Parallels Confixx User Guide
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1. POPS bores P search dl Shove all x Delete Item s 1 S of 6 total Pages 1 2 gt gt Last page Items per page 5 10 5 50 web pi ES O web p Es O web p ES O web p4 Es O webOps ES O Ibern s 1 Sof amp total Pages 1 Z gt gt Last page tems per page 5 10 5 50 E mail 17 A mailbox can be accessed by clicking on mailbox name Each POP3 box is protected by individual password which is specified during the mailbox setup process In this section Create POPS A q 17 Sii A 18 DIS POP3 BOX erica 19 Create POP3 Box Set up new POPS box Specify password Mew password Comment Field Coptiomal Re enter password gt Tocreate a new POP3 box 1 Use the Set up new POP3 box field set and enter the data All fields are optional f you wish to specify your own password for the new box enter it twice in the provided fields and check the Specify password box Alternatively you can leave password fields blank and have Parallels Confixx generate its own password You have the option to enter a comment 2 Click Add to create a POPS box Your username and password for this mailbox will now be displayed Notice The POPS box webip2 has been set up Your password is uSFATFYD With this POPS box and your password vou car log onto the Confixx interface change your passward and use WebMail 3 Remember username and password They will be required by your e mail program to2. Webalizer is password protected so that only you have access to this information To access your stats enter the same username you use for Parallels Confixx interface You can specify the password by clicking Access stats in the General section Webalizer is not an integral part of Parallels Confixx You can find more information about Webalizer at http www webalizer org http www webalizer org
3. 1 Check the address es in the list on page 19 2 Click Delete 22 E mail Catchall E mail Addresses The e mail address domain tld receives all e mails that are sent to your domain unless the e mail has been sent to one of existing e mail addresses Example Somebody sends you an e mail to the address xyz domain tld which doesn t exist in your system If you have a catchall address this e mail will be received and saved in the appropriate mailbox where it can be retrieved later f you dont have a catchall address this e mail will be ignored by your system and will bounce back to sender It is also possible to create a catchall address only and to forward it to a POP3 box or to an existing e mail address Autoresponders You can set up autoresponders for e mail address created via Parallels Confixx If you set up an autoresponder for an e mail address everybody who writes to this address will automatically receive a standard reply message Autoresponders are useful for example if you are unable to retrieve your e mails for a certain period of time All received mail will still be stored in your mailbox gt To set up an autoresponder 1 Choose the appropriate address from the drop down list and click Edit new E mail autoresponders vou have already set up 1 e mail autoresponders of a total of Unlimited possible e mail autoresponders E mail address Autoresponders O ew 7 2 E mail In the wi
4. j aj 0s 1 KE 1 K J OKB Total b KB ORB 6 KE Transfer summary for all months August 2005 Panth FIP WEB Total gj2005 a 6 KB 6 KB ORB Total 6 KB 0 KB 6 KB 14 General Menu Parallels Confixx distinguishes the traffic generated by uploads downloads of your files via FTP and the traffic produced by your Internet pages retrieval Monthly traffic shows detailed stats for each day of the month Traffic summary shows monthly stats Depending on your web server configuration several hours may have passed since the last time traffic had been measured Access Stats In this section you can view Webalizer on page 56 stats for your website s including hits visits referrers the visitors countries the amount of data downloaded change your Stats password To get stats click Call up access stats and enter your authorization details for Webalizer Messages In this section you can view notices and error messages generated by the server This can be used for example to diagnose and fix various system issues The list can be sorted by message type Error Notices All you can also set a number of records to be displayed per page Miss aes Type De 4 Show Themis 1 S of 6 total Pages 1 i gt gt Lost page tems per page 5 10 20 0 100 00 D FTP account web Fl with home directory backups has been created 08 19 05 19 11 59 Ga FTP account web 1f1 has beer deleted gajigis 19
5. Advarced Local mail directory C Progranme Netscape Users defaultsmail Choose caca to Appendix B Writing and Sending E mails 55 5 Click Add to set your POPS server to receive your e mails In the window that is now displayed enter the server name you have received from the web host and the POP3 box you have created using the Parallels Confixx interface Mail Server Properties General POR server dame nop3 domain nic server Type POPS Server User Mame web pl M Remember password T Check for mail every li O minutes h i Sotomeatealindowmigad entren messages Cancel Help Using WebMail To use WebMail for receiving and sending e mails 1 Move to WebMail from the Tools section in your Parallels Confixx web interface 2 Specify your POP3 box and the matching password You can also log onto the Parallels Confixx web interface directly using your POP3 box You then have limited access to the Parallels Confixx interface where you can change the password for your POP3 box and call up WebMail CHAPTER 10 Appendix C Webalizer Webalizer is a server log file analysis program You can access its statistics by choosing the Stats menu in the Parallels Confixx web interface Parallels Confixx does not calculate separate statistics for a domain subdomain Depending on the web server configuration several hours may have passed since the last time your stats were evaluated
6. SSL box If you want your browser to automatically switch from http to https for this subdomain tick the http gt https box as well Note By SSL here we mean the common shared SSL certificate registered for Parallels Confixx 4 Having specified all details click Save to create a subdomain Depending on the web server settings it may take several hours before the subdomain is functional Change Domain Settings gt To link a domain subdomain to a different directory or to forward to a specific Internet address 1 Click the Change link for this domain in the list Managing domains J Search Show all Delete ltemis 1 3 oF 3 total domz beta conficc ru i 5 Change sub dom beta conficx ru backups 5 Change O we dome beta confia 1 l i Change Ibem s 1 3 of 3 total 2 Inthe window that opens specify the Internet address or the directory the domain is to point to and confirm with Save Managing domains You can point the domain dom2 beta confixs ru to a different directory in your HTML directory or bo another URL Domain dom beta confirx ru Forward bo E sal O O http gt https O e You can point www domain tld and domain tld to different directories on the server 30 Settings Delete Subdomain To delete subdomain s tick it them in the list and click Delete Subdomains for which SSL has been enabled cannot be deleted until SSL has been removed by yo
7. click Delete 2 Confirm deletion of the items you selected Delete MySQL database Do you realy want to delebe the MySQL database usr_web0_d and its entire contents Yes Ho Mw Delete database 28 Settings Domains and Subdomains In this section Create SUDGOMAINS ccccececcecececececeeeececececucucueaeaecececucuseeaeaeseseeucueueaeaeaeneaeees 28 Change Domain CHING Susanna 29 Dio AR 30 Catena DOMAINS ene sencezcciceecsecescadsecccdatsacindedsaidcacanedscadsediedesencindadsysantadieececatsias 30 o p eee eee O 30 Create Subdomains Subdomains refer to certain Internet pages the content of these pages is stored in a separate folder in your Parallels Confixx home directory on the server gt To create a subdomain 1 Enter the subdomain name e g CompanyName 2 Choose a domain from the drop down list 3 Specify the target folder Create sub domain Sub domain Domain Target SSL http gt https dom beta conficx nu E O G Save Settings 29 The directory is your main directory on the server The directory which has the following format folder is a sub directory in your main directory Note The target directory you specify when creating a subdomain must already exist on the server You can also link your domain s to a different Internet page http by specifying the respective URL in the Target field If you need to enable SSL for the subdomain you re setting up tick the
8. is set to 0 important e mails could be falsely marked as spam and deleted while with a value of 20 probably not all soam e mails will be detected Rewrite Subject Line lf the spam filter detects a spam e mail and this function is activated it will add the text SPAM to the subject of the e mail With this subject you can define a filter in your local e mail client which will automatically delete such mails or move them into a special folder Report in Header If the spam filter detects a spam e mail a report will be added to the mail This report also contains details about hits found If this report is not inserted directly into the e mail but into the headers please activate this function DeHTML Spam This function converts a detected spam e mail from HTML format into plaintext HTML e mails can contain malicious code with pictures tables or formatted texts with user defined colors and font types This function increases security and should be activated Short Report If you activate this option then the spam filter writes a shortened report into the mail or the header Perl Debugger You can use the Perl debugger to check your Perl scripts for syntax errors For this 1 Select a Perl script from your CGI directory and start the debugger Select the script to be checked and click on Check The output of the Perl debugger is equivalent to the output from the command perl cw lt script gt 48 Tools Back
9. mail client of the recipient the priority can be visualized by highlighting in color or otherwise Attachment You can attach a file from your local computer to the e mail Click on Browse and select the file from your filesystem You can only attach one file per e mail If you wish to add multiple files it is recommended to create a ZIP archive and attach it to the e mail Address book Here you can store your e mail contacts If you create a new e mail you can select the e mail addresses from your address book If you have activated spam filter support you should activate the option of automatically adding your address book entries into the spam filter white list This ensures that e mails from your contacts are never filtered out by spam filter More information on that can be found in this chapter in section Spam filter 46 Tools Settings Autoresponders This function is identical to the function that is described in this manual in section Email Addresses on page 19 But it is limited to the e mail addresses which are associated with the POP3 mailbox to which you are currently logged in Spam filter If this function is activated you can define how the spam filter SpamAssassin should check e mails received for your account and how it should handle potential spam e mails Please keep in mind that a spam filter can never work with 100 accuracy and that you should in particular defineat what rating an e mail is considered as
10. retrieve your e mails 18 E mail Change POP3 Box gt If you want to change the password or description of your POP3 box 1 Click the corresponding Change icon in the list of your POP3 boxes on page 16 2 Ifyou want to change the comment only leave the password information blank 3 To change password enter your new password twice and click Save data POPS boxes POP3 box weblpl New password Re enter password Comment field optional E mail 19 Delete POP3 Box gt To delete a POP3 box or a group of POP3 boxes 1 Check the box or the group of boxes it in the list of your POP3 boxes on page 16 2 Click Delete All the mail stored in these mailboxes will be deleted permanently as well E mail Addresses When you set up an e mail address you can allocate it to a POP3 box so that e mails are saved in this mailbox or have it forward your mail to an existing e mail address In this window you will see a list of your e mail addresses and the mailboxes or e mail addresses they point to The S column of the list shows the current status of address Enabled e mail address is in use Disabled e mail address is disabled Scheduled e mail address has been created but the information has not yet been updated on the main Parallels Confixx server E mail addresses P search 0 show a Delete temis 1 5 of 6 total Show pes 1 amp 22 Leet paoe tems per page 5 10 3 50 TE dva a dom beta confiac nu webl
11. spam If a soam e mail is recognized the e mail will be marked with SPAM in the subject by default Most e mail clients can be configured to automatically move an incoming e mail with a certain text in the subject into a special folder or delete it In the latter case you should make sure that the Required Hits of your spam filter are not set to a value too low otherwise your local mail client might delete an important e mail by mistake Allow Deny Addresses Please also read the chapter about the Address book in WebMail Allow Deny Addresses List Below is our list of sender addresses that are either Allowed or Denied passage regardless of the Spam score EX ction O O friendimdomain nic Accept Remove Modify spammertdbaddornain nic Deny Remove Modify Add Mew Address E Mail Type O Accept Deny Add Mew Address First you can create a black list of e mail addresses e mails from which regardless of their content will be automatically considered as spam You can also define a list of addresses mail from which won t be checked by spam filter at all To do this enter an e mail address and select Accept or Deny correspondingly General Settings General Settings The default value For Required Hits is 5 which is quite aggressive A value of 10 will produce less False positives The average ls Required Hits Once all Spam Assassin tests have been run the resulting score is matched against this value and if
12. week At the bottom of the page you will find a list of cronjobs At the bottom of the page you will see a list of all cronjobs you created Use this list to edit or delete your cronjobs Settings 41 CHAPTER 7 Tools Click Overview to get a quick access to major features of the Tools menu Tools 5 2 Enplty dmin Perl debugger WebFTP Web a Backup Restore In this chapter ONDA aceras acia adecco d ita N SA A acumen decia 42 A 43 eg PP AA 44 WS MOS OP o EE A E EEE ATT 46 Peor COG Ci aectaseceaectocasectateeasencens pseceencedneocseareaeeeasecciwoseanueraemaaiecsserewasseeteseeesenrd 47 BC UNDRE SINS nt ia 48 phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin is a web interface that allows you to manage your MySQL databases phpMyAdmin is not a part of Parallels Confixx It is merely linked to the Parallels Confixx web interface When calling up phpMyAdmin you will be asked to enter your username and password for your databases You can find more information on phpMyAdmin at hitp phpmyadmin sourceforge net http ohpmyadmin sourceforge net Tools 43 WebFTP WebFTP is a web interface used to upload and download your HTML documents and graphics You can also edit files directly on the server using WebFTP Having logged on you receive a list of files and folders on the server Directory Content Current path Se ad 4096 Oct0602 52 root g O backup 4096 xt O602 52 root O Files 4096 Augl6 22 33 webo ig O
13. 11 45 5 FTP account web iF with home directory backups has been crested 08 19 05 19 09 35 5 POPS account weblp1 has been created 06 19 05 19 06 53 G Webalizer state have been activated 06 17 05 03 40 31 Remis 1 5 of 6 total Pages 1 2 gt gt Lost page tems per page 5 10 0 50 100 00 General Menu 15 Parallels Confixx Help Use this section in case you encounter any issues with Parallels Confixx In most cases this page will contain contact details of your web host The amount of other information to be displayed in this section depends on your web host CHAPTER 5 E mail Here you can access major Parallels Confixx e mail setup and management features Tools P a E POPS boxe E mal addresses Autoresponders Mailing lists In this chapter POPS BOXOS nn e O o O ninisi iaiia nN nindi 16 E mail AGONE SSCS accsccscnnceanscoassnansmeinenssaesaennenemeuaceaniecasnaueancuactsenscaeeieeeiaaniacaeaneas 19 AMOS pondo Sii een eee ee eee eee 22 MANO ISS ponderada ratas ina id id 24 POP3 Boxes A POP3 box is similar to a mailbox lt saves the e mails it receives The key to this mailbox is a password that you receive from your web host during your account setup As soon as you have set up a POP3 box you can allocate e mail addresses to this mailbox If you merely want to forward e mails to an existing e mail address you do not need a POP3 box Click POP3 boxes to get a list of your existing mailboxes
14. E EEEE E E 12 ENOG O a E E E N S 13 Trust A A es 13 AOS e e EE A T T TT T A E N A AA 14 Message eir O AAE R ei leia 14 Parallels Contoc HEID cecicininicnitcicadeadaicaleniricalendeicaledrireleicinelcndriccienitileiricaia 15 Change Password In this section you can change your User password which you use to log onto the Parallels Confixx interface and to FTP Here you can change the password to your Stats section as well Change password Old password New password Re enter password Change for stats boo a QD change password General Menu 13 1 To change your password Enter your current password Enter your new password twice and confirm by clicking Change password lf you wish to change your stats password as well check the Change for stats box before clicking Change password Your password may only contain letters and numbers For security reasons your password must consist of at least 6 characters and be no longer than 12 characters Language In this section you can select the language of your web interface Language Language English Traffic This graphical overview displays all the traffic produced by your web site s This desplays traffic generated by your activities on the server which has been measured by Confiox Transfer detak for August 2005 Day FTP WEB Total 8 17 2008 wha 1 K J K 8 18 2005 1 KB 1 KE s ORB 8119 2006 A 2 KB 2 KBs ORB e 24 2005 A 1 KB 1 KE j 0 EB
15. GOM AMAS ad De decia 28 A 28 Chiande Doman SUN ed 29 Delete SU NA ia 30 ee 30 o saa a cases a a Lae cecedeese 30 FONE Al A A E iO 31 Password AAA a See aed ia 31 Setup Password Pr AN a a 32 Fall Pas WO Pr era doo oa DOE AL coa LoS 32 Tools Preface ae rah Fave oy E RN NA Create FTP User Change Password Delete FTP Wis Scented cine a id en eo dede boe tod code Error Files Create Error Files OID Emor FIS caida liada dali Delete Error PICS citada lada tried A d OET EEE E S E PEE E BACKUP SENOS AP A Crontab Range of values per field for the time fields minmax Possible inputs for each field example for minutes Settings POTD A A Backup Restore Appendix A Using FTP Loading Index Home Page Files onto the Server Using an FTP Client Special Considerations When Executing CGI Scripts Perl ProgramMS occccccoccnnccnocnnconononnnnonoss Appendix B Writing and Sending E mails Using Outlook Express Using Netscape Messenger USING WY CIN AU tet tradi o A a a Seu aso esses ncemiuen este Appendix C Webalizer 4 CHAPTER 1 Preface In this chapter ypograpnical GONVENTIONS sosirii i E AEA 5 Peod OF aa ey ne eee ney Saar oreeeenr Over Saar creer eee eer ee 6 Typographical Conventions Before you start using this guide it is important to understand the documentation conventions used in it The following kinds of formatting in the text identify special inf
16. R Parallels Confixx Parallels Confixx User Guide REVISION 2 0 Parallels Legal and Copyright Notice ISBN N A Parallels 660 SW 39 Street Suite 205 Renton Washington 98057 USA Phone 1 425 282 6400 Fax 1 425 282 6444 Copyright 2009 Parallels GmbH All rights reserved Distribution of this work or derivative of this work in any form is prohibited unless prior written permission is obtained from the copyright holder Product and service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners Contents Preface 5 TYPOGrapniGal CONVENTIONS cria a O DEALS EE a 5 POCO A 6 About Parallels Confixx 7 LIN O id 8 o O A ee ee 9 Sections of User Web Interface 10 General Menu 11 Change PaSSWOld A A 12 A T ETE A EE EE EAT A EN TETA T EEEE EE 13 o E a a r a E E sealants 13 e Ae A 14 WESSAGES restene SA Sea tk bem dsncadu a duier saninen der a sGehh neo adncsiusuncttnianninal 14 Parallel COMICO ita 15 E mail 16 POPS BOGS e o te e o a staties 16 Create POPS DOI eno eleidad 17 Chande POPS BOX ile aletas 18 Delete PORO BOX ie id ceo dai 19 A ee ee neo 19 AE TM AS ia 20 Editor Recs aura 21 Delete Emal AddieSS seire 21 Gatehal Emal Addresses drer a a Balle teamed 22 AUTOS PONGE ur e la la tas 22 Male e a ee eee 24 Settings 26 MYS QE ea a a a de tectams cate aa toda Gaaete a eed a 26 Orealilid ai Dala a han ecards 27 Deleting a Database e lada o llaves cando 27 DOMAINS and SUD
17. atabase for example guest books or e commerce features In this section you can set up and manage databases with a click of a mouse You are currently using 4 of a total of unlimited possible databases Search U Show al YO Delete Themis 1 4 of 4 botal tv usr web 1 ES O yer wbd 2 ES O ES O ES O usr webi 3 us webi 4 Tbern s 1 4 oF 4 bakal Settings 27 Creating a Database gt To create a database 1 Click Create The comment field is optional Create new database Comment field optional 2 When you receive your access details for this database please put down or remember this information Notice Database usr webl 1 has been created You can access it usirg MySQL user webi Please use the host localhost Your password is g9KaGKCB The username for database access is the same as for Parallels Confixx interface and for FTP access This username and password will be valid for all databases you set up in the future 3 Click the Change password icon to change your password for MySQL user Change password For MySOL database Alesse complete the entire form and confirm by clicking on Change password MySQL username webi New password Re enter password 6 Change password 4 Inthe window that opens enter your new password twice and confirm by clicking Change password Deleting a Database gt To delete a database 1 Either tick a database in the database list or
18. ay first upload all ASCII files html documents then binary files images etc That way you will have to change the type of transfer only once Appendix A Using FTP 51 Index Home Page Your Home page must have one of the following names index php index php3 index phtml index htm index html index shtml Special Considerations When Executing CGI Scripts Perl Programs After uploading your CGI script in the correct format ASCII or binary you must clear it for execution To do this run the command chmod 755 using your FTP program Some CGI programs may require you to execute chmod with another parameter for certain files or directories Please read the installation manual for your CGI program for more details CHAPTER 9 Appendix B Writing and Sending E mails You have two ways of retrieving and sending e mails Using an e mail client To retrieve e mails from a POP3 box using an e mail client you need to specify the following access data outgoing and incoming mail server user POP3 box e g www123p7 password password for the POP3 box Using WebMail In this chapter Usmo OUTIOOKEXDICSS eds o a add Da aes 53 Using Netscape Messenger occccoccccccccccnccncnononccnnnccncnonanononnnonnnonnnnnnnnnnnnenaninnnnss 54 A ea E se ad ds ae a tee aoe da aleceed 55 Appendix B Writing and Sending E mails 53 Using Outlook Express If you want to retrieve your e mails from a POP3 box using the e mail p
19. cc cccccccccccccccccccuceccccccecceccencetecueeeneaueceeneuueneeneuneatenesneanens 35 Create FTP User The upper filed of the section displays the number of existing FTP users and the maximum quantity of such users you may create Below you will find a list of FTP users currently registered in the system Use this list to delete users and change passwords by clicking on corresponding links in the list and following further steps offered by Parallels Confixx FIP users Click on a directory name bo get a listing of the sub directories You have already created 2 FTP users There i mo linit to the number of FTP users that can be created The following FTP users have been entered User Directory Action Action webof i backups Change paesvord Delete user meboOrz rol Change password Delete user Settings 35 In order to create a new FTP user go to the directory list in the lower part of the page In the list choose any directory or subdirectory that has is not yet occupied and click New user Directory Action 3 tra OT backups web I OT cgi bin O nosal wab fz OB soap Dew User Best Dew user US sslrediract De usar US best ner user Note By clicking on a directory name you will get a full list of subdirectories contained in the directory A user will be created automatically In the upper part of the page you will see a notification displaying the new FTP user s login and password Notice The FTP user webOfe ha
20. cscetatsvavsnensneceanecs 36 Edit Error SA 37 Delete Error Files ccc cccccecccccccccccccccecccceccccecceneeteaueeeneaueneeneaueneeneaueatenesneanens 37 Create Error Files gt To create error files 1 From the directory list select a directory for which you want to create error files Error files Directory Action E hem create backups create E coj bin create GE nosel create fo soap create ssl create Ol eslredirect create E hast create Settings 37 2 Specify a URL or path of a custom error file for each error type and confirm by clicking Update This URL or path must point to a special HTML error file that you have created and placed in your home directory You do not have to enter a URL for every error type in the list If you leave the field blank a standard error page of the web browser will be displayed Edit error Files for backups Use the Form below to make changes to the error files for the directory backups Error files For a new directory can be specified here Label Value Directory backups Error 4 Error 01 Error o3 ErrorsQ0 3 After you have created an error file error files for a directory the Create link will be replaced by Change in the directory list Error files defined for a directory also apply to subdirectories unless error files for these subdirectories have already been defined separately Edit Error Files To edit error files click the corresponding Chan
21. e command will be executed with the permission of the main user account To create a new cronjob define the time when the command should be executed and enter the complete command into the last field New job Minute Hour Day of Month Day of week Command month 40 Settings Range of values per field for the time fields minmax Minute 059 Hour 023 Day of Month 131 Month 112 Day of week 17 1 for Monday 7 for Sunday Possible inputs for each field example for minutes TTM stands for any value 15 the command will be executed every hour at quarter past 2029 the command will be executed between xx 20 and xx 29 ten times every hour 15 2029 the command will be executed at quarter past and between xx 20 and xx 29 every hour 2040 2 the command will be executed every minute that is evenly divided by 2 and only between xx 20 and xx 40 Note The command will always be executed if the server time is identical with the time you set here At most you can run a script once per minute Example 1 Minute 5 every fifth minute Hour 24 between 02 00 and 04 00 Day of Month every day in month Month every month Day of week 3 only on Wednesdays Example 2 Minute 30 Hour 2 only once at 02 30 Day of Month 15 2 only 2 4 6 and the 15 of the month Month every month Day of week every day of the
22. eatures are available to you Reply to Email Forward Email Email Delete Email View Source Download Email Print Tools 45 Clicking on View Source shows the complete e mail including headers With Download E mail you can save the e mail text as a text file If you answer an e mail or write a new e mail you must select the sender s e mail address You can choose from the email addresses that forward to the POP3 box you re using The e mail address of the recipient can be taken from the address book by clicking the from Address Book link next to the recipient input field and selecting the e mail address from the address book gt To compose and send an e mail input information in the following fields To regular recipient CC add more recipients who will receive copy of this e mail All recipients of that mail will see a full list of e mail addresses which are entered in this field BCC add recipients who will receive blind copy of the e mail Addresses you input in this field will not be seen by anybody who receives the e mail This is useful if the recipients do not know each other or should not know about additional recipients Signature If this box is checked your signature will be added Your signature can be created or changed by clicking View edit A signature could be useful to include your contact details in your e mail Priority Here you can set the priority of your e mail Depending on the e
23. en into account when calculating available space However the maximum disk quota may be exceeded for a short amount of time during the restore operation CHAPTER 8 Appendix A Using FTP You have two options for transferring your files to the server using FTP FTP clients The most common and most convenient method is to use a so called FTP program also called an FTP client which you use to set up an FTP connection to the server and then load the files onto the server FTP clients are available for every operating system WebFTP The second possibility is to use WebFTP provided that your web host has authorized this feature for you If you use WebFTP you do not need an FTP client to upload your files but merely an Internet browser WebFTP is an integral part of the Parallels Confixx web interface You can also use WebFTP when you are using another computer which does not have an FTP client installed In this chapter Loading Files onto the Server Using an FTP Client cooccccccncccccconnccccnccnnnno 50 Ndex Homer adi ic oo 51 Special Considerations When Executing CGI Scripts Perl Programs 51 50 Appendix A Using FTP Loading Files onto the Server Using an FTP Client There are a large number of FTP clients which are all quite similar in their operation The following access data will be requested by your FTP client to establish a connection to the server Usernamel login user enter you
24. ge link in the directory list Error files Directory Action OT btm create C backups change Delete Error Files To delete error files for a directory click the Change icon for the appropriate directory and then click the Delete now button at the bottom of the page Delete error files For this directory 38 Settings domains domains are domains with the format http jJohn domain com With this kind of domains you can create a domain name which is identical to your e mail address The domain can either be directed to a folder in your home htmldirectory orto an external Internet address A redirect to john will therefore point to html john in your home directory An external address would be e g http externaldomain com Now if you open http john domain com directory with your browser you will be redirected to http externaldomain com directory gt To create an domain Enter the e mail prefix choose a domain from the drop down list and specify the target URL Confirm by clicking Add Add Prefix in Domain Redirect to E dom beta confic ru 1160 add Below you will see a list of domains created in your system Tou have currently 1 at domain s P search LA Show all t Delete Themis 1 1 of 1 total LE best mwebd beta confiocru test Ei O Item s 1 1 of 1 botal Using this list you can perform the following operations Specify a number of Y domains to be disp
25. greater than this value the e SPAM score is around 15 to 16 mail message is marked as spam Rewrite SpamAssassin will re write the subject line of your e mail that has detected to be spam by prefixing the original subject with Subject Line HERES pa pete To kurn off this Feature un check this option Report in SpamAssassin will create a report when it detects an e mail message to be spam This report is normaly prepended to the e mail Header message To have the report written as part of the e mail header select this option De HTML Spam when a e mail in HTML Format is detected as Spam the Spam ssassin will convert the message to text To keep the e mail in it s original HTML Form de select this option x a Oo Short Report This options will tell SpamAssassin to use a shorter Spam report once the message has been Found to be spam Update settings Tools 47 Required Hits In the field Required Hits you define at what certainty an e mail is to be marked as spam The spam filter rates incoming e mails according to their content with a special rating system If an e mail contains a text which implies that this e mail could be spam a hit is added On the other hand the spam filter also distracts a hit if it finds an element which are normally not present in spam e mails Therefore it is possible to have a negative value of hits in the end A reasonable value for this field should be between 0 and 20 If the Required Hits value
26. html 4096 Aug i6Z249 web Lg O log 4096 Sep 1209 07 root O phptmo 4096 Augl621 04 webdD ig a restore 4096 dug l Zi4 root g O Delete Legend la Fie Properties f Edit File Direct File Download By clicking on a file name you can either view the file using the browser or open a folder To rename a file or to change privileges for this file click on the icon for File Properties The WebFTP menu provides you with various commands and features Ftp ore Create Text File Create Directory 44 Tools Create text file creates a new document You can enter data directly into a form and save the data on the server Use Upload file to transfer a file from your local computer to the server Use the feature Create Directory to create new directories Refresh updates the list of files and folders Use Logout to log out of WebFTP and get back to Parallels Confixx interface WebMail WebMail is a web interface for writing and reading e mails via your browser You can log into the Parallels Confixx web interface directly using a POP3 box A limited interface will then be available to you You can change your password in the General menu Having logged on you will see a list of all the e mails in the POP3 box you use for WebMail Click on the subject line to see an e mail To delete one or more e mails select the e mails and click Delete If you have opened an e mail the following f
27. in Parallels Confixx is done by the Majordomo software The GUI by which the administrator can manage the list is called Majorcool For more information about Majordomo please refer to http www greatcircle com majordomo http www greatcircle com majordomo gt Tocreate a mailing list for Majordomo in Parallels Confixx 1 Enter the name of the mailing list and select a domain from the drop down list With this you also set the email address of the mailing list Specify the e mail of the mailing list administrator Owner e mail Specify your own password to access the mailing list or you leave the password fields blank and have Parallels Confixx generate the password for you 4 Click Add to create a mailing list Mailing list name Domain Owner e mail Password special_events dom beta confio ru shmed mail ru Confirm password You will see your new mailing list name and password Please keep this information as you will need to access and manage your mailing list Notice The maling ist greetingsi dom beta confixe ru has been set up Password is OKSFXMAx You have already set up 3 mailing lists of a total of unlimited possible mailing lists E mail 25 You will also see a newly created mailing list in the general list with a Scheduled status Fisiling let E 2 Search LL Show all bad Men s 1 3 of 3 total Gi E G greetings Gh dom beta combicx ru shenegienad ru G special_events do
28. layed per page Search for an domain Change domain settings To do this click on the corresponding Change icon Alter the necessary settings the prefix the domain name choose another available domain from the drop down menu or the target directory and confirm by clicking Save Delete domains To delete a domain tick it the list and click Delete The same can be done for a group of domains Note Please keep in mind that redirects for domains are done with JavaScript which is not supported by every browser Also if you want to call a script on your domain from a form you can only use get as method not post Settings 39 Backup Settings In this menu you can specify a path for uploading your backups onto FTP To use this option you need to have a valid FTP account on an external FTP server backup upload bo URL Ftp mebliimMlocalhost eho backups Password Check connection E Specify URL as ttp Nuser E host domen f path Specify a link for backup upload in the URL field The link must be in the following format ftp user e host domain path Enter your password for the external FTP resource you re uploading to and click Apply to confirm If you wish to check data validity during connection with the FTP server tick the Check connection box Crontab This feature is intended for experienced users With a cronjob you can run programs or commands automatically at a scheduled time Th
29. m beta combo nu sema ru Ej e es testi domi beta comioc ru ivdrpew coftcom O From this list you can perform the following operations Change password click the corresponding Change icon Delete tick the appropriate box es and click Delete Administration of the mailing list is done through MajorCool You will find the link to MajorCool interface in your list of mailing lists To access your mailing list settings in MajorCool you need to select your mailing list name and enter your administrator password After that you can view your subscribers list alter global settings etc You can find more detailed information on MajorCool features by clicking Help in MajorCool CHAPTER 6 Settings Click Overview and use the Tools bar for quick access to main features of the Settings menu Tools AS y 3 Lal E G Msi Password protect FTP users Error files At domains la Crontab Backup Settings In this chapter y esas cere seers set oscsda sed ness se EE denen ne eaaieea pene iene EE 26 Domains and Subdomains 0 0 0 cece cee eececeecececeececeeeececeeaececeeaeceseeaeseseeaeceteeaesneaees 28 FrontPage seeker o O E O CUE OO A 31 Password Protection 0 2 ccececececeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeececececececeeeceeeseseseneneneneneneneneneneass 31 ERPUSO Starr ia AEE ARENE 34 o 36 O e a A 38 e A aiiin 39 PP oe oe ES CO ER lO GO A 39 MySQL This section will be relevant if you run programs or CGI scripts that require a d
30. ndow that opens input the subject text and sender name into the appropriate data fields and click Save E mad autoresponders Autoresponder for dva dom beta confixx ry edit Subject out of the office Text rm out of the office til October 31 In my absence please e mail my assistant Janne Robinson at janne domain tid Thank you Sincerely John Doe dvaddom beta confixx ru Y Sender s e mail address John Doe Name of sender E mail autoresponders Delete autoresponder for dvatdom beta confixx ru 23 24 E mail 3 Follow the same steps if you wish to modify and existing autoresponder 4 After you have set up an autoresponder the corresponding e mail in the list of e mail addresses will show the autoresponder activated icon If you wish to delete an existing autoresponder click Delete now at the bottom of the page Mailing Lists With mailing lists people who are on the subscribers list can communicate via e mail Each subscriber can send an e mail to the e mail address of the mailing list and all subscribers will receive this mail For each mailing list there is an administrator who creates and maintains the list The administrator can see who is subscribed to the list can alter global settings for the mailing list and can dismiss individual members or even close the whole list New members get subscribed to the list by sending an e mail to the primary e mail address of the mailing list The mailing list management
31. olleagues to set up a web site in one of your home site s subdirectories You do not have to reveal the access data of your main FTP user to your friends or colleagues each new FTP user gets his or her own username and password The new FTP users can use these access data to log onto the Parallels Confixx web interface In this case of course not all of the features are available only Change password and access to WebFTP Each new FTP user you create gets a separate folder within your home directory It is not possible for several FTP users to share the same folder An FTP user can save delete data and create new folders within his or her folder The FTP users you create do not have access to files outside their folder It is especially useful to create additional FTP users in connection with subdomains pointing to this FTP user s directory on the server Special considerations concerning FTP users Your main FTP user your access to the Parallels Confixx web interface does not have the privileges of changing or deleting folders of additionally created FTP users This applies to any files contained in these directories as well You can delete folders belonging to other FTP users only after you have deleted the respective FTP user via the Parallels Confixx web interface In this section E A A 34 Change Password c ccoocccccccnccccnnccccnccncnnononnonnnnnnnnnnnonnnnnonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnrnnnnnnnenarnnnanenns 35 Delete FTP US ccc c
32. ormation Formatting convention Type of Information Example Special Bold ltems you must select Go to the System tab such as menu options command buttons or items in a list Titles of chapters Read the Basic sections and Administration chapter subsections Italics Used to emphasize the The system supports the importance of a point to so called wildcard introduce a term or to character search designate a command line placeholder which is to be replaced with a real name or value Monospace The names of The license file is located commands files in the directories and domain https decs common names licenses directory 6 Preface Preformatted Preformatted Bold CAPITALS KEY KEY Feedback On screen computer output in your command line sessions source code in XML C or other programming languages What you type contrasted with on screen computer output Names of keys on the keyboard Key combinations for which the user must press and hold down one key and then press another ls al files total 14470 cd root rpms php SHIFT CTRL ALT CTRL P ALT F4 If you have found a mistake in this guide or if you have suggestions or ideas on how to improve this guide please send your feedback using the online form at http www parallels com en support usersdoc Please include in your report the guide s title chapter and section titles and the fragment of text in which you ha
33. os ES O ip erter bdom beta confboc ru weblpa Es O Q E gutenberg dom beta confixx ru webos ES O ie odin db dom beta confio ru webo Es O redirect odom beta confi ru kiinasta ES O temis 1 5 of 6 total Pages 12 gt gt Last page Items per page 5 10 5 50 The A column of the table shows whether an autoresponder has been set up for an e mail On the screenshot above the first e mail has an autoresponder activated In this section Create E mail Address cccccceccccccccececececcaccecececeaeacuceteceauaesceneneauanseeneneanaeess 20 EOI LIGE OF RSC ISS serian tanda dada an 21 Delete E mail ACCIeSs ccccccccececccceccccccecccececcuceceacececceteceauensausneceaueneaneneas 21 Catchall E mail Addresses 2 0 00 0 cccccececececcccccececececcaeaccceteceaeacsceteneavaesceneaeanarecs 22 20 E mail Create E mail Address As soon as you have set up a POP3 box you can create an e mail address which forwards to a POP3 box gt To create an e mail address 1 Goto the Add new e mail address field set in the upper part of the page Add mew e mall address New e mail address Forward to im dom beta confixx iru bs 5 POPS box Set up new POPS box O Existing e mail 6 Save In the first field enter the name to appear in front of domain tld lf you have more than one domain or if you have created a subdomain you can select the domain subdomain to be used from the drop down list 4 Inthe las
34. r username for Parallels Confixx e g www123 If you have created another FTP user and wish to use that user enter that username e g www123F1 Password enter the password you use to log onto the Parallels Confixx web interface If you have created another FTP user and wish to use that user enter the password of that user Host URL server enter your domain or the address you received from your web host without http i e only domain tld You have two choices when transferring files via FTP Transfer in ASCII format Transfer in binary format The preferred type of transfer depends on what files you want to upload Many FTP clients offer automatic detection of ASCII BINARY files This works for most files HTML documents and images but if you want to upload PHP3 Perl scripts ZIP or program files or other less common types of files you may need to select the type of transfer manually Any ASCII files must be uploaded in ASCII format any binary files in binary format The ASCII files principally include all text files htm html documents html htm shtml script files php3 php asp text files txt Perl scripts pl cgl Some of the files included in binary files are images graphics gif jpg Microsoft Word files rich text format doc rtf archives zip rar arj programs exe com Java applets class java compiled CGI programs cgi Hint You m
35. rogram Outlook Express you must set up a new e mail account Open Outlook Express and select Accounts from the menu Extras Click Add and select Email Enter your name and e mail address Pb OQ N Enter the server provided by your web host in the fields for incoming and outgoing mail servers 5 Enter the user or your POP3 box e g www123p1 as in the field for your account name internet Cannectinn Wizard E mail Server Names pop3 damain nic 54 Appendix B Writing and Sending E mails Using Netscape Messenger Open Netscape Messenger Select Settings from the Edit menu Select the page Mail servers from the category Mail 8 Newsgroups bb GO N Enter the SMTP server to send your e mails You can get the server address from your storage provider Preferences Category El Appesrance e Fenta Colors E Navigator E Mail amp Newsgroups Specify servers for mail a Identity Mall Servers H Mewsgroup Servers To set server properties such as checking for new H Addressing messages automatically select a server and then Messages click Edit Window Settings Copies and Folders Outgaing Mail Server Fermalting Outgimg mail SM TP server smtp domain nid Return Receipts Outgsing mail server User name ES E o Erie Je Use Secure Socket Layer 55L or TLS for outgoing messages H Roaming Access E Composer f Never C f Possitle C Always E Offline H
36. s been created Your password ls DJeNKIP The new FTP user can use these access data to log onto this Confites interface change the user password and use WebFTP Change Password To change the password for an FTP user click on Change password in the list of FTP users FTP users FTP users weboOr New password Re enter password a Change password Specify a new password twice and confirm by Change password Delete FTP User To delete an additional FTP user click the corresponding Delete user link in the list 36 Settings Error Files Calling up a non existing or a forbidden page from the browser causes error pages to be displayed Error 404 File not found This error message is displayed every time a nonexistent page is being called up Error 401 Access denied This error file is displayed if a wrong password has been entered when calling up a password protected page Error 403 Access Forbidden This message is displayed when a visitor tries to enter an area on your site that is off limits to the public Error 500 Internal Server Error This error mostly occurs when you call up an incorrect CGI script In this menu you can create custom error pages so that instead of seeing an ugly server message http www he net kl htm your visitor sees a personalized note http www elise com 404 htm from you In this section Create Error Files cccccccccccecececcccccccececccccucecaceceacscetacecea
37. t in the directory list Edit Password Protection Use this option if you wish to change your password to the protected directory provide access to the directory to additional users or delete such users change password or remove password protection from this directory Click on the corresponding Edit link in the directory list Password protect Directory Action ES trol protect OS backups edi In the upper part of the page you will find information about the protected directory Information about the probected directory Directory backups ay Settings 33 If you wish to edit this information make the necessary changes and confirm by clicking Apply The middle field set below provides a list of users who have access to this directory You can delete users and change passwords here Users who have access bo this directory User Action Action webo Change password delete Use the form below to add new users Enter a login enter password twice and confirm by clicking Create Add mew User Login Password Re enter password To remove password protection from a directory click the Remove all users and passwords button at the bottom of the page Remove password protection For this directory GRenove al users and passwords 34 Settings FTP Users You can create additional FTP users besides your main FTP user for example if you want to allow friends or c
38. t field select either a POP3 box which you will use to store and retrieve your mail or an existing e mail address which the mail will be forwarded to 5 Click Save to create the address E mail 21 Edit List of Recipients After you had set up a new e mail address you can subscribe additional recipients to this address gt To edit the list of recipients 1 Click the corresponding Change icon in front of the email address in your list of e mail addresses on page 19 2 Use the form below to specify recipients who will receive copies of all e mails you receive to this address Edit list of recipients dvaidom beta confbo nu Main recipient O redirect to 5 saven webOp2 w Additional recipient 1 2 redirect to C saven e Additional recipient 2 redirect to O saven w Additional recipient 3 redirect to O save in Additional recipient 4 redirect to C save in we For each recipient you can choose one of the two options for receiving the incoming mail To have mail saved in a Parallels Confixx POP3 box select save in and choose a box from the drop down list To have mail forwarded to an external e mail address select redirect to and specify the required e mail address in the field You can add up to ten additional recipients per mailbox 3 Click Apply changes to confirm the input Delete E mail Address gt To delete an e mail address or group of e mail addresses
39. up Restore To create a backup first tick the areas you want to save a copy of Backup Destination backup mA Show Status Source Destination Date Size html Sep 21 02 23 1 000 files Sep 21 02 23 251 rail Sep 21 02 23 221577 O mysal Sep 21 02125 351 You can choose from the following three areas files the files contained in your directory html the files contained in your html directory mail 3 3 4 and up the content of your mailbox mysql the content of your MySQL databases including the database structure The list shows the date and size of each backup From the Destination drop down list choose where to place your backup There are two options offered saving data to the special backup subfolder in your home directory or upload onto FTP To upload content on FTP you need to have specified a path for upload using the Backup settings feature When you have issued the Backup command it can take some time before the files are available for download via FTP in the Backup directory The files for download are not counted when calculating available space lf you change your web host or if important files are deleted you can play the backup back onto the server by uploading the file you downloaded for the backup into the restore directory lt can take a few minutes for the backup to be restored When upload is finished you can delete the files from the restore directory The files in your restore directory are tak
40. ur web host Catchall Domains A subdomain domain tld can transfer all callups of your domain in the format http xxx domain tld abc domain tld xyz domain tld to a certain directory web page This affects neither http domain tld and http www domain tld nor any additionally created subdomains the path must be entered in addition To create a catchall subdomain for any of your existing domains follow the same steps as described in section 5 3 1 Instead of a subdomain name enter in the Subdomain field Catch If you have an exclusive IP you can access your sites with this IP Also Parallels Confixx allows setting which of your domain would catch all requests resolved to this IP gt To specify which domain should catch the requests resolved to an exclusive IP 1 Go to Settings gt Domains in your user panel 2 Onthe page that appears click the Catch icon next to the domain that should catch the requests resolved to your exclusive IP Managing domains Search 2 Show all X Delete Item s 1 6 of 6 total Fanta cooler confixx ru j O gs o a fanta cooler confixx ru ES a fanta de O ES subweb fanta cooler confixx ru subweb ES Fi ww Fanta cooler confixx ru https fFanta de ES a www Fanta de https Fanta de ES Item s 1 6 of 6 total Settings 31 FrontPage With FrontPage server extensions you can create professionally looking
41. ur password click Get password If you know your Parallels Confixx username and the e mail address which your provider stores for your account you can retrieve your password by e mail Note Transfer of password by e mail is not encrypted and therefore insecure Therefore it is recommended that you change your password the next time you login Settings Lag Any changes made via the Parallels Confixx web interface will not be available immediately Depending on your web server settings the changes will be applied after a few minutes or even after several hours Generally the changes pertaining to your e mails will be applied faster than changes to your domain or subdomain settings Therefore if you change a password the old password will remain valid until the server has applied the changes you have made CHAPTER 3 Sections of User Web Interface The Parallels Confixx navigation pane is divided into four drop down menus Each menu is expanded by a click on a main menu item e g General You can move to individual sections by clicking on the corresponding links in the menu General CHAPTER 4 General Menu Click Overview to get a quick access to major features available in the General menu Icons of the Tools field set correspond to menu items and are provided for quick navigation Below is the Tools section for the General menu Q E ES a Below the main toolbar you can see an overview of all services provided to
42. ve found an error CHAPTER 2 About Parallels Confixx Parallels Confixx is a web interface that allows you to manage your web site and all associated services e mail Webmail MySQL databases FTP accounts and other services You may find that some features and menu items described in this Manual are missing in your Parallels Confixx interface This means that either these services have been restricted by your web host or your web server configuration does not support these features In this chapter LOSI O A A eam oaalats Dakin 8 SENOS AG CIA A tec O e a peda onda toss outs indo needa 9 8 About Parallels Confixx Login You can log on once you have received your access details and URL to Parallels Confixx web interface from your web host gt To log into Parallels Confixx user Web interface 1 Enter the address in your browser 2 Enter your username and password 3 Confirm by clicking Log in The same username and password is used to log into your FTP account Note In Parallels Confixx 3 1 it is also possible to log onto the system using one of your domain names as login Password remains the same Wh Login to Parallels Confixx Enter the login name into Login and password into the Password Fields respectively Then click Log in Forgot your password IF you Forgot your password we will try to help you by sending it out to your email Get password About Parallels Confixx 9 If you forgot yo
43. web sites without extensive knowledge of HMTL web design and other web technologies In this section you can change the password you use to access the server from FrontPage editor Also refer to this section for full information about the parameters required to upload your page using FrontPage In this section you can specify an e mail address to receive mail generated via forms on your web pages Password Protection You can protect certain directories with a password in order to ensure that only you can access these directories Password protect Directory Action OT bere protect OT backups protect 32 cgi bin protect US nese protect OB soap probect B sa probect Dd sstredirec protect 1 test probect In this section S t up Password POLS CONN rmac et 32 CIE ASS WOLF Ole CHOI merreni anini onpa E E 32 32 Settings Set up Password Protection Choose the directory you wish to protect from the list and click the corresponding Protect link Password probect Label Value Directory fegebin Section name Login Password Re enter password Note By clicking on a directory name you will get a full list of subdirectories contained in the directory In the window that opens enter your Parallels Confixx login enter the password you wish to specify for this directory twice and confirm by clicking Update After the directory has been protected the link protect will be replaced with the link edi
44. you by your web host The first value shows the actual amount of service used e g storage space The value in parentheses is the upper limit which in most cases cannot be exceeded General information Confiex The Interface For Web Servers Service overview Username web Domain s domz beta confixx nu Storage space 36 KB Unlimited POPS boxes 1 Unlimited E mail addresses 1 Unlimited E mail sutoresponders O Unfimited FTP sccounts 1 Unlimited Traffic October 2005 0 KE Unlimited Sub domains 1 Lintimited MySQL databases O Unlimited Cron jobs O Unlimited Mailing lists O Unlimited Active services SSL FTP PHP PHP Upload Perl 551 Wap Spam fier Directory listing E CGl Perl outside cg bin 9 The values in parentheses represent the maximum you may define or use 12 General Menu Should you exceed a limit provided that this is allowed the corresponding value will be highlighted in color You can enable or disable two features in the list by clicking on their status icons DirectoryListing If Directory listing is enabled your web server will display a list of your files and folders when your home page is unavailable CGI Perl outside cgi bin This feature allows to store CGI scripts outside the cgi bin folder of your home directory Note If you do not see these entries in your list you are not able to activate these features In this chapter ANIC SS SW ONO ordrene ES i aii E
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