Managing Your Sites

Adding Service PAckages to your VPS

WCP

1. Within the VPS Manager, click Service Groups
2. Click Add (Note: there should be a default already in place. This section is for custom groups.)
   1. Give the group a descriptive name
   2. Click the drop down to select Site Service
   3. Click the drop down to select Mail Service
   4. Click the drop down to select DNS Service
   5. Click the drop down to select MSSQL / MySQL Service
   6. Click Save

cPanel

1. Within WHM search for Packages
2. Click on Add a Package
3. Give the package a descriptive name
4. Depending on what resource limitations are needed, fill out the Resources section, either giving limited or unlimited access
5. Within the settings section, you can set what type of access and themes are defaulted on the cPanel instance. Below are a few descriptions of each section.
   1. Dedicated IP: These are best used with domains using SSLs, as they cost a monthly fee.
   2. Shell Access: Gives access to an SSH terminal into the server. Warning: This can lead to security breaches if the domain's shell access is not jailed.
   3. CGI Access: Common Gateway Interface (CGI) allows users access to scripts and software that make their sites more dynamic
   4. Digest Authentication: Enables Digest Authentication support for Web Disk access.
   5. cPanel Theme: Vanity display of the cPanel interface
   6. Feature List: Select a Feature list for the new package to use
   7. Locale: Changes the default language for the account

Adding Sites to your VPS

WCP

1. Log in to the WCP for your VPS at http://wcp.hostek.com
2. Click "Add-On Domains" (This is where you will see the domain listed after you've followed these steps)
3. Enter the name of the domain, FTP username, password, and click "Save" (make sure to use a strong password containing an upper and lowercase letter, a number, and a symbol)
4. That's it, you're done!

cPanel

1. Log in to the cPanel for your VPS at http://YOURVPS.com/whm (make sure to replace YOURVPS with your VPS hostname)
2. Click "Account Functions"
3. Click "Create a New Account"
4. Enter the Domain, username, password, and email address
5. Select Package (most cPanel VPS setups just have a default package available, however you can set up additional packages if you'd prefer)
6. For a basic setup you can leave the rest of the settings on their defaults
7. Done!

Removing Sites From Your VPS

WCP

1. Click "Add-On Domains"
2. Click the orange "Trash Can" button to remove the site from your VPS
3. This will delete all email, databases, DNS entries, and content for the site so only do this if you're sure you want to remove the site

cPanel

1. Log in to the cPanel for your VPS at http://YOURVPS.com/whm (make sure to replace YOURVPS with your VPS hostname)
2. Click "Account Functions"
3. Click "Terminate an Account"
4. Select the domain you want to remove and click "Terminate"
5. This will delete all email, databases, DNS entries, and content for the site so only do this if you're sure you want to remove the site