HC8 HostAdmin Manual Table of Contents Introduction..........................................................................................................1 HC8 WHATʹS NEW..............................................................................................3 HC8 FEATURES AT A GLANCE .......................................................................13 HC8 SUPPORTED SOFTWARE..........................................................................15 HC8 SECTIONS SUB‐SECTIONS .......................................................................17 INTRODUCTION TO HC8 INTERFACE............................................................18 ADMINISTRATIVE OVERVIEW........................................................................20 LOGIN INFORMATION ....................................................................................21 HC8 AVAILABLE HELP ....................................................................................23 Installation..........................................................................................................25 SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS ...............................................................................25 HC8 INSTALLATION ........................................................................................26 HC8 SERVICES...................................................................................................35 HC8 INSTALLATION OPTION .........................................................................37 HC8 POST INSTALLATION ..............................................................................38 General ...............................................................................................................39 SERVER MANAGER ..........................................................................................39 SEARCH A SERVER...........................................................................................41 VIEWING DETAILS OF ALL SERVERS IN CLUSTER .......................................42 ADD SERVER.....................................................................................................43 ADDING A MAIL SERVER................................................................................48 ADDING A WEB SERVER..................................................................................51 ADDING A MAIL SERVER................................................................................55 ADDING A DNS SERVER..................................................................................57 EDITING A SERVER IN YOUR CLUSTER .........................................................60 EDITING A MAIL SERVER................................................................................64 EDITING A WINDOWS DATABASE SERVER ..................................................67 EDITING A DNS SERVER..................................................................................68 Update DNS Server information as follows: .......................................................68 EDITING A WINDOWS WEB SERVER..............................................................72 GLOBAL SETTINGS...........................................................................................74 GLOBAL SETTINGS FOR DATABASE SERVER................................................75 GLOBAL SETTINGS FOR DNS SERVER............................................................76 GLOBAL SETTINGS FOR MAIL SERVER:.........................................................77 GLOBAL SETTINGS FOR WEB SERVER ...........................................................79 DELETE SERVER:...............................................................................................83 ADDING NEW DNS RECORD ..........................................................................84 iii HC8_HostAdmin_Manual To add a new DNS record:..................................................................................84 DOMAINS..........................................................................................................85 SEARCHING A WEBSITE ..................................................................................86 VIEWING ALL YOUR WEBSITES......................................................................87 VIEWING ALL THE FTP WEBSITES..................................................................88 To view all your FTP sites:..................................................................................88 VIEWING ALL NAME BASED WEBSITES ........................................................89 VIEWING THE DETAILED INFORMATION OF A SELECTED WEBSITE........90 VIEWING DETAILS OF A SELECTED WEBSITE...............................................91 VIEWING THE ALLOCATED RESOURCE OF A WEBSITE ..............................92 HOW TO RESTART A PARTICULAR WEBSITE ...............................................93 HOW TO SET URL REDIRECTION FOR A WEBSITE .......................................94 HOW TO EDIT CUSTOM ERROR PAGES FOR A WEBSITE .............................95 HOW TO SET PERMISSIONS FOR A WEBSITE.................................................97 HOW TO CREATE VIRTUAL DIRECTORY FOR A WEBSITE...........................99 HOW TO SET HOST HEADERS FOR A WEBSITE...........................................100 HOW TO ASSIGN DEDICATED IP FOR A WEBSITE......................................101 HOW TO VIEW THE MAIL DOMAIN DETAILS OF A WEBSITE...................102 HOW TO VIEW DATABASE DETAILS OF A WEBSITE..................................103 HOW TO VIEW FRONTPAGE EXTENSIONS DETAILS OF A WEBSITE........104 HOW TO VIEW THE ODBC DSN DETAILS OF A WEBSITE ..........................105 HOW TO VIEW WEB STATISTICS OF A WEBSITE.........................................106 HOW TO VIEW THE SCRIPTING DETAILS OF A WEBSITE ..........................107 HOW TO VIEW ASPFUSION COMPONENT DETAILS OF A WEBSITE ........108 HOW TO VIEW THE SHARED SSL DETAILS OF A WEBSITE .......................109 HOW TO VIEW THE FORUMS DETAILS OF A WEBSITE ..............................110 HOW TO EDIT THE DNS ZONE FOR A WEBSITE .........................................111 HOW TO VIEW THE COM DETAILS FOR A WEBSITE ..................................112 HOW TO VIEW INDEX SERVER CATALOG FOR A WEBSITE ......................113 HOW TO VIEW DISK USAGE REPORT OF A WEBSITE.................................114 HOW TO UPLOAD FILES/MANAGE FOLDERS FOR A WEBSITE.................115 HOW TO VIEW BANDWIDTH USAGE REPORT OF A WEBSITE..................116 USER MANAGER ............................................................................................117 SEARCH A USER .............................................................................................119 MY USERS........................................................................................................120 VIEWING ALL YOUR USERS: .........................................................................121 CHANGING PASSWORD OF A USER ............................................................122 DISABLE OR ENABLE ACCOUNT OF A USER ..............................................123 EDITING A USERʹS PROFILE ..........................................................................124 EDIT A USERʹS ACCOUNT..............................................................................125 iv Table Of Contents DELETING A USER..........................................................................................126 AUTO LOGIN ..................................................................................................128 ADD USER .......................................................................................................129 USER FAMILY TREE........................................................................................132 Hosting Manager ..............................................................................................133 HOSTING PLAN ..............................................................................................133 MY PLANS .......................................................................................................134 EDITING A PLAN............................................................................................135 SELLING A HOSTING PLAN ..........................................................................139 COMPARING PLANS......................................................................................140 DELETING A HOSTING PLAN .......................................................................142 SOLD PLANS ...................................................................................................148 SWITCH PLAN ................................................................................................149 DELETING A SOLD PLAN ..............................................................................150 HOSTING ADD‐ON.........................................................................................151 ADD RESOURCE .............................................................................................152 LIST RESOURCES ............................................................................................153 SELL ADD‐ON .................................................................................................156 SOLD ADD‐ON................................................................................................157 EDITING A HOSTING RESOURCE .................................................................159 BILLING SYSTEM ............................................................................................160