Introduction to WEBppliance
WEBppliance is a software application designed to simplify Web hosting by enabling automated deployment and management of service plans and domains. Designed for service providers and their resellers, WEBppliance has four tiers of role-based self-administration control panels. Each tier targets the needs of service providers, resellers, site managers or end users, providing each role with an easy-to-use control panel that streamlines their most common configuration and administration tasks.
WEBppliance™ is packaged with core Web hosting server applications and features that allow you, as a hosting provider, to offer a full range of services to your customers. These services include Web site capabilities, FTP capabilities, email capabilities, backup and restore capabilities, and Web site security.
WEBppliance enables you to:
Delegate administration of WEBppliance to the site, and user levels with dedicated Web-based control panels at each level
Create Service Plans easily and efficiently
Offer IP-based or name-based sites
WEBppliance provides separate Web browser-based user control panels for four levels of users. These control panels allow many different users to easily manage their specific Web hosting administrative tasks. Depending on their role or assigned tasks, users may be using WEBppliance on more than one level.
The user levels include:
The Reseller Administrator control panel. Used by Reseller Administrators.
The Site Administrator control panel. Used by Reseller and Site Administrators.
The User Administrator control panel. Used by Site and User Administrators.
Each control panel allows easy access to key features and streamlines common configuration and administration tasks.
Note: WEBppliance and the Site and User Administrator control panels are designed to work with Internet Explorer 5.0 and higher and Netscape 6.2 and higher. Using other browsers might produce unpredictable results.
The reseller level of administration is designed for individuals or businesses who want to resell or manage sites without actually owning or maintaining hardware. As a Reseller, you buy sites from an ISP or hosting provider and resell them to individual customers. If you are already a Web site creator, designer, or consultant, becoming a Reseller is a perfect way of diversifying and expanding your business.
As the reseller, you are called the Reseller Administrator, and can:
Create new domains
Manage existing domains
Customize the control panel
To begin managing your reseller level tasks, log on to WEBppliance as the Reseller Administrator.
Note: You cannot perform operating system level tasks like starting and stopping services.
The domain level of administration is designed for businesses that want to manage their hosted domains and the services installed on the domains.
As the owner of domains, you are called the Site Administrator, and can:
Set up security features for an entire domain or just an individual Web site
Manage the user accounts on an entire domain or just an individual Web site
Set up protected directories on the Apache Web server
Set up your domain email and FTP features
Work with the directories and files on your domain
View traffic reports about your domain
Back up data from your domain
To begin managing your domain level tasks, log on to WEBppliance as the Site Administrator.
Note: The Reseller Administrator automatically has access to the Site Administrator user control panel.
The user account level of administration is designed for someone who subscribes to a domain and is assigned a user account.
As the subscriber, or user account holder, you are called the User Administrator, and can:
Maintain your account contact information
Set up your email services
Access your email messages over the Internet
Publish your Web site content
Back up and restore files from your Web site
To begin managing your user level tasks, log on to WEBppliance as the User Administrator.