Configuring Domains

Posted by admin on December 21 2008 Add Comments

Removing Domains

To remove a domain:

  1. Select Domain Info link in Domain Settings menu on the left.
  2. Click the Delete icon in the Domain name field at the top of the page.
  3. Confirm the deletion by clicking “Yes, I agree with the above”.

Choose whether you would like to preserve the content of the domain’s directory.

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  • If you choose to leave web content, all this website will remain on the server and will be accessible by FTP.
  • If you choose to remove web content, all this website and its directory will be permanently deleted from the server.

Instant Domain Aliases

An instant domain alias is an additional web address that gives access to your website when you don’t have a real domain name or when your real domain name is temporarily unavailable. Instant domain aliases are generated randomly based on your provider’s domain name and can’t be changed. To enable or disable access to your website by instant domain alias:

  1. Go to Domain Settings -> Web Options.
  2. Select the domain if you have more than one.
  3. Click Edit next to Web Service.
  4. At the bottom of the Web Service page that appears, enable or disable Instant access domain alias.

Creating Subdomains

A subdomain is a lower level domain. It is added on the left of the domain name, e.g. subdomain.example.com. You can create as many subdomains as allowed by the plan. Domains and subdomains have equal functional capabilities, including web site management, e-mail service, FTP, dedicated IPs, etc., but subdomains do not have their own DNS zones and usually cost less.

To create a subdomain:

  1. Select Domain Info link in Domain Settings menu in user’s Control Panel.
  2. Click Add in the Sub Domains field. You will be asked to enter the subdomain name:

    subdomain

  3. Enter the new subdomain. It will be displayed in the Subdomain field of the Domain Settings page.

Shared And Dedicated IP Hosting

This is also called Virtual Hosting (Shared IP) and IP-Based Hosting (Dedicated IP).

  • Shared IP hosting - one IP address is assigned to several domains and access to a domain is available only by its domain name;
  • Dedicated IP hosting – one IP address is assigned to one domain. To access a domain, you can use either its IP address or its domain name.

IP Hosting

Advantages

Disadvantages

Shared IP
  • can be used for virtually unlimited number of virtual hosts;
  • easy to configure and use;
  • requires no additional hardware of software;
  • can be used for free.
  • does not support Virtual FTP;
  • does not support SSL protection.

Dedicated IP
  • supports Virtual FTP
  • supports SSL
  • It is a pay service

Switching from Dedicated IP to Shared IP will delete your virtual FTP and SSL services.

To change the type of IP:

  1. Select Domain Info in the Domain Settings menu.
  2. If you have several domains, choose the one to enable virtual FTP for.
  3. Click Change to Shared IP in the IP Address field:

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  4. If prompted, confirm the change by clicking “Yes, I agree with the above”.

Important:: After you switch between shared and dedicated IPs, it will take several hours before the domain becomes available at the new IP address.

Domains on dedicated IPs don’t have instant access aliases.

You can use an IP-only server. To create it, choose “no domain” during signup. Following the signup, you should change IP to Dedicated.

Domain Aliasing

Domain aliasing is creating domain names that point to other domains. For example, if your domain name is example.com, you can register another domain name, e.g. example.net and have it point to the location of example.com. This means, every Internet user who goes to example.net will land in example.com.

A domain alias may have:

  • its own DNS zone;
  • custom DNS records;
  • separate mail service.

The new concept of domain aliasing is treating domain aliases as full-featured domains. It means that they can be registered/renewed via domain registrar right from your CP. Besides, domain aliases can be easily turned to full-featured hosting domains and vice versa.

This concept provides you with more flexible approach to creating web hosting/mail service aliases. Currently, Parallels H-Sphere supports hosting/mail service alias for the following types of domains:

Hosting Domain Alias

Mail Service Alias

domain of Host Existing Site type
Registered domain
Transferred domain

domain of Host Existing Site type
Registered domain
Transferred domain

If you have domain aliases , they will continue to operate according to the old scheme. To make old aliases full-featured domains, remove them and then add again as described below.

To configure new domain as a web hosting/mail service alias for an existing domain:

  1. Choose Add New Domain in Domain Settings menu.
  2. Enter name for your alias and click Submit:

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  3. Click Continue. On the Options page choose settings according to the screenshot below.

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  4. Click Submit.

To disable web hosting/mail service alias for a domain:

  1. Go to Edit Domain page:

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  2. Click the Trash icon near Mail Service Alias/Alias to existing hosting domain.

To turn domain/mail service alias to full-featured web/mail hosting domain:

  1. Go to Edit Domain page.
  2. Click the Trash icon near Mail Service Alias/Alias to existing hosting domain.
  3. Click Off near Mail Service/Web Service:

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  4. Mail/Web Service will show as enabled:

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To register domains without web/mail service considered later either for hosting or for aliasing:

  1. Choose Add New Domain in Domain Settings menu.
  2. Enter name for your domain and click Submit.
  3. Click Continue and on the Options page choose settings exactly as shown on the below screenshot.

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  4. Click Submit. Later on the Edit Domain page turn ON either the Service buttons or the Alias buttons.

Domain Renewal

Domains transferred or registered from your H-Sphere CP with a domain registrar need to be renewed once the registration period expires. In your account you can choose between manual and automatic renew modes.

This option is available only for domains registered from your control panel.

Although you will be sent an e-mail notification before your domain expires, you can choose whether to renew your contract with the registrar company manually or automatically. In the automatic mode, your domain name will be renewed for as many years as you specify in your control panel settings. In the manual mode, you would have to enter your control panel and click the Renew Domain link; otherwise the domain name will expire and become unavailable.

To set the renewal mode to automatic or manual:

  1. Go to your CP Domain Settings/Domain info menu, and click the domain name link.
  2. On the page that appears in section Domain Renew Mode, click the Renew domain link.

  3. To switch to another mode, click the Edit icon. On the page that opens, select either Manual or Automatic.

With Manual renew mode, you will be warned about domain expiration in advance, so that you can renew the domain on time.

To renew your domain manually:

  1. Click the Renew domain link:

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    • Renew/registration date: the date you registered your domain or last time renewed the domain registration.
    • Registration/last renew period in years: the period you registered or last time renewed the domain registration for.
    • Total contract length in years: the period you’ve registered your domain for (including all the renewals).
    • Expiration date: the date when your domain registration period expires.
    • Advisable renew date: the date you are advised to renew the domain registration.
    • Renew domain for this many year(s): set the period you’d like to renew the domain registration for.
  2. Click Submit to confirm your renewal request and agree to charges, if any.

Warning: Make sure to renew your domain on time, as you won’t be able to renew it from your Control Panel when it expires.

To configure automatic renewal:

  1. Go to your CP Domain Settings/Domain info menu, and click the domain name link.
  2. On the page that appears in section Domain Renew Mode, click the Renew domain link.
  3. Select Automatic and enter the years to renew the domain for:

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If you have opted for an Automatic Renew Mode, the domain will be automatically renewed for the number of years you specified when choosing the Domain Renew Mode. The charges for a renewal will be made according to your plan settings.

Changing Domains Contact/Billing Info

Contact/billing info is available only for domains registered through CP.

If you want to change either your contact or billing info for a registered domain, click the Edit icon in the corresponding section. Edit info in the form and check Yes in the Affect Owner Info entry:

Note: If your .org domain is locked, you won’t be able to update your domain’s contact/billing information via CP! Unlock your domain first!

Web Access Control

This document describes the Web Access Control resource which allows Linux users to add and configure web access for their domains to different locations. You can allow or deny access for domain names or IP addresses (groups of IPs).

By adding Web Access Control, you define the default order (type) of access.

To add Web Access Control in your User CP:

  1. Go to Domain Settings – > Web Options
  2. Scroll down to Web Access Control and click Add. Configure the form that shows.

    add_webaccess

  3. Enter Location which provides for access control by URL
    • If Current Default Access Rule=allow, this location/web directory will be available for all domain names/IPs.
    • If Current Default Access Rule=deny, this location will be denied for all.
  4. Submit to confirm.

By editing Web Access Control, you can add, delete, upload and export allowed or denied domain names/IPs.

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  • Current Default Access Rule: if necessary, you can change current default access rule.
  • Deny Domains/IPs list: you can delete any domain or IP from the list
    If current default access rule=allow, you can define the list of domain names/IPs which have no access. If current default access rule=deny, you can allow access to defined domain names/IPs.
  • Domain: type in a new domain and click Add
  • Add IP address and Mask.
  • Manage Domains/IPs: you can upload list domains/IPs from file and export existing list to file. If you define a group of IPs, you should add mask with the “/” in front of it, e.g: 192.168.112.5/255.255.255.0

Note: Don’t forget about permissions on directories to where you want to upload/export files. If you don’t have permissions toread/write files, you cant’ upload/export your lists.

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