Setting Up Web Hosting Services

This topic explains how to set up Web Hosting services for your site.

# Bandwidth Monitoring

- This feature allows the site users to collect the Bandwidth usage of the site for a specific period of time

- Bandwidth is the capacity of the transmission medium stated in gigabytes (GB). Generally, a higher Bandwidth number indicates faster data-transfer capability.

# IIS Web Service

IIS Web Server service, is a part of the Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) that manages Web services.

## Virtual Directories

- A virtual directory appears to be a folder when accessing a server but it actually refers to a different area of the hard disk or local network.

- Each virtual directory points to a physical directory contained inside the site's file system and is referred to as the home directory for that particular virtual directory.

- This feature allows the site users to add, change, and remove virtual directories.

## Subdomains

- A subdomain is an address which operates just below your top-level domain. Most sites obtain a domain name in order to assign names and addresses to individual hosts. However, sometimes, for the purpose of site structuring, one needs to sub-divide the domain into further domains known as subdomains. The subdomain behaves as a totally independent domain name.

- By using the power and added benefits of subdomains, you can maintain a well organized Web site.

- This feature allows the site users to add, change and remove subdomains.

## Domain Aliases

- Domain aliases allow site users to define several domain names that are aliased to a single Web site.

## Custom Errors

- This feature allows you to customize the messages displayed when client browsers encounter errors such as missing files. You can customize the system to load a specified file or redirect the browser to a specified URL within a Web site when errors occur.

## SSL

- An SSL certificate enables visitors using Web browsers to verify your site's authenticity and to communicate with it securely via SSL encryption. The certificate authenticates your site to browsers and the Web connection is made through the HTTPS protocol.

- This feature allows the site administrator to view the current Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) settings and generate a Certificate Signing Request for your site.

- An SSL certificate is obtained from third party companies like Verisign and Thawte.

- Having an SSL site assures your site visitors of security.

## Log Files

This feature allows you to view, download, and delete Web and FTP log files generated for your domain.

# IIS FTP Service

- IIS FTP service is a part of the Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) that manages File Transfer protocol (FTP) service.

- FTP includes functions to log on to the FTP site, list directories, upload and download files.

## Virtual Directories

- A virtual directory appears to be a folder when accessing a server but it actually refers to a different area of the hard disk or local network.

- Each virtual directory points to a physical directory contained inside the site's file system and is referred to as the home directory for that particular virtual directory.

- This feature allows the site users to add, change, and remove virtual directories.

# FrontPage Server Extensions 2002

- Microsoft® FrontPage Server Extensions 2002 is a group of files installed on an HTTP service. This provides special Microsoft FrontPage functionality using which the users can view and manage a Web site.

- The users can also create, change, and post Web pages to IIS remotely by connecting to the Web site using FrontPage client.

# File Manager

- File Manager enables you to create, delete, upload, and rename file(s) and directories that are stored on your site.

- This feature provides the site administrator a Web-based interface using which the users manage files and folders in their domains.

- Using File Manager users can set security permissions for files and folders. This service eliminates the need to use a separate FTP program .

# ODBC Data Source

- Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) is a standard database access method that allows you to access and modify data from any application, regardless of which database management system is handling the data.

- You can create three types of Data Sources, which use ODBC for data transactions. They are Access DSN, SQL server DSN, and MyODBC DSN.

# ActivePerl

ActivePerl enables you to run Perl scripts on your Web site.

# PHP

PHP enables you to create dynamic Web pages. PHP is a server-side, cross-platform, HTML embedded scripting language. Since it is compatible with networks using IMAP, SNMP, NNTP, POP3, or HTTP, it can easily manage dynamic Web page content.

# Urchin

Urchin Web Analytics Software is a Web analytics software package. It analyzes cookie-fortified Web server log files, puts the relevant information in a database, and delivers dynamically-generated browser-based reports.

# Microsoft DNS

Microsoft DNS is Microsoft's implementation of the DNS protocols. When you provision the Microsoft DNS component for a site, all the DNS entries necessary for the site are created automatically. In addition, the site administrator can create zones and records in DNS. The number of zones and records that can be created depends on the resources sold to the site.

# Webalizer

Webalizer is a free Web server log analysis program. It produces highly detailed and easily configurable usage reports in HTML format for viewing with a standard Web browser.

# ColdFusion

Macromedia ColdFusion allows you to build and deploy powerful Web applications and Web services with far less training and fewer lines of code than ASP, PHP, and JSP. For more information about ColdFusion, see http://macromedia.com/software/coldfusion/?promoid=home_prod_cf_082403.

# IMail mail server

IMail mail server is a messaging solution with various features such as Web Messaging and Web Calendaring. For more information about IMail, see http://www.ipswitch.com/Products/IMail_Server/features.html.

# MS SQL 2005

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition is a free and easy-to-use version of SQL Server 2005 that replaces the Microsoft Desktop Engine (MSDE). For more information, see http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/support/sqlreadme/

# MySQL

MySQL is an open source database program. For more information, see http://www.mysql.com/products/index.html.

# Power Tools

Power Tools are a collection of various Web applications such as Gallery (a tool to create and maintain photo albums), PHPBB (a discussion board), WordPress (a news and Web log tool), DotNetNuke (a content management system), and Community Server (a knowledge management and collaboration platform) which you can provision for sites to make your hosting plans more attractive. Because Power Tools are automatically installed and configured by Ensim Pro, you do not have to worry about support and integration issues.

Urchin, IMail, ColdFusion, and MySQL are available only if the add-ons for these programs are installed on the Ensim Pro server. For instructions about installing these add-ons, refer to the Ensim Pro install guide available at http://www.ensim.com/support/index.html.