Figure: Top Navigation Frame: Ability to Add Services from Different Subscriptions Is Enabled

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1 Working with Domains TM Control Panel User Guide Working with Domains 1 After you have selected a Subscription, you will need to add a Webspace for your domain. This will provide you with the ability of creating and then working with your Webspace, including a website, options and a lot more. It is possible to work with all domains and services of all Subscriptions in a centralized manner, if the "Allow to use services from different Subscriptions on domain" system- wide option is enabled. You can see if this permission is enabled by the presence of the All Domains menu in the top navigation frame. If the menu is present, this means that the option is enabled. Figure: Top Navigation Frame: Ability to Add Services from Different Subscriptions Is Enabled If the menu is missing, the option is disabled. Figure: Top Navigation Frame: Ability to Add Services from Different Subscriptions Is Disabled It is also possible to create separate domain-only Subscriptions, which contain DNS hosting and (optionally) a number of free-of-charge services, which TM chose to include into such a Subscription. This type of Subscription, the DNS hosting Subscription is automatically created for each new domain registered in CP. After registering or adding a domain in CP, its status (specified in the Registrar Status field) does not influence the value of the In Sync domain property. You can see these properties of each domain on the management page of each domain, on the Summary tab. To manage domains, proceed to the following screens: To manage domains registered under the current Subscription, go to Hosting > Configuration & Administration > Domain Overview > Domain Administration.

2 TM Control Panel User Guide Working with Domains 2 Figure: Managing Domains Registered Under the Current Subscription The Add New Subdomain and Hide (Show) Subdomains buttons are used in subdomains management. The Add New Subdomain button is available only if you have at least one domain. The Hide (Show) Subdomains button is available only if you have at least one subdomain. To manage domains registered under all Subscriptions, click on the All Domains item in the top navigation frame.

3 Adding Pure Domain TM Control Panel User Guide Working with Domains 3 A pure domain is a domain with only DNS hosting added to it - i.e., with no web, mail hosting or other services added. There are three ways you can add a domain to your account: Register a new domain. This option allows to purchase a new domain (a domain name + DNS hosting) from TM. Transfer an existing domain. Add an existing domain registered elsewhere. This option allows to add a domain purchased from an external registrar to your account in CP. For each newly registered or transferred domain, a separate Domain Subscription is created, with DNS hosting + a number of free supplementary services included in it. For domains registered elsewhere, you need to select the DNS hosting Subscription on which it will be based from the list of DNS hosing Subscriptions available to you. To register a new domain or transfer an existing one to your account, follow these steps: 1 Go to All Domains. 2 Start creating a new domain. For this purpose, click on one of the following buttons: Register New Domain Transfer Existing Domain 3 Specify the desired domain name. If the ability to manage domains' DNS zones is included in your Subscription, you can allow or disallow this option for a domain using the Zone management ability checkbox. When transferring an existing domain, specify the name of this domain and the Transfer key. 4 Click Next. 5 After CP checks the availability of this domain name, select the available variant (highlighted by CP) and click Next. 6 Choose the required Subscription period and click Next. 7 Click Confirm Order.

4 TM Control Panel User Guide Working with Domains 4 The new domain appears on the All Domains screen and on the Hosting > Configuration & Administration > Domain Overview > Domain Administration screen. CP creates a separate Domain Subscription for the domain, which includes DNS hosting and (optionally) a number of free supplementary services which TM chose to include in this type of Subscription. To add a domain registered elsewhere, perform these steps: 1 Go to All Domains. 2 Click on the Add Existing Domain Registered Elsewhere button. 3 Specify the name of the domain. 4 If there are several DNS hosting Subscriptions assigned to your account, select the one you wish to place the new domain in. If the ability to manage domains' DNS zones is included in your Subscription, you can allow or disallow this option for a domain using the Zone management ability checkbox. 5 In the Web Hosting area, select None. 6 Click on the Next button. 7 Click on the Finish button to complete the process. The newly created domain appears on the All Domains and Hosting > Configuration & Administration > Domain Overview > Domain Administration screens.

5 Adding Web or Mail Hosting to Pure Domain TM Control Panel User Guide Working with Domains 5 If you want to add web or mail hosting to a pure domain, follow these steps: Note: If the "Allow to use services from different Subscriptions on domain" system-wide option is disabled by TM, this operation starts from the Hosting > Configuration & Administration > Domain Overview > Domain Administration page. 2 Click on the name of the required domain. Domains with no hosting added are marked by empty field in the Web Hosting (Mail Hosting) columns. The Summary tab opens. 3 On the Summary tab, in the Web Hosting (Mail Hosting) area, click on the Add Hosting link. Figure: The Add Hosting Link 4 From the Hosting drop-down box, select the web (mail) hosting type. Figure: Selecting Hosting Type

6 TM Control Panel User Guide Working with Domains 6 5 From the Subscription drop-down box, select the Subscription you wish to set as the basis for web (mail) hosting on this domain. Figure: Selecting Subscription Hosting will Be Based On The list of available Subscriptions depends on the selected hosting type. The choice of Subscription determines the set of additional hosting services and resources available for the domain (such as, for example, MS FrontPage, Plesk Sitebuilder, etc.). 6 Click Next to continue. 7 Follow the wizard instructions. 8 After following all the wizard steps, click on the Finish button to complete the process of adding hosting. Now, if you reopen the list of your domains, you will see the appropriate hosting type displayed in the Web Hosting (Mail Hosting) columns for the current domain. Parked Domains Domain parking allows you to point additional domain names to your already existing domain. For example, your_domain.com, your_domain.net, your_domain.org can all point to the same place preventing others from seeking for your domain zone. Default Domain Parking Default domain parking is a service that makes your domain available through HTTP protocol. It means that your parked domain is resolved and accessible through URL

7 TM Control Panel User Guide Working with Domains 7 The HTTP requests to your parked domain will be redirected to a location defined by TM. The content of HTML page displayed is also defined by TM. To create a parked domain based on default type of domain parking, follow these steps: 2 Start creating a new domain as described in Adding Pure Domain. 3 In the DNS hosting area, specify the following parameters: Domain - Enter the domain name. Subscription - From the drop-down list select the Subscription on which DNS hosting will be based. Zone management ability - select this checkbox if you want to get the ability of managing DNS zone for this domain. 4 In the Web Hosting area, specify the following parameters: From the Hosting list, select Parking. Subscription - From the drop-down list select the Subscription from which the Domain Parking hosting will be based. Click on the Next button to continue. 5 Click on the Finish button to complete the process of creating a new domain. Now you can see the just created domain in the list of your domains. The Web hosting type of the domain is marked in the Web Hosting column as Parking.

8 Standard Forwarding Domain Parking TM Control Panel User Guide Working with Domains 8 Standard forwarding is a type of domain parking which enables you to specify an URL to handle http requests to your parked domain. Thus, an HTTP request to your parked domain will be redirected to the specified URL. The HTML document will be located at this URL. Suppose, you have a parked domain You want the visitors of to see a page located at For this case, you should select standard forwarding as a type of parking. Creating Standard Forwarding Domain To create a domain based on Standard Forwarding type of domain parking, follow these steps: 2 Start creating a new domain as described in Adding Pure Domain (on page 57). 3 In the DNS hosting area, specify the following parameters: Domain - Enter the domain name. Subscription - From the drop-down list select the Subscription on which DNS hosting will be based. Zone management ability - select this checkbox if you want to get the ability of managing DNS zone for this domain. 4 In the Web Hosting area, specify the following parameters: From the Hosting list, select Standard Forwarding. Subscription - From the drop-down list select the Subscription from which the Domain Parking hosting will be based. Click on the Next button to continue. 5 Into the Forwarding URL field, enter an URL to redirect your domain. Click on the Next button to continue. Figure: Specifying forwarding URL 6 Click on the Finish button to complete the process of creating a new domain.

9 TM Control Panel User Guide Working with Domains 9 Now you can see the just created domain in the list of your domains. The Web hosting type of the domain is marked in the Web Hosting column as Standard Forwarding with the target URL in parentheses. Configuring Standard Forwarding Domain You may want to change the URL to redirect your standard forwarding domain to. For this purpose, follow these steps: 2 Click on the name of the required domain with standard forwarding type of hosting. Standard forwarding domains are marked by Standard Forwarding in the Web Hosting column. 3 Select the Web tab. 4 Click on the Edit button. 5 Into the Forwarding URL field, enter a new URL to redirect your domain to. 6 Click on the Submit button to save the new setting. Frame Forwarding Domain Parking Frame forwarding is a type of domain parking that enables you to specify a URL containing the source for HTTP request to your parked domain. In frame forwarding, the HTTP request to your parked domain produces an HTML page with one f rame. The frame source of this page represents the URL specified by you and is described in HTML code as <FRAME SRC = "<customer_specified_url>" >. In other words, the document location does not change. Suppose, you have a parked domain You want the visitors of to see a page located at If you select frame forwarding as a type of parking, the visitors will see the page; however, the Address field of the browser will contain

10 Creating Frame Forwarding Domain TM Control Panel User Guide Working with Domains 10 To create a domain based on Frame Forwarding type of domain parking, follow these steps: 2 Start creating a new domain as described in Adding Pure Domain. 3 In the DNS hosting area, specify the following parameters: Domain - Enter the domain name. Subscription - From the drop-down list select the Subscription on which DNS hosting will be based. Zone management ability - select this checkbox if you want to get the ability of managing DNS zone for this domain. 4 In the Web Hosting list, specify the following parameters: From the Hosting area, select Frame Forwarding. Subscription - From the drop-down list select the Subscription from which the Domain Parking hosting will be based. Click on the Next button to continue. 5 Into the Forwarding URL field, enter an URL to redirect your domain. Click on the Next button to continue. Figure: Specifying forwarding URL 6 Click on the Finish button to to complete the process of creating a new domain. Now you can see the just created domain in the list of your domains. The Web hosting type of the domain is marked in the Web Hosting column as Frame Forwarding with the target URL in parentheses.

11 Configuring Frame Forwarding Domain TM Control Panel User Guide Working with Domains 11 You may want to change the URL to redirect your frame forwarding domain to. For this purpose, follow these steps: 2 Click on the name of the required domain with frame forwarding type of hosting. Frame forwarding domains are marked by Frame Forwarding in the Web Hosting column. 3 Select the Web tab. 4 Click on the Edit button. 5 Into the Forwarding URL field, enter a new URL to redirect your domain to. 6 Click on the Submit button to save the new setting. Single Page Website Single Page Hosting is a type of domain parking that enables you to specify content of HTML page which will be displayed as the result of HTTP request to your parked domain as Actually, you can specify only part of HTML page because header and footer for HTML document displayed are usually specified by your provider. Creating Single Page Website To create a Single Page Website, follow these steps: 2 Start creating a new domain as described in Adding Pure Domain. 3 In the DNS hosting area, specify the following parameters: Domain - Enter the domain name. Subscription - From the drop-down list select the Subscription on which DNS hosting will be based. Zone management ability - select this checkbox if you want to get the ability of managing DNS zone for this domain. 4 In the Web Hosting area, specify the following parameters: From the Hosting list, select Single Page Website. Subscription - From the drop-down list select the Subscription from which the Domain Parking hosting will be based. Click on the Next button to continue. 5 Into the Page Content field, enter the HTML code of your Single Page Website. Click on the Next button to continue. 6 Click on the Finish button to complete the process of creating a new Single Page Website. Now you can see the just created domain in the list of your domains. The Web hosting type of the domain is marked in the Web Hosting column as Single Page Website.

12 Configuring Single Page Website TM Control Panel User Guide Working with Domains 12 You may want to change the content of your Single Page Website. For this purpose, follow these steps: 2 Click on the name of the required Single Page Website. Single Page Websites are marked by Single Page Website in the Web Hosting column. 3 Select the Web tab. 4 Click on the Edit button. 5 Input a new HTML code of the page into the Page Content field. 6 Click on the Submit button to save the new setting. Website Managing IIS Website CP enables you to manage IIS 6.0 and IIS 7.0 websites. If you have an IIS 6.0 Subscription, you can manage only IIS 6.0 websites. Analogically, if you have IIS 7.0 Subscription, you are able to manage only IIS 7.0 websites. You can also upgrade your Subscription from IIS 6.0 to IIS 7.0 if it is allowed by TM. In this case, you will be able to create both IIS 6.0 and IIS 7.0 websites. Upgrade does not affect your existing IIS 6.0 websites. This chapter describes how to manage the features that are specific for Windows-based hosting. Creating Microsoft IIS Website To create IIS website, follow these steps: 1. Create a domain as described in Adding Pure Domain, or select an existing domain you would like to add IIS web hosting to. 2. On the Summary tab, in the Web Hosting area, click Add Hosting. For more details on adding web hosting, refer to Adding Web or Mail Hosting to Pure Domain. 3. Select an IIS hosting service from the Hosting drop-down list. 4. Select the Subscription on which IIS hosting will be based from the Subscription drop-down list. The list of available Subscriptions is filtered to those including IIS web hosting. The choice of a Subscription determines the set of additional hosting services and resources available for the website (such as, for example, MS FrontPage, Plesk Sitebuilder, etc.). 2 Set Webspace general parameters:

13 TM Control Panel User Guide Working with Domains 13 Webspace - Select whether you want to create a new Webspace or attach the website being created to an existing Webspace. Location - Type the path to the directory where your website will be located. Click on the Next button to continue. 3 Set website general parameters: Figure: Specifying Webspace Settings Figure: Specifying Website Settings IP Address type - From the drop-down list select the type of IP address for the website being created (Exclusive or Shared). Access to website through exclusive IP address - Select this checkbox if you want to access your website, based on exclusive IP address, by URL containing this IP (for example, Note: Although several websites can be assigned the same exclusive IP address within one Webspace, only one website can be accessed by IP address. During auto-provisioning the first website will be accessible through exclusive IP address. Later you will be able to edit these parameters at Hosting > Configuration & Administration > Domain Overview > Domain Administration > [select required domain] > Web tab > General subtab > Edit button. 4 If you've selected the Create new webspace option, enter configuration parameters for the website to be created (see the Creating Microsoft IIS Website on New Webspace section). If you want to attach the website to an existing Webspace, this step will be skipped.

14 TM Control Panel User Guide Working with Domains 14 5 Select a checkbox whether you want to install AWStats on the domain to be created or not. Click Next. 6 A domain creation summary window appears. Check the parameters and click Finish. Creating Microsoft IIS Website on New Webspace The number of available services and options (described below) may differ depending on the terms of your Subscription. To create a Microsoft IIS website, proceed with the instructions from the Creating Microsoft IIS Website section till the Step 4. Figure: Creating New Webspace 1 On step 4, select the Create new webspace option button. Into the Location field, type the path to the directory where your website will be located. Click on the Next button to continue. 2 Specify the website general parameters: Figure: Specifying Website Settings IP Address type - From the drop-down list select the type of IP address for the website being created (Exclusive or Shared). Access to website through exclusive IP address - Select this checkbox if you want to enable the website, which resides on exclusive IP address, to be accessed by URL with IP address (like

15 TM Control Panel User Guide Working with Domains 15 Note: Although several websites can be assigned the same exclusive IP address within one Webspace, only one website can be accessed by IP address. During auto-provisioning the first website will be accessible through exclusive IP address. Later you will be able to edit these parameters at Hosting > Configuration & Administration > Domain Overview > Domain Administration > [select required domain] > Web tab > General subtab > Edit button. Click Next. 3 Specify the website configuration parameters. In the WebSite Configuration area: SSI support - Select this checkbox, if you want to enable SSI support on a website. Server Side Includes - is a method for dynamically generating WWW documents or parts of them. As the result, some information can be added to a Web page, such as the current date, the file's last modification date, and the size or the last modification of other files. In its more advanced usage, it can provide a powerful interface to CGI (Common Gate Interface - the most common way to create dynamic Web pages). PHP support - Select the respective option button of the PHP mode to be used on the website, either the PHP mode will work as ISAPI extension or as FastCGI application: ActivePerl support - Select the respective option button of the ActivePerl mode to be used on the website. ActivePerl is a Perl package containing core Perl and a number of popular modules; distributed by ActiveState. Note: If there is no ability to select the ActivePerl mode in your CP, it means that this functionality is disabled by your Subscription properties. In that case you are able to enable/disable ActivePerl only. If you need this functionality, please contact TM. ASP support - Select this checkbox, if you want to use Active Server Pages on your website. This technology enables HTML pages to be dynamic and interactive with the help of JScript code or Visual Basic (such pages use the extension.asp). Due to its possibilities ASP technology is used to create powerful Web-based business solutions, like electronic commerce systems. ASP.NET support - ASP.net is the next generation of Microsoft's Active Server Page (ASP). ASP.net is different from ASP in two major ways: it supports code written in compiled languages like C++, Visual Basic, and Perl, and it features server controls that can separate the code from the content. As a result, it makes possible WYSIWYG editing of pages and provides a complete environment for content management and sharing over the Internet.

16 TM Control Panel User Guide Working with Domains 16 ISAPI_Rewrite support - Select this checkbox to provide Internet Server Application Programming Interface (ISAPI) Rewrite support for a website. ISAPI_Rewrite is a powerful URL manipulation engine designed specifically for Microsoft's Internet Information Server (IIS). With the help of this engine, you can optimize the dynamic content of forums or e-stores, create virtual directory structure of the site, hide physical files and extensions, provide access to the Intranet servers from the Internet, and others. FrontPage support - Microsoft FrontPage is Microsoft's Web publishing tool. It is one of the most commonly used tools for creating Web sites. Microsoft FrontPage includes several extensions that provide special functionality. Set and confirm the password for accessing FrontPage services. You can use the password generator to get the secure valid password. To do this, click the Generate new password button. The password will be entered into the appropriate fields automatically and displayed for you to remember. In the FTP Configuration area: FTP support - Select this checkbox to make the FTP available on your website. Click Next. FTP is a common method of moving files between two Internet sites. It is a way to log in to another Internet site for the purposes of retrieving and/or sending files. There are many Internet sites that have established publicly accessible repositories of material that can be obtained using FTP. Specify and confirm the password for accessing FTP server. You can use CP password generator to get the secure valid password. To do this, click on the Generate new password button. The password will be entered into the appropriate fields automatically and displayed for you to remember. 5 Review the parameters you have entered for your domain (website). Click on the Finish button to create your website accordingly to these parameters.

17 Managing Domain Security TM Control Panel User Guide Working with Domains 17 With CP system you can grant web server permissions for specific domains on your server. You can use web server permissions to control whether visitors to your Webspace are enabled to view a particular web page, upload information, or run scripts. Moreover, CP system enables you to configure authentication settings for specific domains on your server. Authentication is the process by which visitors confirm their identity and, consequently, their competence to perform functions on the server. The process is applicable for Windows-based hosting only. Permissions and authentication make up the security of a specific domain on your server. If you want to set or configure the security parameters for any of your domains, do the following: 2 Click on the name of a required domain. The Summary tab opens. 3 Move to the Web tab. The Security sub-tab opens displaying the current security settings for the domain. 4 Click on the Edit button. The security settings are displayed in editing mode. Figure: Specifying security settings

18 TM Control Panel User Guide Working with Domains 18 5 In the Permissions area click to select or click to clear any of the following check boxes that are appropriate for the level of permissions that you want to grant: Script Source Access. Grant this permission to enable visitors to access source code, such as scripts in Active Sever Pages (ASP) programs. Note that this permission is only available if you grant either the Read or the Write permissions. When you click Script Source Access, visitors to your domain may be able to view sensitive information, such as a user name and a password, from scripts in an ASP program. They are also able to change source code that runs on your server, which can seriously affect the security and the performance of your server. It is recommended that you handle access to this type of information and to these functions using individual Windows Accounts and higher-level authentication, such as integrated Windows authentication. Read. Grant this permission to enable visitors to either view or download files or folders and their associated properties. Write. Grant this permission to enable users either to upload files and their associated properties to the enabled folder on your server or to change the content or properties of a write-enabled file. Directory browsing. Grant this permission to enable visitors to view a hypertext listing of the files and the subfolders in the virtual directory. Note that virtual directories are not displayed in folder listings. Visitors should know a virtual directory's alias. Note: If the Directory browsing is disabled and the visitor attempts to access either a file or folder on your server, without specifying a file name such as Filename.htm in the Address box, an "Access Forbidden" error message is displayed by your Web server in a visitor's Web browser. 6 In the Execute permissions drop-down list, chose a setting to determine how you want scripts to be run on the site. The following settings are available: None. Select this setting if you do not want visitors to run scripts or executable programs on the server. When you select this setting, visitors can gain access only to static files such as Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and image files. Scripts only. Select this setting to run scripts such as ASP programs on the server. Scripts and Executables. Select this setting to run both scripts such as ASP programs and executable programs on the server. 7 In the Authentication area click to select or click to clear any of the following check boxes that are appropriate for the level of authentication that you want to provide: Anonymous access. This scheme gives visitors access to the public areas of your Web site without prompting them for a user name or password. Integrated Windows authentication. This scheme can use either NTLM or Kerberos V5 authentication and only works with Internet Explorer 2.0 and later. When Internet Explorer attempts to access a protected resource, IIS sends two WWW - Authenticate headers, Negotiate and NTLM.

19 TM Control Panel User Guide Working with Domains 19 If Internet Explorer recognizes the Negotiate header, it will choose it because it is listed first. When using Negotiate, the browser will return information for both NTLM and Kerberos. At the server, IIS will use Kerberos if both the client and the server are running Windows 2000 and later, and both are members of the same domain or trusted domains. Otherwise, the server will default to using NTLM. If Internet Explorer does not understand Negotiate, it will use NTLM. When used in conjunction with Kerberos v5 authentication, IIS can delegate security credentials among computers running Windows 2000 and later that are trusted and configured for delegation. Delegation enables remote access of resources on behalf of the delegated user. Integrated Windows authentication is the best authentication scheme in an intranet environment where users have Windows domain Accounts, especially when using Kerberos. Integrated Windows authentication, like digest authentication, does not pass the user's password across the network. Instead, a hashed value is exchanged. Digest authentication. This response mechanism sends a digest (also known as a hash) instead of a password over the network. A digest is a fixed-size result obtained by applying a mathematical function to the combination of the password and the data known to both the server and the client. The client sends the digest to the server as the response to the challenge of the server. The server uses the same process as the client to create a digest. If the digest created by the server matches the digest created by the client, the server authenticates the client. Basic authentication. When using this scheme, the browser prompts the visitor for a user name and password. This information is then transmitted across HTTP as a plain text. 8 Click on the Finish button to save the settings. Now visitors can gain access to your Webspace's elements only according to the new permissions and authentication settings. Configuring List of Service Users Allowed to Manage IIS Website IIS Website can be managed by a certain list of Service Users where each Service User has his or her own name, login, password, and other properties. You can create several Service Users for managing a single website. To configure a list of Service Users that can manage a single IIS Website follow these steps: 2 Select a domain of Microsoft IIS Web hosting type by clicking on the domain name.

20 TM Control Panel User Guide Working with Domains 20 3 The Summary tab of the multi-tabbed window opens. Move to the Managed by tab. The list of Service Users that are able to manage this website opens. Service Users List consists of the following columns: Service user. Clicking on the Service User name you will be forwarded to the Service User general information page where you can manage information related to this Service User, enable or disable website content management tools available for him. Login. Login name of a Service User, which he or she can use to log in to MyCP. See Using MyCP section. FTP access. Status of FTP service for this Service User (Enabled/Disabled). File Manager. Status of File Manager service for this Service User (Enabled/Disabled). Status. Current state of a Service User. 4 To create a new Service User that is able to manage the content of this website, click on the Add Service User button and follow the instructions described in the Creating New Service User section. To remove a Service User from the list, select a checkbox near the name of a Service User and click the Delete button. Managing Virtual Directories Virtual directories are directories that from the viewpoint of web clients seem to share the same physical structure with the web home directory, while in reality they may occupy a completely different location; for example, they may be located on another hard disk or on a remote computer. Virtual directories let you present a website organization and structure that may be quite different from your actual setup. You can use virtual directories to provide a convenient and organized structure for your web clients to navigate. In this way, virtual directories are similar to logical drives on a hard disk. They serve as a method for reorganizing data to provide a more user-friendly presentation. Adding New Virtual Directory To create a virtual directory on your site, perform the following: 2 Select the domain based on physical hosting, for which you wish to create a virtual directory. The General tab of the domain will be displayed. 3 Move to the Web tab. Switch to the Virtual directories sub-tab. You can see the list of virtual directories if there are any.