Domain Administration
Page Control Panel
A domain is a virtual
address on the Internet for any organization or entity.
To an Internet user, a domain appears as space on one
server, regardless of its implementation. Domains are
identified by their familiar Internet URL (uniform
resource locator) addresses. Syntactically, a domain
name is a string of names or words separated by periods.
For example, www.plesk.com is the name of the domain
where Plesk's information resides on its servers.
A domain belongs to a
user. For example, John Smith may be a programmer whose
domain is aceprogrammer.com. In the same respect, the
ABCDE, Inc. company may own a domain by the name of
abcde.com. The Plesk system administrator at your
Internet service provider's organization must create
your domain. However, you can remotely administer your
domain once the account is established.
Access
to the control panel for the database user is done using
https://'domain name':8443. The control login will be
the domain name, and the password will be whatever is
set through the control panel.
From the Domain Administration page, you can manage
several aspects of your domain, including:
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View
the Domain Preferences
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Access
the Domain Report
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Manage
Mail for the Domain
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View
DNS settings
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View
Hosting settings
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Create
Web Users
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Create
Protected Directories
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Manage
the Domain SSL Certificate
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View
Anonymous FTP settings
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Manage
Databases
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Change
the Domain Level Control Panel password
View
the Domain Preferences
The Domain Preferences
page displays the preferences that the Plesk
administrator or/and Client have set up for this
domain. It also allows you to edit few parameters.
The parameters
available for viewing from at this page are:
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Disk
Space Limit - the amount of disk space allocated
for this domain.
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Maximum
Mailboxes - the maximum number of mail accounts
allowed for creation at this domain.
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Mailbox
quota - the limit set for the size of the mail
accounts (mailboxes).
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Maximum
Mail Redirects - the maximum number of mail
allowed for setting up at this domain.
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Maximum
Mail Groups - the maximum number of mail groups
allowed for creation at this domain.
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Maximum
Autoresponders - the maximum number of mail
autoresponders allowed for setting up at this
domain.
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Maximum
Web Users - the maximum number of web users
allowed for creation at this domain.
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Maximum
Databases - the maximum number of databases
allowed for creation at this domain.
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Allow
Scripting for Web Users - enables the Web Users
to download and execute scripts.
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WebMail
- allows utilizing access to mailboxes via
web-interface. If the option is provided, the
mailbox can be accessed by means of a
web-client, which is made available from the
URL: webmail.'domain.name'
The following
parameters you are able to set up:
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For
Mail sent to non-existent users, you are able to
select either a mail bounce message to return to
the sender, or a catch-all email address to
which the messages are sent.
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The
WWW prefix checkbox determines whether the given
domain will require the www prefix in order to
be accessed.
To adjust the settings,
follow these steps:
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From the Client
Home page, click the domain name that you need
to work with from the list provided. The Domain
Administration page appears.
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Click the
Preferences button to access the Domain
Preferences page.
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To utilize a mail
bounce message, select the radio button for
Bounce with phrase and enter the text that the
mail bounce message is to contain.
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To utilize a
catch-all email address, select the radio button
for Catch to address and enter the appropriate
email address.
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Check or uncheck
the WWW prefix checkbox to determine whether the
given domain will allow the www prefix to be
used to access the domain. If the box is
checked, Internet users will be able to access a
domain (i.e. domain.bogus) by utilizing either
the domain name itself or the domain with the
"www" prefix. If the box is unchecked
it will not be accessible with the
"www" prefix (i.e. www.domain.bogus).
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The Update button
is used to submit any and all changes.
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The Up Level
button returns you to the Domain Administration
page.
NOTE
Selecting Up Level
without selecting Update will cancel all changes.
Accessing
the Domain Report
PSA keeps a summary of
pertinent data relating to all of your domains. You
can view this information at any time. At the top of
the Report page, the domain being reported on is
listed in boldface. The domain report includes the
following information:
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Domain
owner (client)
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Domain
status
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Creation
date
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Hosting
type
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Virtual
host type
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IP
Address
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FTP
Login
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FTP
Password
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Disk
space limit
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Real
disk space
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Traffic
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Real
Traffic
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FrontPage
support
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SSI
support
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PHP
support
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CGI
support
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mod_perl
support
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Apache
ASP support
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SSL
support
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Web
statistics
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Web
users
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Apache
error docs
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Anonymous
FTP
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Mailboxes
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Redirects
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Mail
Groups
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Autoresponders
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Domain
user
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Databases
To access the domain
report, follow these steps:
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Click the Report
button at the Domain Administration page to see
the domain's data and statistics.
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From this screen,
you can do several things:
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You
can send the report as email. You may need
to send this report to your administrator.
Email the report by clicking Send As
E-mail. Or, enter a different email
address to send the report to another
recipient.
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You
can access graphical site statistics for
the domain by selecting the Webalizer
option. This opens a separate window where
you will see the site statistics for the
given domain. It should be noted that
Webalizer, by default, is set to update
statistics for the domain once every 24
hours. If you attempt to access Webalizer
before it has operated its first update
you will receive a notice that Webalizer
is either not running or has not yet been
started.
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To
print a copy of the report, select
File/Print in your browser and a paper
copy of the report will print.
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To
return to the domain record, click Up
Level to close the report and to return to
the Domain Administration page.
PSA allows you to
perform several email administration functions. PSA
uses the qmail system to help you set up email
accounts and services. Your email system is protected
against spamming, because qmail does not allow the
mail server to be remotely accessed.
You can create and
manage email boxes for individuals or customers within
your domain. Email management functionality includes:
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Create,
edit or delete email boxes and edit individual
mailbox quotas.
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Redirect
or forward messages from one email address to
another email address
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Create,
edit or delete email groups (several individual
accounts grouped together under one email
address for convenient multi-copy messaging).
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Create,
edit, or delete email autoresponders (automatic
reply to email sent to the given mail name)
When you create email
accounts for domain users, you are creating email
boxes, which will be accessible via POP3 or IMAP
protocols. Mailbox creation is as easy as keying in
a name and password. Follow these steps to manage
mail names:
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Click the Mail
button at the Domain Administration page. The
Mail Names Management page appears. From this
page, users can:
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Create
a new mail name.
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View
a list of mail names currently existing
under the specified domain. To the left
of each domain name on the list there
are four icons representing different
mail account types. They are:
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Mailbox
(represented by the
"mailbox" icon)
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Redirects
(represented by the "outgoing
envelope" icon)
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Mail
groups (represented by the
"people" icon) Mail
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Autoresponders
(represented by the
"revolving envelope"
icon)
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Click
on a specific mail name to access to the
Mail Name Properties page for that given
name.
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Search
the mail names list for a certain
pattern. It may help you in case you
have a great number of mail names in the
system and you need to work with a
particular one. To search the list, type
the pattern string in the text input
field and click Search.
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Sort
the list by various parameters. To sort
the list by a certain parameter in
ascending or descending order, click on
the name of the parameter. An arrow will
appear indicating the order of sorting:
down for descending order, up for
ascending.
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Delete
mail names. To remove one or more mail
names, check the checkboxes in the Del
column of the mail names list
corresponding to the mail names you wish
to remove and click Remove Selected. The
Mail Names Removal page appears. There
you will need to either confirm the
removal (check the checkbox and click
Submit) or Cancel it.
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To create a new
mail name, click in the Mail Name text box
provided and enter the desired name. Click Add
to submit this name. You then access the Mail
Name Properties page, where you can adjust the
Mail Name properties.
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The new mail
name appears on the mail names list.
NOTE
The four icons to
the left of each mail name are faded (grayed out)
when they are inactive. The icons appear in color
when active. To change the activation settings,
the user must click on a given mail name. The Mail
Name Properties page displays. From here, the user
can enable any of the features.
Manage
Mail Name Properties
The Mail Name
Properties page allows the client to activate any
combination of mailboxes, mail redirects, and mail
groups for a given mail name.
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Click the Mail
button at the Domain Administration page. The
Mail Names page appears.
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In the Mail
names list, click on the name you want to
edit. You then access the Mail Name Properties
page.
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The mail name
is listed at the top of the page. To change
the mail name, click in the name field, change
the name, and click Update.
NOTE
From the Mail
Name Properties page, you can also enable
and set up:
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When you are
finished editing mail name properties for the
domain, click Update to return to the Mail
Names page.
You can set up a
mailbox and password for your mail name. This
mailbox will be accessible using either POP3 or
IMAP protocol.
NOTE
An administrator
or/and Client can limit the number of mailboxes
a Domain User can have for a given domain.
To create a mailbox
for a given mail name, from the Mail Name
Properties page, follow these steps:
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Click in the
check box provided next to Mailbox.
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When enabling
a mailbox for the first time for a mail name
account, you must enter a password.
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The Old
Password will say "NONE" if you
have yet to enter a password. Once it is
entered, the password cannot be viewed from
this screen.
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To enter a
password, click in the New Password text box
and enter the selected password.
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To properly
update the password, you must re-enter the
password in the Confirm Password text box.
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To set up the
mailbox quota, select the Default for domain
radio button to set the limit to the maximum
available in the given domain, or select
Enter size and enter the quota you wish to
set, in KiloBytes, for the given mailbox.
Note that this limit may not exceed the
default set for the domain.
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Once you have
enabled the mailbox, entered the passwords
and set up mailbox quota, click Update to
submit the information.
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To change a
password, simply re-enter the new password
in the New Password text box, re-enter this
password in the Confirm text box, and click
Update.
NOTE
Once enabled, the
mailbox icon on the Mail Names page appears in
color.
You can forward or
redirect email from one mailbox to another email
address. By creating an email redirect or alias,
messages are sent to a different email box without
the sender needing to know the new address. Email
can be redirected to an address outside the
domain. Use this feature to:
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Temporarily
forward mail when someone is unavailable to
receive it
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Send
mail to a new mail box if a mail box user is
leaving the organization
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Forward
mail to a new account which will eventually
replace an old mail box (e.g. someone is
changing their mailbox name but hasn't had
time to inform all correspondents of the
change yet)
NOTE
The administrator
has the ability to limit the number of mail
redirects that the client can create for a given
domain.
In order to create
enable a mail redirect for a given mail name, from
the Mail Name Properties page, follow these steps:
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Click in the
check box provided next to Redirects.
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In the text
field to the right, enter the appropriate
address to which to forward mail sent to
this mail name.
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To change the
redirect address for a given mail name,
click on the existing entry in the Redirects
box and change it to the new address.
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Click the
Update button to enter these changes.
NOTE
Once enabled, the
redirects icon on the Mail Names page appears in
color.
A mail group is a
list of several email accounts that are grouped
together under one email address for convenient
multi-copy messaging. For example, if you want to
send the same message to 5 people in the
programming department, you can create a
"Programming" email group that includes
the individual email addresses for all 5 staff
members. So, when someone sends a message to the
Programming email group, he/she only types and
sends one message. Copies of the message are
emailed to all 5 individuals. By using mail
groups, the sender does not need to know each
individual's email address, just the group name.
In this way, mail groups save time.
NOTE
The administrator
has the ability to limit the number of mail
groups that the client can create for a given
domain.
To create a mail
group for a given mail name, from the Mail Name
Properties page, follow these steps:
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Click in the
checkbox provided next to Mail Groups.
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To create a
new mail group, ensure the box is checked,
then click the Add button.
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The Add Mail
Groups box appears.
NOTE
Group
members can consist of either external
mail addresses (those not belonging to
this domain) or accounts existing within
the domain.
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To add an
external mail address to a Mail Group, fill
in the correct address in the enter external
recipient mail text box, and click Add.
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To add an
existing account from the same domain, click
on the desired address in the Select
registered users list, and click Add.
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The selected
addresses will appear in the box to the
right of the mail groups checkbox on the
Mail Name Properties page.
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To delete one
or more group members, highlight the
selected group member in the box to the left
of the mail group check box. Click the
Remove button.
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A warning
will appear. Click OK to confirm that you
want to delete the address from the mail
group.
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After
completing your changes, click Update to
submit all changes.
NOTE
Once enabled, the
mail groups icon on the Mail Names page appears
in color.
Manage
Mail Autoresponders
A mail
autoresponder is an automatic reply that is sent
out from a given mail name when incoming mail is
received at that address. Autoresponders can
include both a text message and attached files.
This mail function is often used on mail accounts
for individuals who need an automated response
because they are away, or are unable to check
their mail for any number of reasons. On the
autoresponders' section of the Mail Names
Properties page, you can upload and include
attachment files for your autoresponders, enable
the autoresponders function for a given mail name,
and access the autoresponders' list.
In order to enable
and set up a mail group for a given mail name,
from the Mail Name Properties page, follow these
steps:
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To first
enable autoresponders for a mail name
account, click in the checkbox provided next
to Mail autoresponders. When the check
appears, autoresponders are enabled for the
mail name. If you click again, it will
uncheck the box, and autoresponders will be
disabled.
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For the
Autoresponder feature you have the option to
include file attachments. To include a file
to be selectable within the set up of
autoresponders for the given mail name, use
the Browse button to search for and select
the desired file(s). (File sizes should be
limited to no more than 1MB.)
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Click the
Send File button. The attachments will then
appear in the Repository.
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These files
will be available for any autoresponders
that are set up for the given mail name. To
delete one or more files highlight the
desired file(s) and click the Remove button.
A warning will appear prior to deleting the
selected file(s).
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To add a new
mail autoresponder, click the Add button.
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A pop-up
screen prompts you to enter a name for the
autoresponder. Enter the desired
identification name, and click OK to submit.
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The Edit Mail
Autoresponder page appears.
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The
selected autoresponder name is listed
for the given mail name account. You
can click in the text box where the
autoresponder name is listed, and edit
the name. Click Update to submit.
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The
ON/OFF status for the autoresponder is
shown. [ON] indicates that the
autoresponder is on. [X] indicates
that the autoresponder is off. You can
adjust this setting by clicking the
On/Off button. This status icon also
appears on the autoresponders list on
the Mail Names Properties page.
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Beneath
the Request text input box, you can
determine whether an autoresponder
responds to specific text found within
either the subject line or body of the
incoming email, or if it responds to
ALL incoming requests.
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To
set up the autoresponder to always
respond, regardless of the contained
text, click the bottom radio button
for always respond.
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Using
the Request text input box and radio
buttons, you can set up the
autoresponder to send an auto response
when an incoming request contains
defined text in its subject line or
body.
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Click
the in the subject radio button to
respond to specific text in the
subject of the request, or click the
in the body radio button to respond to
specific text in the body of the
request.
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You
can select a specific subject to
appear in your autoresponder using the
Answer with subject option. To simply
respond with the same subject as was
received from the incoming request
select the radio button for the
default setting. To specify a specific
subject line select the radio button
beside the text box and enter the
desired text.
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You
can enter text to be included in the
autoresponder in the Answer text
field.
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Using
the Add and Remove buttons, you can
attach files to be included in the
autoresponder. These files must be
uploaded into the Repository on the
Mail Names Properties page. Select the
uploaded file from the Attach files
list, and use the Add button to attach
the file to the autoresponder. Click
Remove to remove a file.
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You
can specify the frequency at which the
autoresponder responds to the same
unique address, after receiving
multiple emails from it. By clicking
in the appropriate radio button next
to Reply To Unique Email Address, you
can set the autoresponder to always
respond, to respond once, or to
respond once per a specified number of
days. The default setting is to
respond once in one day to unique mail
addresses. It is highly recommended
that you leave this setting, or set to
respond once in a given number of
days. Selecting always respond can
potentially overload your mail server.
If the days value is defined as
"0", then the autoresponder
will respond each time a request is
received.
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You
can define the number of unique
addresses that the autoresponder will
remember. Enter the desired number in
the Store up to: field.
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This
memory enables the system to implement
the answer-frequency and respond-once
functionality. In the event of
extremely high mail volume, to protect
server performance, you can limit the
address memory of the system database.
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To
specify an email address to which
incoming requests are forwarded, enter
the new email in the Forward request
to e-mail field. Email requests
meeting the properties established on
this page will be forwarded to this
alternate email address.
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Click
the Update button to submit all
changes.
Through PSA, a Domain
User can view the DNS settings for the owned domain
set by the Administrator or the Client. This is
for viewing only, if you are need of making DNS
modifications, contact your Adminstrator.
There are five types
of accessible DNS records:
A = Address - This
record is used to translate host names to IP
addresses.
CNAME = Canonical
Name - Used to create additional host names, or
aliases, for hosts in a domain.
NS = Name Server -
Defines an association between a given domain name
and the name servers that store information for that
domain. One domain can be associated with any number
of name servers.
MX = Mail Exchange -
Defines the location of where mail should be
delivered for the domain.
PTR = Pointer -
Defines the IP address and host name of individual
hosts in the domain. Translates IP addresses into
host names.
You can access the
DNS Settings page by clicking the DNS button at the
Domain Administration page.
You may have hosting
privileges established in your domain so that you can
provide various Internet services (e.g. software
applications, a forwarding address, and FTP
transfers). PSA allows three different types of
hosting services:
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Physical
Hosting - This is the most common type of
hosting service, creating a virtual host (disk
space on the local server) for the client. The
client controls and publishes his own website
without having to purchase a server and
dedicated communication lines.
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Standard
Forwarding - With this type of forwarding, all
requests to the domain are forwarded by your
server to another Internet address (no virtual
server is created). When an end user searches
the Internet for the client's domain, he is
routed to another URL, and the address in his
browser window changes to the new URL. This may
be confusing to the end user.
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Frame
Forwarding - All requests to this domain are
forwarded to another Internet address (no
virtual server is created). But with this type
of forwarding, the end user sees the client's
domain name in his browser, not the forwarding
address. PSA uses frames to "trick"
the browser into displaying the correct domain
name. The problem with frame forwarding is that
some search engines do not index frame pages and
some browsers do not support frames.
The system
administrator has already performed all the technical
system administration for hosting services relating to
your domain; however, the type of hosting service set
up for your domain determines the extent to which you
can manage your hosting parameters. If you have
physical hosting, you can use FTP software to access
your hosting directions. Additionally, you can change
the FTP password. If frame or standard forward hosting
is set for this domain, than you can change (or toggle
between these two types) forwarding for the given
domain.
Follow these steps to
administer your hosting services:
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Click the Hosting
button at the Domain Administration page.
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If you have a
forwarding hosting set up for you, a page with a
choice of types of hosting appears. Choose the
type and click Next to proceed.
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If the type of
hosting is physical then you will be taken
directly to the Physical Hosting Configuration
page.
Physical
Hosting Configuration
There are several
physical hosting services for your domain. They are
configurable only by the Administrator or the
Client:
If you have either of
the two forwarding options defined for your hosting
services, standard or frame, then you can change
between the two types of forwarding. Also, you can
edit the URL to which domain transactions are
re-directed or forwarded.
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To change the
type of forwarding you have, from the Hosting
page, click on the type you want to change.
NOTE
Confirm that
you really need to change the type of
forwarding before actually changing it. Only
a Plesk administrator can change a forward
hosting account to physical hosting. A
Domain User cannot make this change.
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Click Next to
access the URL page.
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To change the
forwarding address, click in the URL text box
and enter or edit an Internet address to which
you wish to re-direct all domain traffic.
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Click Update to
submit changes.
A web user is a user
account within Apache. It is used to define locations
for personalized web pages with individual FTP access.
The result of creating a web user is a subdirectory
within your domain (e.g. domain.com/~webuser).
A list of all of the
web users within a given domain will appear on the
main Web Users page. At this page you can:
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Select
any web user name to edit the web user password
and/or to add or remove different scripting
options.
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Search
the web users' list for a certain pattern. It
may help you in case you have a great number of
web users in the system and you need to work
with a particular one. To search the list, type
the pattern string in the text input field and
click Search.
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Sort
the list by various parameters. To sort the list
by a certain parameter in ascending or
descending order, click on the name of the
parameter. An arrow will appear indicating the
order of sorting: down for descending order, up
for ascending.
To create a new
web user:
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Click the Web
Uers button at the Domain Administration page.
The Web Users page appears.
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To add a web
user, enter the Web User name in the text box
provided next to Web User name: and click Add.
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You are taken to
the Web User Password Entry Page, where you must
enter and confirm the password for your new web
user and select from the available scripting
options for the given domain (availability of
scripting options is set in the Domain
Preferences). To do this, enter a password in
the New password text box, and then re-enter it
in the Confirm password text box. Then select
from the available scripting options if
applicable. Once you have completed all entries,
click on Update to enter the information.
Selecting Up Level will return you to the Web
Users page without assigning a password or
scripting capabilities to the given web user.
Although the directory will be created, it will
not be accessible via FTP using the web user
name.
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As you create web
users, the user names appear on the Web User
Management page in the web user list.
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To change web
user passwords or edit scripting options, click
on the user name in the web user list. This
takes you to the New Password page.
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When you are
done, click Up Level to return to the Domain
Administration page.
To remove one or more
web users, check the checkboxes in the Del column of
the web users' list corresponding to the web users you
wish to remove and click Remove Selected. The Domain
Removal page appears. There you will need to either
confirm the removal (check the checkbox and click
Submit) or Cancel it.
Important
Notes on web users:
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For
security purposes, the password must be
between 5 and 14 characters and cannot contain
the user name.
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Each
web user creates a system account within
Apache; therefore, you cannot have two web
users with identical names on the same server.
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New
web users can access the directory using FTP
software by entering the domain name under
which the web user account was created and
using the appropriate web user name and
password.
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Your
administrator CAN limit the number of web
users you can create. You will receive a
warning if you try to exceed this number, and
will not be able to do so.
This feature is active
if virtual hosting (physical hosting account) has been
configured for your domain. It creates secure
directories in your virtual domain, in which to place
documents. Secure directories are recommended to
ensure security of confidential and private
information. It is possible to create directories
under either the standard virtual host accessible via
http protocol, or if applicable for the given domain,
under the SSL virtual host accessible via https
protocol. Icons are used next to each directory name
in the directory list to define which virtual host
type (SSL or non-SSL) the directory resides within. An
open lock depicts non-SSL; a closed lock depicts SSL.
Creating
a Protected Directory
Follow these steps to
create secure directories for the domain:
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Click the
Directories button from the Domain
Administration page. The Protected Directory
Management page appears.
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To create a new
directory, click the Add button.
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This takes you
to the Protected Directory Control page. Enter
the name of the protected directory you wish
to create in the Protected Directory field
provided.
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For Directory
Location: you can choose either a non-SSL or
SSL secure directory. To choose a non-SSL
directory, click in the radio button next to
Non-SSL. To choose SSL security for the
directory, click in the radio button next to
SSL.
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If the
directory has SSL enabled, it will appear in
the Protected Directory list with a gray Lock
icon beside it. If the directory is non-SSL, a
gold Unlocked icon will appear next to the
directory name in the directory list.
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Click in the
Header Text text box. When a user tries to
access the protected directory, the text in
this box displays as the Realm they are
entering. In this text box, enter the header
text.
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To add a new
user, under Protected Directory Users click in
the New User: text box, and write the name of
the directory user.
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Click the Add
button.
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You are taken
to the directory user password screen. Here
you must enter your new password in the New
Password text box, and then enter it again in
the Confirm password text box.
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Click the
Update button to submit. You will return to
the Protected Directory Control page. The new
user will appear in the Protected Directory
Users list. Clicking Up Level will return to
the Protected Directory Control page without
creating a password for the given user.
Although the user is created no access to the
directory will be granted until a password is
created for the user.
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To remove
existing directory users select the users that
you wish to remove using the checkboxes on the
right of the screen and select Remove
Selected. You will be asked for confirmation
prior to final deletion of the directory
users.
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To access a
directory user in order to edit the user
password, click on the user name in the list,
and you will again be taken to the directory
user password screen. Here you can edit the
password.
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Select Update
to submit your changes and return to the
Protected Directory Control page.
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Click Up Level
to return to the Protected Directory
Management page without saving any changes.
Changing
a Protected Directory
You can edit a
protected directory definition to:
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Add
an user
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Change
a password
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Delete
an user
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Rename
the directory
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Change
header text
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Change
the SSL status
Follow these steps to
edit protected directories:
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From the Client
Home page, click the domain name that you want
to work with from the list provided. The
Domain Administration page appears.
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Click the
Directories button. The Protected Directory
Management page appears.
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Click on any
directory from the list that you wish to
change.
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You will be
taken to the Protected Directory Control page.
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From here, you
can edit the directory by following the same
steps outlined above, in the Creating a
Protected Directory section.
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Click Update to
complete all changes to the system and to
return to the Protected Directory List page.
Searching
the Protected Directories List
PSA allows you to
search the Protected Directory List for a certain
pattern. It may help you in case you have a great
number of directories in the system and you need to
work with a particular one. To search in the list:
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Select
the input field and type in the pattern
string.
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Click
the Search button.
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If
there were any items found matching the
pattern string entered, they will all be
displayed in the form of the reduced Protected
Directory List.
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If
no matches were found it will be so stated.
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The
button Show All will revert to displaying the
whole list of domains.
There is also another
way to ease the process of working with a large list
of directories. An option of sorting the list by
several various parameters is made available to you.
You can sort the list by several parameters. To sort
the list by a certain parameter in ascending or
descending order, click on the name of the
parameter. An arrow will appear indicating the order
of sorting: down for descending order, up for
ascending.
Removing
a Protected Directory
To remove one or more
directories, follow these steps:
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Check the
checkboxes in the Del column of the Protected
Directories List corresponding to the
directories you wish to remove.
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Click on Remove
Selected. The Protected Directory Removal page
appears.
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For every
directory you chose to remove the name of the
directory and the names of this directory
users will be displayed.
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If you are
certain that the displayed information is
correct and wish to proceed with deleting,
check the "Yes, I have read, understood,
and agree to remove protect from these
domains" checkbox. Then click Submit. If
you decide to not delete these directories or
wish to modify the list of directories chosen
for deletion, click the Cancel button.
Both buttons will
return you to the Protected Directory Management
page, one committing the changes, the other one
leaving everything unchanged.
NOTE
Deleting a
protected directory in PSA does not delete the
directory off the server. It simply takes the
protected status off the directory. Meaning that
the directory and its contents will now be
reachable via the Internet without the need for
login and password.
Manage
the Domain SSL Certificate
PSA enables you to
upload a Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Certificate,
generate a Certificate Signing Request (CSR), generate
a Self-signed Certificate, and/or purchase a SSL
certificate through a registered certificate
authority. Each certificate represents a set of rules
used when exchanging encrypted information between two
computers. Certificates establish secure
communications; this is especially important when
handling e-commerce transactions and other private
transmittals. Only authorized users can access and
read an encrypted data stream.
Notes on
Certificates:
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In
order to use SSL certificates for a given
domain, the domain MUST be set-up for IP-Based
hosting.
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When
an IP-based hosting account is created with
SSL support, a default SSL certificate is
uploaded automatically. However, this
certificate will not be recognized by a
browser as one that is signed by a certificate
signing authority.
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The
default SSL certificate can be replaced by
either a self-signed certificate or one signed
by a recognized certificate-signing authority.
The self-signed certificate is valid and
secure, but many clients prefer to have a
certificate signed by a known Certificate
Signing Authority.
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If
using a SSL certificate issued by a
certificate authority other than Thawte or
Verisign, a rootchain certificate is required
to appropriately identify and authenticate the
certificate authority that has issued your SSL
certificate.
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If
the given domain has the www prefix enabled,
you must set-up your CSR or self-signed
certificate with the www prefix included. If
you do not, you will receive a warning message
when trying to access the domain with the www
prefix.
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Remember
to enter your certificate information in PEM
format. PEM format means that the RSA Private
Key text must be followed by the Certificate
text.
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All
certificates are located in the ../vhosts/'domain
name'/cert/httpsd.pem file. Where this
directory reads 'domain name', you must enter
the domain name for which the certificate was
created.
Generate
a Self-signed Certificate or Certificate Signing
Request
To generate a
self-signed certificate or a certificate-signing
request, follow these steps:
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If you have
established an IP based hosting account with
SSL enabled, the Certificate button at the
Domain Administration page will be enabled.
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Click the
Certificate button. The SSL Certificate Setup
page appears.
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The Certificate
Information: section lists information needed
for a certificate Request, or a Self-Signed
certificate.
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The Bits
selection allows you to choose the level of
encryption of your SSL certificate. Select the
appropriate number from the drop down box next
to Bits:.
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To enter the
information into the provided text input
fields (State or Province, Locality,
Organization Name and Organization Unit Name
(optional)) click in the text boxes and enter
the appropriate name.
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To enter the
Domain Name for the certificate, click in the
text box next to Domain Name: and enter the
appropriate domain.
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The domain name
is a required field. This will be the only
domain name that can be used to access the
Control Panel without receiving a certificate
warning in the browser. The expected format is
www.domainname.com or domainname.com.
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Click on either
the Self-Signed or Request button.
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Clicking
Self-Signed results in your certificate being
automatically generated and installed.
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Selecting
Request results in the sending of a
certificate-signing request (CSR) to the email
address you provided in the fields discussed
above. When a CSR (certificate signing
request) is generated there are two different
text sections, the RSA Private Key and the
Certificate Request. Do not lose your RSA
private key. You will need this during the
certificate installation process. Losing it is
likely to result in the need to purchase
another certificate.
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When you are
satisfied that the SSL certificate has been
generated or the SSL certificate request has
been correctly implemented, click Up Level to
return to the Domain Administration page.
Upload
Existing Certificate w/o Private Key
To upload a file
containing the certificate authorized by the
Certificate Signing Authority:
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Click the
Certificate button at the Domain
Administration page. The SSL Certificate page
appears.
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If you wish to
upload a Certificate File authorized by the
Certificate Signing Authority, click the
Browse... button under the Upload previously
bought Certificate File (without private key)
section to select the file (the file must be
in .txt format)
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Then, click
Send File to copy the certificate to the
server.
Upload
a New Certificate w/ Private Key
To upload a new
certificate:
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Click the
Certificate button from the Domain
Administration page. The SSL Certificate page
appears.
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If you wish to
upload a certificate file from a local
computer, under the Uploading Certificate File
section, click the Browse... button to select
the file (the file must be in .txt format).
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Then, click
Send File to copy the certificate to the
server. Or, if you want to type in the text of
the certificate without downloading a specific
file, click in the text box and enter and
paste the certificate information.
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Click Send Text
to implement the text on the server.
NOTE
Ensure that
the private key text block is included along
with the SSL certificate text block when
using the Send File or Send Text options.
EXAMPLE
FORMAT:
-----BEGIN RSA
PRIVATE KEY-----
[[ENCRYPTED
BLOCK OF TEXT]]
-----END RSA
PRIVATE KEY-----
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