In this post we will explain how to manage servers on your network under server tab in admin area. We will cover following information: view statistics, check Api, name servers

Manage Server & View Statistics: Access server, edit server, view server statistics and all other server related functions.

Check HMS API: This will check the HMSPANEL API for the server. You are looking for successful response here. If you do not reeve one, control panel functions for the server will not work.

Make Default: The default server is the server HMSPANEL will use to setup shared hosting accounts when Auto Shared Setup is enabled. If 10 servers have Auto Shared Setup enabled, HMSPANEL will use the Default server to setup accounts.

Make NS1: Specify which of the servers in your network will act as NS1 name server. Generally this will be enabled when HMSPANEL is installed and your primary/master server will be your NS1.

Make NS2:Specify which of the servers in your network will act as the NS2 name server. Even if your NS1 & NS2 are on the same machine, do not label your NS1 server as NS2. Enable an NS2 server when you’re using a true NS2 setup and only then.

Restart Apache: Will restart Apache on the server.

Duplicate Server: This feature is useful when adding another server to your network. It will duplicate the existing server and keep most, if not all of the settings. This will duplicate the existing server and keep most, if not all settings. This way when you modify the newly duplicated server, you will only need to modify a few values.

Delete Server: This will delete the server from your network. Use this feature with caution.

Used By: if multiple accounts are setup on the server then the server will act as a shared server and Used By will show Shared {number}, where number is the number of user accounts setup on the server. If one account is setup on a server then the server will act as a dedicated server and Used By will show the clients name only. Please note that virtual private servers act as dedicated servers within HMSPANEL.

The rest of the information shown such as statistics snapshot, server ID and server name is pretty straight-forward

In this post we explained how to manage servers in admin area. We covered following information: view statistics, check Api, name servers

Site name, Url & email settings.
Site Name: Your licensed domain. Cannot be modified. Site Url: Your licensed URL. Cannot be modified. System Email Address: All system related emails, to and from, will be sent to this address or be sent from this email address.

Allowed TLD List.
Enter the TLD”s you wish to support. Users can only add domains if the TLD is listed.

Plan Prefix.
Plan Prefix Name: This plan prefix name will be the prefix for all plans under “Plan Management”. So, shared plan number 1 is labeled as S.1 by HMSPANEL, the plan will appear throughout the screen as PREFIX.S.1 The same applies to all other plans.

Page Titles.
Page titles are just that, the page titles for your front-end web site, client control panel and administration area.

Release Letters.
They are contain access information for a client”s plan. When you send a client a Release Letter, you can opt to have a carbon copy sent to the administration email address.

Account/Plan ID Start Number.
When HMSPANEL is installed there is one user account with one plan. The next client that”s added would be number 2. To make your business appear a bit more established, you can update the client number that HMSPANEL will use next.

In this post we explained how to manage general system settings in admin control panel.

 Adding an administrator is simple. Simple click “Add Administrator” from the left navigation and enter the necessary credentials. You will need to have an understanding of the “User Level” feature when adding & editing users as well as editing the page levels below. Levels simply grant administration users access to all pages or specific level set of pages. Administrators need to be at the same level, or greater, as the “Individual Page levels” to be able to access those pages.

Example: If you wanted to add an administration user that did not have access to any billing related pages then you would add an administrator at level 9. You would then use the “Global level change” and set all pages to level 9. Finally you would go through all of the “Individual Page Levels” and set all billing related pages to level 10. The level 9 user you added would not be able to access the billing related pages set to level 10 and would only be able to access pages set to level 9 and below.

 In this post we explained how to manage your administration area users or create new users. In particular we will explained how to add administrator.

Shared Plan Soft-Limits is straight-forward feature. Enter the amount of domains, email accounts, FTP accounts, MySQL databases and cron jobs that a plan should be set to. Or, check the unlimited field to set the value to unlimited. You also have the ability to enable PHP, CGI as well as Webalizer & AWStats statistics. We recommend leaving PHP & CGI enabled for all plans.

Save Plan Options. Add/Modify Plan: Use this option when you are adding a new plan or editing an existing plan. Save as New: Use this option when you want to duplicate an existing plan. keep in mind that all extras associated with an existing plan will be copied to the new plan you save. Save as New/Hide This One: this option is identical to the “Save as New” except it will set the existing plan to “Hidden” status.

In this blog entry we explained how to work with plans in admin panel. In particular we covered the save plan options.

Bandwidth: Enter the amount in GB.

Disk Space: (MB) Enter the ammount in MB.

Bandwidth Overage Cost: In the first field you would enter the ammount. In the second field, you would enter how that value should be displayed to your clients. An example would be: Field 1: .50, field 2: .50 /GB, or you could use: .50 Per GB.

Storage overage Cost: In the first field you would enter the amount. In the second field, you would enter how that value should be displayed to your clients. An example would be: Field 1: .05, Field 2: .05/GB, or you could use: .05 per GB.

DEDICATED PLANS.
Bandwidth: In the first field, enter the amount in either GB or MB. Simply enter the numeric value. In the second field, you would enter how that value should be displayed to your clients. An example would be: Field 1: 50, Field 2: 50 Mbps, or you could use: 50Mbit Burstable.

Server details: In this field you would enter the server specifications. This field supports HTML line breaks. An example would be:

Billing Type: Enter if this plan is being offered on a per GB or Mbit basis.

Bandwidth Overage Cost: In this field you would enter the amount. In the second field, you would enter how that value should be displayed to your clients. An example would be: Field 1: 10.00, Field 2: $10/Mbps, or you could use: $10.00/Mbit

In this blog entry we continued explaining how to work with shared plan under the “Plans” tab. We covered how to work with dedicated plans etc.

Setup Fee: Any setup fee associated with the plan. This will be a one time fee applied only during sign up.

Reseller Plan: If checked, this feature is enabled. It will give your existing clients the ability to create and control “Sub Accounts”.

Rank ( List Order ): The order in which the plans will appear on the front-end corresponding page as well as the order they appear in the administration area list.

Template: In order to use this feature, you must create a “Plan Template” from the “Plan Maintenance” page. “Plan Templates” serve 2 purposes, one being plan sorting on the front-end if you are using the dynamic pages and plan organization within your administration area.

For Example: You want to have 3 pages of shared hosting plans. “Shared Basic”, “Shared Platinum” and “Shared Super”. Each shared plan category has 3 individual plan packages. You would create the 9 shared plans accordingly and assign, them to the correct plan templates. On the front end, you would link to those 3 template pages accordingly instead of linking to the “shared.php” page and each page will contain 3 shared plans. Another example would be from an administrative stand point. You can sort plans by template from the “Plan Maintenance” page, so you can view plans in an organized view.

Status: Plans set to “Active” are just that and plans set to “Hidden” will not appear on the front end for purchase.

Disable Purchase: If checked, this feature is enabled. This will deny a user from purchasing the plan from the front-end.

We partially explained how to add shared plan. We taught how to add different plans, setup fee, reseller plan feature and templates setup.

  Generate CSR & KEY: Please note that only one CSR can be generated per domain and only one CRT can be setup per domain.  Be sure you select the proper domain name under the “Common Name” field. If you do not select the www then you will not be able to use “http://www.domain.com, only “https://domain.com will work. The same applies with the www. If you select the www then “https://www.domain.com will work but “https:domain.com” will not work.  If you purchase an SSL certificate with the wildcard option, then all variations/subdomains of the domain will work via https.

  Pending Requests: In order to setup the SSL certificate you must create a CSR above. Once completed you must submit that CSR to the provider you are purchasing the SSL certificate from. You can download the csr using the link below, if provided, or contact customer support. Once downloaded, open the file and copy the entire contents of the file and submit that to your provider. Sometimes Notepad will format the file to docs and the contents will become corrupt. Please use Word Pad instead. Once all of that is completed they will send you a .zip file containing your certificate, which is a .crt file. In some cases a chain file will be sent with your certificate. Both files must be uploaded using the upload feature below. Once the necessary files are uploaded you will see a link to activate the SSL certificate. Simply click that link and your SSL will be activated.

  This post explained how to work with SSL. Entry explained how to generate CSR, generate KEY and set up certificate.

This blog post is dedicated to work and options of file manager. This entry will include such options as browsing, renaming directory, work with archives, file permissions and file upload.

Currently Browsing: Please note that “D” stands for a directory and the “F” stands for files. Any directory you click will take you into the directory to browse. Any file you click will prompt you to download the file.

Rename: Rename a directory or file accordingly.

Extract: This feature is only available for archived files such as .tar.gz files. Simply click Extract and the archive will be extracted in the current directory.

Refresh Directory Listing: This will refresh the currently directory listing.

Create New Folder: This will create a new folder within the directory you are currently browsing.

Delete:This will delete all selected files and folders.

Set Permissions: This will set file permission as on all selected files and folders.

Archive Selected Files & Folders(tar.gz): This will create an archive of all selected files and folders. The tar.gz file will be available in the directory you are currently browsing when creating the archive.

Upload File: This will upload a file to the current directory.

This entry explained how to work and options of file manager. This entry explained browsing, renaming directory, work with archives, file permissions and file upload.

Install Software Package: If you would like to install the software package under your domains root directory, which would be /htdocs, then please do not enter a name for Directory to Install, simply leave this field blank.
Select software: select software package to being your installation. If you do not see a MySQL database available in the drop down menu, please create one under Database Management using the left navigation.

Installed Software Packages: You can delete a software installation, the directory it was installed under as well as the MySQL database by using the Delete feature.

Please note that the software files will not be removed for software installations under your domains root directory, which is /htdocs. Software installations under a domains root directory will require manual deletion of the files via FTP.

In this entry we explained how to manage software and how to install and uninstall software package.

Details: Please note that htaccess management will pick up your live/current .htaccess file within the directory you select. Your public directory (/htdocs)is selected by default.

Setting rules on this page will simply add to your existing .htaccess file. You also have the ability to add custom code. Please also not that any htaccess file above a set of directories will apply to that directory and all subdirectories. If you create an htaccess file under the root of your domain, which is /htdocs, then those rules will apply to every subdirectory under /htdocs.

This entry explained how to work with htaccess file.