General
1 What is ISPConfig?
ISPConfig is a software package that permits the easy management of servers, webspace, resellers and single virtual hosts.
ISPConfig consists of 3 levels:
- ISPConfig for server administrators allows the management of servers, webspace, resellers and customers.
- ISPConfig for resellers allows the management of webspace, customers and virtual hosts (sites).
- ISPConfig for webmasters allows the management of sites, co-domains and mailboxes.
2 Terms and structure of the manual
According to the 3 levels the manual is split into 3 sections:
- I Administrator Manual describes the services available for server administrators.
- II Reseller Manual describes the services available for resellers.
- III Customer Manual describes the services available for customers.
Please note: This structure does not mean that each section is independent from each other. Level I contains levels II and III and level II contains level III.
For a better overview the manuals I and II include links to the applications that are available in the respective sub-levels and that are described there.
3 Installation/Upgrade/Deinstallation
3.1 Installation
In order to install ISPConfig please read the installation manual.
The installation manual is available in the following formats: HTML.
3.2 Upgrade
You can update the ISPConfig system from one version to another if these versions belong to the same main version (e.g. 1.x; i.e., you can update from version 1.1.12 to version 1.2.0). Please download your wanted ISPConfig version to your server and proceed as if it was a new installation, not an update. The installation routine will notice that there is already a ISPConfig system on the server and will execute the necessary steps for the upgrade.
3.3 Deinstallation
If you want to deinstall the ISPConfig system please login to the server as root on the command line and execute the following command:
/root/ispconfig/uninstall
The uninstaller gives you the following options to select from:
- Partial Deinstallation: Only the ISPConfig system itself will be uninstalled, but not the webs, users, DNS records etc. created by it.
- Complete Deinstallation: The ISPConfig system and also the objects created by it (webs, users, DNS records, etc.) will be uninstalled.
4 Login and Logout
Logging into the ISPConfig system is described in the respective manuals (chapter 1.1 in the manuals I - III).
To log out, click on "Logout"in the menu.
I Administrator Manual
1 General
1.1 Login and Password
Please go to the URL of your ISPConfig system (e.g. https://www.domain.tld:81 or http://www.domain.tld:81; replace "www.domain.tld" appropriately) with your Browser and enter your user name and your password into the form "Login". Confirm by clicking on "Login".
1.2 ISPConfig Interface for Server Administrators
The administrator's interface consists of the following sections:
- Menu with the areas "Management", "ISP Manager", "DNS Manager", "Web-FTP", "ISP Invoice", "Tools", "Help" and "Logout".
- Buttons: Directly beneath the menu there are buttons for actions like „New reseller“, „New client“, etc. What buttons are shown depends on the section you are in, e.g. „ISP Manager“ or „DNS Manager“. The sections „Management“ and „Logout“ do not have buttons.
- Structure tree / storage system: The structure tree is the storage system of the ISPConfig manager. Depending on the chosen menu the following items are shown: server data, resellers, customers, sites, users (ISP Manager) and the DNS service (DNS Manager).
- Information field "Server Status": The information field "Server Status" is visible in the middle of the screen after logging in. It shows the hardware status of your processor(s), the usage of the server's drives and partitions, RAM and the status of the server services (e.g. Apache web server) (see chapter I-2.2).
1.3 ISPConfig Privileges for Server Administrators
The privileges of a ISPConfig administrator include those of a reseller and a customer, i.e. as administrator you can execute actions belonging to a reseller or customer without having to login again.
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1.4 Saving
The ISPConfig system offers you two possibilities to save data you enter into a form:
- "Save"-Button: Click onto the "Save"-button to save your entries. The information will be submitted, and the structure tree as well as the start page will be reloaded in your browser.
- Change the tab: If a form consists of more than one tab you can simply change the tab to save your data. The data of the old tab will be saved, and the new tab will be loaded, whereas the structure tree will not be reloaded. This technique of saving data allows you to process forms with more than one tab in one pass and is one of the main characteristics of ISPConfig.
1.5 Changing the ISPConfig Password
You can edit your ISPConfig password under "Tools" -> "Change Password".
Please enter your current and your new password (2x) into the form "Change Password" and click on "Save".
1.6 Language Settings
You can set the language of your ISPConfig system under "Tools" -> "Change Language" .
In the form "Change Language" select the language the system should use for you and click on "Save".
Please note: The language setting only affects your own account. Other users of the ISPConfig system (such as resellers or customers) can select their language individually.
1.7 Display of Passwords in the ISPConfig System
Passwords that you entered in the ISPConfig system (e.g. reseller or customer passwords for accessing the ISPConfig system; passwords for customers' MySQL databases) will not be displayed in the ISPConfig system for security reasons after they were saved! Thus, an empty password field in a ISPConfig form does not mean that no password was entered before.
An existing password does not get displayed after the reload of the respective form.
1.8 Help
Click onto the menu item "Help".
Here you will find the administrator-, reseller- and customer-manual in English and German in PDF format as well as links to the knowledgebase on the Projektfarm website.
In addition to that you can find a question mark next to many input fields in the ISPConfig system:
If you click on the question mark a small pop-up window with context-sensitive help will open.
2 General Settings
2.1 Server Settings (Software)
Depending on your server some settings are done automatically at installation time of ISPConfig. Further settings have to be done manually:
To view the general settings or make changes, click on the menu "Management", open the folder "Server" and click on the document "Settings".
- Server Name: The default value is „Server 1“. This can be changed to whatever value you want.
- Hostname: The default value is „www“.
- Domain: The domain under which the ISPConfig system can be reached.
- IP Address: Enter your IP address here.
- Netmask: Enter the netmask of your server.
- Admin Email: The email address of the person that should get a message from the ISPConfig system if one of the services on the server (e.g. web server) fails.
- IP List: If your server has more than IP address (the one entered in the field "IP Address") enter the additional IP addresses here (one per line). Important: The network will be configured according to the data in "IP Address" and "IP List" (this feature is available under Linux only)! Do not enter nonsensical information as this could lead to your server not being accessible from the outside!
- Site: The virtual site's properties are set to default values.
- FTP: The FTP properties are set to default values. Activate "Save Log" if the FTP log file should be saved after the nightly traffic analysis. The log file will then be saved with the extension ".ispconfigsave" in the same directory. Otherwise it will be deleted!
- Email: The email properties are set to default values. For the email traffic to be analyzed correctly please check if the path and name of the email log file is correct. Activate "Save Log" if the email log file should be saved after the nightly traffic analysis. The log file will then be saved with the extension ".ispconfigsave" in the same directory. Otherwise it will be deleted!
If you want to use mailboxes in the Maildir format (in contrast to the traditional Unix-Mailbox format), activate "Maildir". Attention: If you do this during normal operation it is possible that emails that have not been fetched from the server yet cannot be accessed anymore (only after the previous value of "Maildir" has been re-established). It is best to change this value when there are no users on the system or when you are sure that there are no emails in users' inboxes at the time of the change.
Specify the email address under "Antivirus-Admin" to which notifications about identified viruses in emails should be sent.
Activate "Spamfilter", if you want to make available the spamfilter to the users on your server. - DNS: The DNS properties are set to default values. Please enter the two DNS servers and the email address that will be written to the DNS records generated by the ISP-Manager and the DNS-Manager. If you mark "Default MX" each zone (in this example "domain.tld") created by the DNS-Manager will get an A record of the form
mail A 192.168.0.100
as well as an MX record of the form
MX 10 mail.domain.tld.
automatically. "192.168.0.100" will be replaced by the respective IP address.
- Functions: If Frontpage Extensions are installed on the server you can activate them here for the ISPConfig system. If you do so and a new web is created, Frontpage can be added to that web as a feature. If you do not activate Frontpage Extensions here or if the ISPConfig system cannot find the Frontpage executable Frontpage cannot be added to a web as feature.
Please note: Currently only Frontpage 2002 under Apache 1.3.x is supported! - Other: Here you can specify the User-ID and Group-ID from which on the ISPConfig system creates users and groups. You should choose values that do not conflict with existing User-IDs and Goup-IDs. In addition to that you should not change these values in a ISPConfig system which already is at work! Furthermore you can specify salutatory emails for customers and resellers as well as enter HTML code for your own standard index pages that will be created when a new site is created. Please note that salutatory emails will only be sent if the field "Email" in the customer's/reseller's master data contains a valid email address.
2.2 Server Status (Hardware and Statistics)
The hardware data of your server is loaded into the ISPConfig system at installation time. In addition to the hardware data the ISPConfig system gives some information about the status and usage of the server. This information is visible in 2 places:
In the information field "Server Status" that appears upon login or by clicking on "ISP Manager". It is also visible under "Management" in the folder "Server". There you need to click on "Status".
The following information is available:
- Server Online since: Shows how long the server has been online.
- Users Online: Shows how many users are currently logged into the server.
- CPU Usage: Shows the average usage of the processor in the last 1, 5 and 15 minutes.
- Drive/File Usage: Shows the total size, the used and unused part, the usage in percent as well as the name of the drive.
- RAM: Shows the free RAM in KB.
- CPU: Shows the hardware information of the server's processor.
- Services: Shows the status of the following services: HTTP server (Apache), FTP server, SMTP server, BIND server and MySQL server.
2.3 Database Backup
The data of all resellers, customers, sites, domains, users and email addresses is saved in the ISPConfig database. Thus it is highly recommended to make a database backup at regular intervals, to check, to optimize and - if necessary - to repair the database.
This is how you can access the database functions:
Click on the menu "Management".
In the structure tree click on "ISPConfig database".
- Backup Data: A backup of the ISPConfig database is created.
- Check Database: By clicking on "Check Database" you receive a list of all database tables with their status, i.e. "OK" or "damaged".
- Optimize Database: By clicking on "Optimize Database" you can optimize the tables in the ISPConfig database. As a result you get a list of all tables with the status "OK" if the optimization has taken place or with the status "Table is already up to date", if optimization is not necessary.
- Repair Database: By clicking on "Repair Database" damaged tables in the ISPConfig database are repaired. This is indicated by the status "OK".
2.4 Services (Monitoring and Firewall)
The ISPConfig system allows you to start/stop/restart services, to monitor services (if a monitored service fails a warning email will be sent to the administrator; see chapter I-2.1, "Admin Email") and to setup a firewall (in case either iptables or ipchains is available on your system).
Click on "Management" -> "Server" -> "Services". The form "ISP Services" will be opened with the tabs "Services", "Monitoring" and "Firewall".
2.4.1 Start/Stop/Restart Services
In the tab "Services" you can see the status of some important services on the server (online/offline), and you have the possibility to start/stop/restart services. Please confirm your changes by clicking on the "Save" button or by going to another tab (see chapter I-1.4 "Saving").
2.4.2 Monitor Services
Under "Monitoring" you can specify services that are to be monitored by the ISPConfig system. The default setting is to monitor the services "Web Server", "FTP Server" and "MySQL Server". The monitoring takes place once every 30 minutes. If a service fails, an email will be sent to the administrator (see chapter I-2.1, "Admin Email").
Please note: If your mail server fails, no warning email can be sent to the administrator!
This is how you setup the monitoring of further services:
Click on the button "Add".
The form "ISP Monitor" is loaded.
Please enter the following information:
- Service: Please select the appropriate service. You have the choice between "Webserver", "Bind DNS", "Mailserver", "FTP Server", "POP3 Server" and "Other". Your choice is important for the way the service will be checked for availability. Example: If you select "Webserver" the system checks if a service of the type "tcp" is running on the port specified by you. You can choose between "tcp" and "udp" under "Type" only if you select "Other".
The following allocation "Service" <-> "Type" exists:
Service Way of Monitoring Webserver tcp Bind DNS tcp Mailserver tcp FTP Server tcp POP3 Server tcp Other Can be selected under "Type".
- Monitoring: Yes or No.
- Hostname: The host on which the service should be monitored, normally "localhost".
- Port: The port on which the monitoring should take place. You have to specify a port because it could be that you have your services configured on other ports than the default ones.
List of Standard Ports:
Service Standard Port Webserver 80 Bind DNS 53 Mailserver 25 FTP Server 21 POP3 Server 110
- Type: Please select the type of monitoring ("tcp" or "udp"). This is of importance only if you have selected "Other" under "Service".
Then click on "Save", or change the tab.
In the tab "Actions" you can enter a shell command which will be executed if the respective service is offline (e.g. a command to restart the service):
After the information has been saved the services which are to be monitored are listed in the form "ISP Services" in the tab "Monitoring" and can be edited there.
2.4.3 Firewall
In the tab "Firewall" you can add new firewall rules or edit existing ones. The firewall can only be active if you have started it in the tab "Services". By default the firewall is inactive.
There are some firewall rules implemented in the ISPConfig system by default:
There are two possible conditions:
- A port (and thus the service running on it) can be reached from the outside and is not blocked by the firewall: "yes" is shown in the column "Active".
- A port cannot be reached from the outside because it is blocked by the firewall: This is the case for all ports where "no" is in the column "Active" and also for all ports not listed here at all!
Existing rules can be edited by clicking on the name of the rule; the button "Add" lets you add new rules.
The following information is necessary:
- Name: The name of the rule. For example, if you create a rule for the DNS server you can name the rule "DNS" in order to be able to allocate it afterwards.
- Active: "Yes" makes the port being reachable from the outside, "No" blocks it.
- Type: The type of the port, "tcp" or "udp".
- Port: Please enter the port (as number) for which the rule should be valid.
Please note: In order to prevent that the server cannot be reached from the outside at all (not even by the administrator) the ISPConfig system lets you block all ports except port 22 (SSH) and port 81 (the ISPConfig system)! If you try to block these ports, this will be ignored by the ISPConfig system!
2.5 Update Manager
You can reach the Update Manager under "Management" -> "Update Manager" -> "Update". It is a comfortable interface to install ISPConfig updates or tools provided by Projektfarm GmbH such as webmail, phpMyAdmin or a portscanner.
There are two ways to install updates:
- You download the update from the Projektfarm website to your local hard disk. Then you mark "Upload", insert the update with the "Browse" button into the field "File" and click on "Start Installation". The field "URL" will then be ignored.
- You install the update directly from the Projektfarm website. In order to do so mark "URL" and insert the URL of the update in the field "URL". Then click on "Start Installation".
If Projektfarm GmbH provides an MD5 for the update you can copy it into the field "MD5". The ISPConfig system will then compare the "real" MD5 (which the system calculates from the update) with the MD5 you have inserted and thus check the integrity of the update. If the MD5s differ the update will not be installed.
3 Resellers
You can manage resellers via the structure tree. Each reseller is shown twice in the structure tree:
- Reseller Management:
In the folder "Reseller" you can find the master data, the limits and access data of all resellers. This folder is visible only to the administrator. Learn how to add a new reseller in chapter I-3.1. - Reseller interface:
In addition to the reseller management every reseller is shown as a group of their own with the sub-folders "Clients" and "Sites" in the structure tree. This display is the same as the interface of the respective reseller. Here the administrator and the respective reseller can carry out actions related to the reseller (e.g. add customers, manage sites etc.).
3.1 Adding a Reseller
Adding a reseller is done in 5 steps.
1. Step: Open the form "ISP Reseller"
Click on the button "New reseller".
The form "ISP Reseller" appears with the opened tab "Master Data".
2. Step: Assign title, folder and master data
- Title: Provide a title under which the new reseller should appear in the structure tree.
- Folder: Choose the folder "Reseller". Alternatively you have the possibility of creating a subfolder for the resellers which can then be chosen from here. Learn how to create folders in manual II in chapter 4.1.1.
- Master Data: Under this section you can enter the master data of the new reseller. Some of this information is optional.
- Save Reseller: By clicking on "Save" the new reseller is saved and appears in the structure tree under the title you have provided. There you can click on the new reseller to complete the missing steps. OR: By clicking on the section "Limits" you can go directly to the next step. This way the master data is saved but the structure tree is not updated. This happens by clicking on "Save" or by clicking on the menu "ISP Manager".
3. Step: Limit webspace, sites, users and domains
Click on the tab "Limits".
- Sites: The value entered here represents the number of virtual hosts (sites) available to the reseller and their customers. If the reseller tries to go beyond this limit they will get an error message. The default value is -1 which means "Unlimited".
- User: Here you can limit the number of users that the reseller and their customers can create. If the reseller tries to go beyond this limit they will get an error message. The default value is -1 which means "Unlimited".
- Domains: Here you can limit the number of domains that the reseller can create. If the reseller tries to go beyond this limit they will get an error message. The default value is -1 which means "Unlimited".
- Domain DNS: Specifies for how many webs of the reseller the "Create DNS" option in the respective web form is available.
- HTTPD Includes: If you activate this the reseller is able to write additional Apache directives into the virtual host containers of the webs that are allocated to him (see chapter II-3.1 "Apache Directives"). This might be a security threat.
- DNS Manager: If you activate this the reseller is allowed to use the DNS Manager in order to create and edit his own DNS records.
Click on the tab"Login Data ".
- Username: The username of a reseller should be unique, i.e. you cannot assign the same username to 2 different resellers.
- Password: After you enter a password and click on "Save" or go to another tab, the password disappears and becomes invisible.
5. Step: Save
Click on "Save".
3.2 Edit Reseller Data
Open the folder "Reseller" in the ISPConfig structure tree and click on the reseller you want to edit so that the "ISP Reseller" form appears. Make the desired changes and click on "Save".
- Change Title: In some cases it might be necessary to change the title of a reseller, e.g. if a second reseller with the same name (such as Miller) has appeared.
- Change Reseller Master Data: If the address, telephone number etc. of a reseller changes, you can update the reseller in the section "Master Data" and click on "Save".
- Change Limits of Sites, Domains and Users: Decreasing the limits for webspace, sites, domains and users of a reseller is only possible if the values of the existing sites of the given reseller are in the new range. Otherwise you will get an error message. The form for editing the limits can be found in the tab "Limits".
- Change User Name and Password: The user name of a reseller can be changed in the tab "Access Data". After clicking on "Save" the reseller can only login with his new user name. As long as you do not type anything in the (empty) field "Password" the old password will still be effective.
- Forgot your password? / Change password: A reseller's password can be changed in the tab "Access Data". After clicking on "Save" the password becomes invisible.
- Management of Resellers in different Folders: You can organize the resellers in different subfolders. Learn how to create subfolders in chapter II-4.1.1. To move a reseller into another folder select the corresponding folder in the field "Folder" at the top of the form (see chapter II-4.1.2).
- Delete Resellers: Open the form of the reseller you want to delete and click on "Delete".
Please note: A reseller can only be deleted if no customers are assigned to him. If this is not the case you have to delete the reseller's customers first, or assign the customers to another reseller or to the administrator.
4 Service Actions for Resellers
4.1 Customers
You can get an overview of the resellers and your own customers by viewing the structure tree:
The applications affecting customers can be carried out by resellers in the ISPConfig reseller level. Thus they get touched only briefly in here. Learn more about them in the Reseller Manual.
The following customer related actions can be taken:
- Add a new customer: Click on the button "New Customer" and follow the steps described in chapter II-2.
- Assign a customer to another reseller: Open the document of the customer in the structure tree. In the field "Group" in the form "ISP Customer" choose the corresponding reseller or yourself as admin. In the field "Folder" select the folder "Customers" or another folder if available. Click on "Save".
- Delete a customer: Click on the customer to be deleted in the structure tree. The corresponding form opens. Click on "Delete".
- Customer Statistics: Every customer has his own statistics which can be seen in the tab "Statistics" in the customer's form.
4.2 Manage Sites
The management of the administrator's sites is done via the folder "Sites". Resellers' sites can be managed via the subfolder "Sites" in the reseller's folder.
Applications related to sites can also be carried out by resellers and to some extent by customers. Here is only a brief list.
Reseller Level:
- Add a new site: ( see II-3.2)
- Delete a site: (see II-3.2)
- Change limits of sites, users and domains: (see II-3.2)
- Change a site's additional features: (see II-3.2)
Customer Level:
- Adding and managing users: (see III-2.2)
- Adding and managing co-domains: (see III-2.3)
- Apply for an SSL-certificate: (see III-2.4)
- Change MySQL access data: (see III-2.5)
- View site statistics: (see III-3)
4.3 DNS Entries
4.3.1 Create DNS Entries (see Reseller Manual)
A DNS entry for a site or co-domain is created as follows:
1. Step: Open Site Form.
In the structure tree click on the corresponding client, go into the register "Webs" and click on the IP address of the corresponding web.
Or:
Open the corresponding site in the structure tree.
2. Step: Open a co-domain and activate it (optional).
Go to the tab "Co-Domains" and click on the IP address of the co-domain.
3. Step: Activate DNS.
Check "Create DNS" and "Create DNS MX".
4. Step: Save.
Click on "Save".
Now the site is visible as a new entry in the "DNS Manager".
4.3.2 Secondary-DNS Entries (Slave Zone)
This is how you create a Secondary-DNS entry (Slave Zone):
1. Step: Open Slave Zone Form
Click on "New Slave".
2. Step: Create Slave Zone
- Domain: Enter the domain that the Secondary-DNS entry is for.
- DNS-Master IP: Enter the IP address of the Primary-DNS server of the domain.
3. Step: Save
Click on "Save".
4.3.3 Edit DNS Entries.
You can edit DNS entries as follows:
Click on the menu "DNS Manager".
In the structure tree click on the DNS entry to be edited.
- Delete DNS Entries: Open the entry and click on "Delete". The entry is now in the dustbin and can be restored from there.
- Search Function: You can search for whole DNS entries as well as A records, C-Name records and MX records. Click on the button "Search", select the corresponding document. Enter your search criteria and click on "Continue". A list with matches to your search criteria is displayed. Learn more about the search function in chapter II-4.2.
5 Statistics
The ISPConfig statistics contain information about the usage of webspace and traffic.
5.1 Reseller Statistics
By selecting the respective reseller in the structure tree you (as ISPConfig administrator) can view statistics about the traffic caused by the reseller.
In the form "ISP Reseller" (in the tab "Statistics") you can find information about the web-, email- and FTP-traffic of the reseller, subdivided into the customers of the reseller.
5.2 Customer Statistics
Customer statistics can also be seen by the corresponding reseller and are described in chapter II-5.1.
5.3 Site Statistics
Site statistics can also be seen by the corresponding reseller and are described in chapter II-5.2.
5.4 Webalizer Statistics
Webalizer statistics can also be seen by the corresponding reseller and are described in chapter II-5.3.
6 Web-FTP/Password Protection of Directories (.htaccess/.htpasswd)
Web-FTP is treated in chapter III-4.
7 Additional Software
The following additional software is available for the ISPConfig system:
- Webmail: A browser interface for email boxes.
- phpMyAdmin: A browser interface for the administration of your MySQL databases.
The software is available for free on the ISPConfig website and can be installed via the "Update Manager" (see chapter I-2.5). After the installation you can find links for both applications under "Tools".
7.1 Webmail
The application used as email interface is called "Uebimiau". Further information can be found on the website of the Uebimiau project: http://uebimiau.sourceforge.net/ .
The application can be accessed via the link under "Tools" or via the folder "webmail" which is located in the web of the ISPConfig system, thus https://www.domain.tld:81/webmail/ where www.domain.tld has to be replaced appropriately.
7.2 phpMyAdmin
Further information about phpMyAdmin can be found under http://www.phpmyadmin.net/ .
The application can be accessed via the link under "Tools" or via the folder "phpmyadmin" which is located in the web of the ISPConfig system, thus https://www.domain.tld:81/phpmyadmin/ where www.domain.tld has to be replaced appropriately.
Appendix
1 Start/Stop the ISPConfig System
The ISPConfig system can be started/stopped manually from the command line. Login to your command line as root and execute the following command:
/etc/rc.d/init.d/ispconfig_server start|stop|restart (RedHat and Mandrake)
or
/etc/init.d/ispconfig_server start|stop|restart (SuSE and Debian).
2 Start/Stop vsftpd
If you use vsftpd as FTP server on your system this service will not be run by inetd/xinetd after the installation of the ISPConfig system but by the ispconfig_tcpserver which comes with the ISPConfig system. This happens in order to make sure that vsftpd can handle one Anonymous-FTP account per IP address. Under inetd/xinetd vsftpd can only handle one Anonymous-FTP account per server even if the server has multiple IP addresses. In order to avoid this disadvantage compared to the proftpd server the ISPConfig system uses the ispconfig_tcpserver.
vsftp can be started/stopped via the following command:
/etc/rc.d/init.d/ispconfig_tcpserver start|stop|restart (RedHat and Mandrake)
or
/etc/init.d/ispconfig_tcpserver start|stop|restart (SuSE and Debian).
If you use proftpd as FTP server nothing changes.
3 Cron Jobs
The following Cron Jobs are run by the ISPConfig system:
| Command | Description | Time |
| /root/ispconfig/php/php /root/ispconfig/scripts/shell/logs.php &> /dev/null | Analysis of the Apache log files for the ISPConfig traffic statistics | 23:59h |
| /root/ispconfig/php/php /root/ispconfig/scripts/shell/ftp_logs.php &> /dev/null | Analysis of the FTP log files for the ISPConfig traffic statistics | 23:59h |
| /root/ispconfig/php/php /root/ispconfig/scripts/shell/mail_logs.php &> /dev/null | Analysis of the mail log files for the ISPConfig traffic statistics | 23:59h |
| /root/ispconfig/php/php /root/ispconfig/scripts/shell/cleanup.php &> /dev/null | Deletion of the backups of webs that were deleted from the recycle bin | 23:59h |
| /root/ispconfig/php/php /root/ispconfig/scripts/shell/webalizer.php &> /dev/null | Creation of Webalizer Statistics | 04:00h |
| /root/ispconfig/php/php /root/ispconfig/scripts/shell/check_services.php &> /dev/null | Monitoring (see chapter I-2.4.2) | once every 30 min. |
4 Permissions of Folders in a Web created by ISPConfig
In a newly created web you find the following folders with the following permissions:
- cgi-bin: Here you can save Perl scripts that should be executed by the web server (if "CGI Scripts" is activated for the site).
- log: This is the folder where the web server saves its log files for the site.
- ssl: If this is an SSL web you can find the necessary SSL files here (e.g. SSL request, SSL certificate).
- user: This is the folder where the home directories of the users belonging to the site are created. For the user "testuser" you can find the directory "testuser" under "user".
- web: This folder is the Document Root for the site, i.e. this is the place to save the files/folders that should be accessible via internet.
If there is no administrator for the site (see chapter III-2.2.1), the folders belong to the user the Apache web server is running under by default (here "nobody"); otherwise they belong to the administrator of the site (in this case "web5_admin").
The group of the folders is always the group of the respective site, in this case "web5".
5 Manual Additions in Configuration Files
Starting from version 1.2.0 of ISPConfig you can write manual additions to the following configuration files (the additions will not be overwritten by the ISPConfig system):
- virtusertable (Sendmail/Postfix)
- local-host-names (Sendmail/Postfix)
- named.conf (BIND DNS-Server)
- Zone-Files (BIND DNS-Server)
- Reverse-Zone-Files (BIND DNS-Server)
You will find one of the following two lines in each of these files:
- #### MAKE MANUAL ENTRIES BELOW THIS LINE! ####
- //// MAKE MANUAL ENTRIES BELOW THIS LINE! ////
After this line you can write additional information in these files.
Additions for the virtual host container of a site can be written to the field "Apache Directives (Optional)" in the "Basis" tab of the corresponding site (see chapter II-3.1).