default value. This value displays if you have used the Site Defaults option to set the site name.

- Enter a new site name. The new name must map to the IP address of the physical server hosting WEBppliance.

4. In the Administrator User Name field, enter the Site Administrator user name using a name that is unique to this server. This name is the login name and is used to identify the user account for this site, and cannot match an existing name. Site Administrators can log on to their administrative interfaces using this name. The name can contain up to 20 uppercase or lowercase characters except for the following: " \ / [] : ; | = , + * ? < >. It cannot consist solely of periods (.).

5. In the Administrator Password field, enter the Site Administrator password using a value up to 14 characters. Passwords are case-sensitive. The Site Administrator can change the password later.

6. In the Confirm Administrator Password field, re-enter the password.

7. In the Email Contact field, enter a contact email address for the Site Administrator using the format name@mail.com.

8. In the Select a Service Plan field, click the arrow, and choose a Service Plan. The site settings are based on the Service Plan that you choose.

9. Click Add Site.

For Configuring Advanced features for a name-based site, click here.