Confixx Manual - DNES HOSTING STORE
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1. 15 1 Definition of Terms The following terms are repeatedly used in this manual End user User has a home directory and one or more domains on the server Reseller may create and manage Users User and Reseller each have their own Confixx web interface This manual describes the Reseller interface 2 Reseller privileges A Reseller can log on to their User s interfaces using his Confixx password To access a certain User s interface enter the appropriate URL in your browser in the format the main Confixx URL User s Confixx username Enter User s Confixx username as login and your Reseller password as password After logging on you can access the entire User interface browse through personal settings and information excluding protected User sections such as FTP and POP3 accounts To access Webalizer stats enter your Reseller username and password All Users usernames are organized according to a pattern web number e g webl web2 web3 etc By default Confixx Reseller is provided with his default User account web0 You can access User interface of webO by a corresponding username webO and your Reseller password You may find that some features and menu items described in this Manual are missing from your Confixx interface This means one of the following either these services have been restricted or disabled by Admin or your server configuration doesn t suppor2. Create a self signed certificate and click Save Now the common shared certificate when displayed to Users will read the Company name you specified Note You can create an official or a self signed SSL certificate only in case you have at least one exclusive IP address For more information about SSL certificates read http httpd apache org docs2 0 ssl ssl_intro html certificates 6 7 MySQL If authorized by the Admin you can clear individual databases for access from external servers Click MySQL to see a list of Users who have MySQL databases You can enable of disable external access by clicking on the corresponding status icon 7 Settings 7 1 Overview Here you can find shortcuts to main features Skins editor Index setup and Help page Alternatively you can access these features by clicking on corresponding menu items 7 2 Skins editor With the skins editor you can create your own custom designs skins for Confixx interface Confixx allows to create a custom skin by selecting interface colors and uploading your logo Create new custom skin New skin name Create from skin Modern Blue Color Scheme C Create from archive Adjust custom skin sin Upload logos C Adjust colors C Delte skin To create a custom skin enter the new skin name and select how the skin will be created The new skin can be based on one of existing Confixx design schemes you can choose an applicable scheme from t
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4. unlimited Number of e mail addresses e mail addresses are MySQL databases 1 maximum unlimited forwarders either to POP3 boxes or to existing e mail Wildcard sub domains F eese di addresses If User is not authorized to create POP3 boxes he she can forward to e mail addresses only At domains maximum unlimited y undis 10 maximum unlimited Autoresponders User can set up autoresponders for Mailing lists rr maximum _ unlimited individual e mail addresses For that reason it 1s useful to assign as many autoresponders as there are e mail addresses This enables User to set up an autoresponder for each e mail address Number of additional FTP users Users can create additional FTP users FTP users are users on the web server with a home directory within the home directory of a Confixx User Traffic a user can always exceed the traffic limit defined in this section These data is displayed in order to inform User Reseller about the generated traffic In the event the traffic limit has been exceeded you will be notified accordingly in the Stats section Creatable subdomains end users can create subdomains and have them point to a certain directory within their home directory The subdomains will function only if the user s domains are entered as a wildcard domain tld on the name server Number of MySQL databases under normal conditions one database per User should be sufficient Wildcard subdomain
5. IP address webl conifxx com ri oO Standard IP orty for this user If you wish to add or remove DNS services for this domain name tick untick applicable options in the list and click Apply You can delete a group of domains by ticking them in the list and clicking Delete User s own IP If you at least one available IP address you can assign it as an exclusive IP address to one of Users Select the IP address from the drop down list see the Own IP address option above tick only for this user and click Apply A User may need an exclusive IP address e g if he wishes to set up a personal SSL certificate Step 5 Send user data amp e mail The new User s login and password are displayed If you have already created a registration e mail template as described in the E mail setup section the access data are automatically inserted into the e mail text and you can send the e mail to the User in one click If there s no predefined template you can input the text and other missing details manually and send the e mail 6 4 Change User You can change the settings of previously created Users in this section Enter the username of the User select the applicable service and click Next 11 Show user lk Select an action for a user Change personal data Change services Change services using template Edi domains amp IP address Change passwo
6. amp KB T KB 13 kB Traffic summary For all months FTP WEB Total 1 92 MB 1 92 MB 13KB 6 KB 7 KB Total 6 KB 1 93 MB 1 93 MB 16
7. FrontPage has been activated for a User his her password and username for FrontPage are issued Users can change their FrontPage password in their Confixx interface The FrontPage server extensions require about 150KB storage space per User 6 6 SSL Reseller can provide User with a personal SSL certificate besides the common Confixx one To do this it is necessary to assign an exclusive IP address for this User This can be dome either when creating a User or by editing his domain amp IP address settings Then you will need to acquire a private key and certificate from the certification authority To register this certificate in Confixx click SSL in the menu You will see a list of Users who have exclusive IP addresses Click on the Change icon for the appropriate User choose Private key and certificate from the drop down 12 list and click Next Input the acquired private key and certificate details into the corresponding data fields and click Save You can also use this feature to create your own self signed unofficial SSL certificates for your Users or for yourself A self signed SSL certificate is not from an official authority and won t be recognized by the web browser as being valid for the login URL which will result in warning messages To create a self signed certificate follow the same steps as described above but choose Nothing available in the drop down list Edit the company details check
8. log onto the Linux Shell using the main user e g www1 Shell access should be assigned only in exceptional cases as this involves a substantial security risk for the server We recommend using scp sftp instead provided that this function is supported by your server With scp sftp a User will get a restricted shell access without permissions to execute files remotely The user can only transfer files encrypted via scp or sftp ColdFusion deactivated activates files with postfix cf Webalizer stats Webalizer is a well known web server log file analysis program It analyses the log files generated by the web server If Webalizer is has been activated for a User the Webalizer configuration file will automatically be generated on the server The folder Webalizer will be created in the User s HTML directory and password protected by an htaccess file Depending on the web server configuration Webalizer is updated one or more times per day You can also log onto the User s Webalizer stats using your Reseller username and your Reseller password Password protected directories Users can use Confixx web interface to protect their directories with a password if this feature has been activated If you wish to activate FrontPage for your user at a later time you must not activate this feature Define error files If this feature is activated Users can use Confixx web interface to create their own error pages for their website directorie
9. t change the services available to your Users who had been subscribed to this package before 5 5 E mail Setup Once you have created a user you can send him her a registration e mail containing his her credentials login and password and other relevant information In Conifxx it is possible to create a standard registration e mail for each User template package To create an e mail for a previously created User template first choose this E mail setup template package from the drop down list and click Select template leclote E mail templste 7 Select template Subject You can also create a default registration e mail template for Text Confixx This e mail will be sent to all individual Users assigned to no template To do so choose No template individual setting in the drop down list In both cases an E mail template window will open Input content into the appropriate fields When composing the text you can use Confixx tags provided in the variables list Sender s emal address These tags will be automatically replaced with corresponding Name of sender content during the e mail generation process opio If you wish to keep backup copies of all e mails sent through Aw the template specify the appropriate e mail address in the CC field Confixx will send copies of all messages to the specified address This field is optional Click Apply after you ve finished conf
10. you can authorize your users to create a catchall subdomain domain tld These ones use considerably more server capacity than regular subdomains Number of domains With 9 domains Users can create web pages with URLs looking the same as their e mail addresses e g johnsmith provider com Note for domains JavaScript is used Number of cronjobs With cronhobs end users can automatically run scripts commands at a scheduled time A cronjob corresponds to an entry in the file etc crontab If a User wants to create two cronjobs you need to assign at least two cronjobs Number of mailing lists a number of Majordomo mailing lists a User can create Defining services FTP enable FTP to give your users FTP access using their main User This feature must be activated 1f additional FTP users are to be assigned Services FIP Yes PHP SSI these features can be activated and deactivated They Pp i e a available in the server s default setting If you deactivate any of these diee features PHP and SSI files cannot be executed using the web server ioi ee Ms 9 Yes Ho PHP upload only Users for whom this feature has been activated can use Module mod python G3 ver the PHP upload features A temp folder phptmp is created in the user s 551 home directory for this purpose If this feature is activated for a User at a Yes Na later time a temporary folder m
11. es D unlimited Humber of e mail autoresponders D unlimited Humber of FTF users D unlimited Traffic 0 00 unlimited Creatable sub domains D runtmibed Wildcard sub domains unlimited 0 AE domairnis Cuntimibed Cron jobs cuntmibed The values in parentheses represent Ehe maximum value you may define or use If you exceed a maximum the corresponding row in the table will be highlighted in color If Administrator had set a hard limit for a service Confixx won t let you exceed this limit and will notify you by displaying alert messages The only service which cannot be restricted by a hard limited is Traffic 4 2 Change Password In this section you can change your Reseller password Your Confixx Reseller password is also used to log on to your Users interfaces Change password Old password New password Re enter password To change your password first enter your current password in the Old password field Now enter your new password twice and confirm by clicking on Change password For security reasons your password must contain not less than 6 but not more than 12 characters 4 3 Language Design In this section you can select the language and design of your web interface Choose the applicable language and design scheme from the drop down lists These settings will be used for all newly created Users by default Users can change their default language at a later stage but the design sche
12. f the standard page gt eheads cle fuser beta canfixx ruz titles gt bgcalarz whke gt cp Hier enbsbehen die Internet Seiten des Confixx Benutzers bz ituserid cb auf beta canfixx ruz p efbody 2 html Fle name index html Save Users can overwrite the Index page file later by uploading their own Internet pages into their home directory on the server 7 4 Help Page In this section create a Help page to be displayed in your Users interface You have the option of specifying information such as contact information or a link to the Confixx user manual Content in HTML is added in the same manner as this is done in Index setup section No tags other than HTML are possible 14 8 Stats 8 1 User stats You can run a query on your Users stats Below is the general overview showing pertinent stats on all Users and major services provided to them If the service limit is exceeded the corresponding table cell is highlighted in color You can specify the number of Users to be displayed per page User search by username is available Liser stats of your users Show excesses only 22 Search i Show all Item s 1 5 of 10 total Pages 1 2 gt gt Last page Items per page 5 10 20 50 100 200 1 92 MB 0 93 MB sw 7 sbi i KE KE 35 Q mb KE 24 ors Pr LLL webs 0 KE 24 Items 1 5 of 10 b
13. he drop down list Alternatively you can upload a skin from a file stored on your local computer Choose the most suitable option and click Next to 13 create a skin The new skin can be individually customized Select the skin you want to change from the list of custom skins and choose between Upload logos or Adjust colors If you want to upload a logo make sure that you use an image in GIF format with a size of 158x67 pixels and that the filename is in format logo gif Click Browse find the logo file on your computer and click Apply Colors are defined by the HTML color code When you click Select color a color table is opened where you can select the color for all specified elements The according color code is automatically inherited Click Apply to save your color settings Background color of tables Select color Cancel Background color of page Select color Cancel Foreground color of headers Select color Cancel Background color of headers 65a4eb Select color Cancel 7 3 Index Setup In this section you can create an Index page home page to be set up automatically for your new Users You can enter the HTML code of the page and specify the file name Besides HTML tags you can use the user tag as described below Indude the Following variables in your text ffucer2e Leername of new user index setup Click here to see the current defined standard index page HTML code o
14. iguring the e mail template 6 Users 6 1 Overview In the Users menu you will find all features you need for creating new Users and editing the settings of your existing Users The Overview section contains two main toolbars 6 1 1 The Tools field set Tools 3 La E UN Create user FrontPage 22L PSO In the Tools field set you will find a Create User icon and controls pertaining to major services provided to Users Front Page SSL MySQL If you click on the feature icon you will see a list of all Users displaying relevant information and their statuses against this particular service Enabled Disabled or Scheduled If a feature 1s Scheduled for a User like on the screenshot below it means that it has been enabled but the information hasn t yet been updated in general Confixx settings on the main server The next time the update script is run on the main Confixx server the status will be changed to enabled Search f Show all i Activate Deactivate X Delete Item s 1 1 of 1 total dom beta carfixx ru dom net de dam nek de org Q cle web soap beta confixx ru EJ Statuses are changed by clicking on the status icon The Scheduled status is changed to Enabled automatically after the update scripts have been run in the Admin and Reseller copies of Confixx accordingly 6 1 2 The Edit user data toolbar Edt user data Leer w Change personal data Cha
15. lates templates tick it them in the list and click Delete To edit the settings of a template click the Change icon corresponding to this template To create a User for a certain template click the appropriate Create User icon 5 2 Create Template First choose a name for the template you wish to create e g webpackage 1 limited etc This name is used simply to identify the template in this list or during the User creation process Specify limits and services to be available in a package follow the steps described in Section 6 3 Create User Fields marked with are required Click Create template to save your settings 5 3 Change Template You can change your template settings at a later time To do this select the template from the drop down list and click Edit template Edit template Please select template unlimited Mi 3j n 3 Create bemplate Edit temp lake E mail setup Creabe user Make the necessary modifications in the settings list the same list as in Create template and click Apply to save the changes Note Any changes you make don t affect the settings of any users you have previously created using this template 5 4 Delete Templates Select a template to be deleted and confirm by clicking on Delete template Delete template Please select the template you want bo delete Existing templates EEE Delete template If you delete a template it won
16. me is changed by Reseller only When you set up a new User you can select an individual design scheme for him Language Design Language English v Design Modern Blue Color Scheme v In Confixx 3 1 it is possible to use old skins from Confixx 2 0 if this feature has been activated by Administrator These skins can be recognized by the Confixx 2 0 prefix Please note that by selecting an old skin you change not only the design scheme but the menu structure as well 4 4 Messages Server messages are generated by Confixx You can use this page to list different error messages in chronological order There are two types of messages in Confixx Reseller interface Errors error messages are generated when Confixx fails to perform certain operations for example if a directory could not be created or deleted Notices are displayed when Users log on off and when Users subdomains etc are created or deleted Messages lap w P Show 1 2 of 2 botal W ebalzer stats have been activated OBI 17 05 05 09 42 web 1 User 2 has been created 08 17 05 05 09 39 web temis 1 2 of 2 total In Confixx 3 1 it is possible to sort messages by type Errors Notices All and to specify a number of messages to be displayed per page 5 Templates In most cases Resellers offer their Users several standard service packages each of them involving certain limits and privileges available t
17. mits and services available to User Enter only whole numbers in the input fields If you want to assign an unlimited number to a feature simply enter the value 1 You may enter the value 1 only if you are duly authorized to do so i e if you re granted the unlimited value for this feature by Administrator If you enter the value 0 this service will not be available to the user You probably won t see all the input values as not every server supports all of Confixx features or because this feature has not been activated for you by your Admin Creabe new user Storage space please note when assigning storage space that 1 MB 1 024 KB If a quota has not been installed on the server the user may use more storage space than you have specified in this section The storage space used by your Limits 5torage Ni J E eee unlimited Users will be measured once or more per day depending on Number of POPS boxes maximum v unlimited the server configuration If a User uses more storage space Wore gaa iem Ip semi than has been authorized you will be notified accordingly in the Stats section Number of e mail autoresponders unlimited Number of additional FTP users maximum unlimited Number of POP3 boxes you must set up as many e mail Traffic contained m 7 unlimited addresses at least as many POP3 boxes you specified Creatable sub domains L Verio
18. nge services Edt domains Change password address s Here you can access the settings of individual Users Input the User s username into the User field and click the applicable icon If you don t remember the username leave the window blank and click on the corresponding tool In the list of Users that appears choose the one whose settings you wish to modify 6 2 Circular to all Users You can use Confixx to send e mail notifications circulars to all users Compose your e mail specify the required details and click Next A list of all the Users will appear If necessary you can remove certain Users from the list by clicking on User record and pressing Ctrl on your keyboard Click Send to selected recipients It may take a few minutes for the e mail to be sent to all addresses 6 3 Create User Creating a user is divided into 5 steps Step 1 Select template Create user Select template no bemplabe individual setting If you have created a template and wish to use it select it now Otherwise keep the default setting No template Individual setting option in the selection list If you use a template you will still have the option to verify and manually change the data in the next step Note At any step of the wizard you can always return to the previous page by clicking Back or proceed by clicking Next Step 2 User service settings Setting limits Here you can specify li
19. o a User such as maximum amount of storage space traffic limits number of e mail addresses FTP accounts etc Confixx allows to store a number of standard a User templates corresponding to service packages Each time you set up a new User you choose the applicable template from the drop down list instead of specifying all settings manually All corresponding settings are provided in the Templates menu 5 1 Overview The Overview window provides quick access to the main template setup and editing functions Create template Edit template and E mail setup If you wish to set up a new template choose Create template To edit an existing template choose this template from the drop down list above and click Edit template Use E mail setup to create a standard registration e mail for your new Users Edit template Please select a template unlimited 3 A 2 Create template Edt template E mail setup Creabe user If you wish to set up a User with individual settings use the Create User icon which refers to the corresponding function in Users menu You will find a full list of your existing templates in the Managing your templates field set below Managing your templates JJ Search i Show al Delete tamis 1 2 of 2 total ue oi standard X 2 a 4 tem s 1 2 of 2 total 19 Using this list you can perform a number of individual and group operations with your templates delete a temp
20. otal Pages 1 Z gt gt Lact page Items per page 5 10 20 50 100 guo An additional option allows you to show only those Users who have exceeded the limit set by Reseller e g storage space or traffic To filter out those Users tick the Show exceeders box and click Search To get detailed stats of one User click on this User in the list To get a particular service overview for all Users click on the service 8 2 Traffic This graphical overview displays all FTP and web traffic generated by your Users The traffic generated by previously deleted users is included as well Monthly traffic displays stats for each day of the month the general traffic summary below shows monthly figures Traffic is distinguished between FTP traffic and traffic generated by web page retrieval By clicking on a month you will get a detailed daily overview for this month and for two preceding months The traffic is measured by a special script Depending on the web server configuration this script is executed one or more times per day 15 Your traffic This displays traffic For all your users measured by Confixx on this server This includes traffic generated by previously deleted users Traffic details For August 2005 Day FTP WEB Total Bf 17 2005 n amp KB 1KB 5kKB 18 20 5 1 1 KB 0 KB aprarzons i 4K5 2 KB 2KB 8124 2005 1 1 KB 6 26 2005 1 1 KB 0 KB Total
21. played Yes No n Confixx 3 1 Backup is available as a service Reseller can choose whether to include in the package or not From a drop down list choose one of three options If you choose No you will disable the backup service for this package If you choose Yes Users will be able to make backups of their web content and databases and store them in their home directory If you choose Backup and upload you will enable Users to automatically upload place their backups on FTP 10 Step 3 Enter personal data Required fields are marked with Other information is optional but may be helpful for example when sending e mail circulars to all Users You can select if these data should appear on your User s Confixx home page Three additional fields are available which you can label and fill out with any additional information you want You can specify a password for the newly created User Alternatively you can leave the password fields blank and have Confixx provide User with its own alphanumeric password Users can change their passwords afterwards via Confixx interface Step 4 Enter domains Add all domain names that you want to associate with end user To do this enter each domain name into the text field tick the assigned services DNS DNR and click Add Repeat this procedure until all domains are included in the domain list below in the Edit domain and IP address field set a Om oo a domaine amp
22. rd 2 Delete user Lockfuntock user The Change Personal Data Change Services and Change Domain amp IP Address sections appear in the same fashion as in the Create User wizard You can delete existing Users and lock them temporarily If a User is locked he she can no longer log onto the user interface of Confixx A locked User doesn t have FTP access and cannot retrieve e mails from his POP3 boxes they are stored in Confixx though A User s Internet pages are unavailable or a default neutral page is displayed Once you unlock the User all services will be available again All e mails received during the period when User had been locked can be retrieved 6 5 FrontPage FrontPage is a web site creation and management solution which allows users to create professionally looking web sites and web pages without extensive knowledge of HMTL web design and other web technologies The default setting of FrontPage for new users is deactivated You can activate or deactivate FrontPage for a User by clicking on the status icon in the User list activate deactivate FrontPage P Serch 3 Show ol 1 5 of 10 total Pages 1 2 gt gt Items per page 5 10 2 50 Q wbs Guteriberg a conficx nu 1 Sof 10 total Pages Z gt gt Last page Items per page 5 10 25 50 You can activate FrontPage only for users for whom the features Error Files and Password Protection have been deactivated Once
23. s If you wish to activate FrontPage for your user at a later time you must not activate this feature WebFTP WebFTP is an interface used to upload and download files using FTP Additional FTP users created by User can log onto their sections in this User s home directory The Confixx web interface for additional FTP users is restricted to changing the password and WebFTP provided Label Input that WebFTP is available Gender Male First name TEE WebMail WebMail is an interface used to send and receive e mails via the web browser POP3 users can log onto the User s section The Confixx Address interface for POP3 users is restricted to changing City the password and to WebMail provided that WebMail is available Country Standard CGI scripts this option installs pre usd defined CGI scripts into the Users CGI directory If you activate this option when changing User s cepere settings the scripts are reinstalled in the User s home directory Existing end User data are not Cusbomer ID overwritten though Only files that previously did Definable fields Input not exist are placed in the directory Spam filter if you activate this feature your Users will have an effective spam filter User can modify spam filter settings for each mailbox using the WebMail feature Do you want Eo display this information in the user section Only completed Fields will be dis
24. t these features 3 Sections of the Reseller Interface The Confixx navigation pane has five drop down menus General Templates Settings Users and Stats Each menu is expanded by clicking on the main menu item e g General When you click on menu item you see detailed information on the selected feature in Confixx primary window General Overview iiy Messages o Lanauage J Design mi settings x Logout 4 General 4 1 Overview By clicking Overview in each Confixx menu you can see shortcuts to major features available in this menu Tools Tool icons correspond to menu items and are provided for quick navigation Below you can see the toolbar for General menu A 0 S BR Mies ees Stats Traffic Change password Language Design For easier navigation the General gt Overview toolbar also contains shortcuts to Stats and Traffic features of the Stats menu Below the toolbar you will find information on the current status of your Reseller account below For each service e g storage space traffic etc the actually used amount is displayed The maximum allowed capacity either by maximum or by a hard limit is shown in parentheses User daka Mame John Conor E mal addresses iovdn amp plesk ru Service overview Assigned storage space 3072 MB unlimited Used storage space KB unlimibed Humber of POPS mail boxes cuntmibed Humber of e mail address
25. ust also be created and authorized M ae appropriately chmod 777 onm Yes No Directory ting Yes WAP a user can use wml files if this feature has been activated for a Webalizer Stats Yes No User Pw protected directories o vec 7 No Define error fies 9 Yes C No SSL If this feature is activated Users of this Reseller will be able to WebETP TG perform secure online transactions from their web pages via https If the x e Reseller has exclusive IPs he ll be able to create his her own certificates for Ero Yes No these IPs Standard CGI S Yes Note You have to enable SSL service for the User which has an exclusive Spam filter yes C No IP so he she can enable SSL on his domains Backup Na v DirectoryListing if this feature has been activated for a User the User can specify whether the web server should display the content of the user s 160 Create template home directory if an index file is not available If this feature has been deactivated DirectoryListing cannot be activated CGI Perl a CGIBIN directory will not be created if CGI Perl has been deactivated 9 Python disables or activates files with the postfix py You have to distinguish normal cgi scripts written in Python and scripts that are to be run by mod python More information can be found at http www modpython org Shell access if Reseller activates Shell access for User the user can
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