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Getting started with ISPmanagerThe article below provides the information you'll need to know about getting started with VPS. Let's start with the interface and look through the modules where you can find the information about server parameters and adjust its main settings. |
Welcome message
Once you have purchased a VPS and paid for it, you will receive a welcome letter. The package is not important. Please, read the letter carefully and keep it as You will need the information later. Find there the following information:
Control panel: ISPmanager Lite (www.ispsystem.com)
ISPmanager web-interface address https:// XX.XXX.XX.XX /manager/
Your virtual server address: your_vps.joinvps.com
user: root
password: XXXXX
IP address assigned to your virtual server: XX.XXX.XX.XX
First NS: ns1.joinvps.com XX.XXX.XX.X
Second NS: ns2.joinvps.com XX.XXX.XX.XX
Please note! Server IP address, domain name and password are examples. Use the information from your letter.
Open URL of the control panel
In your browser open the ISPmanager address specified in the letter: https:// XX.XXX.XX.XX /manager/. Please note, that if address starts with "https", that means all the data transferred between server and browser is encrypted. If you type in http://, the error message will be displayed.
Fatal error:
Please change your protocol. You should use 'https' to work with this program.
Authorization and license agreement
Using the correct URL you will get to the “Authorization” page. In the “Login” field enter “root”, in the “Password” field specify the password from the letter you received.
The third and the forth fields remain unchanged. The "License agreement" is displayed first. This page will appear only once. "Welcome root... Congratulations!" You successfully access the control panel of your server. On the left there is a ISPmanager modules menu. It is not necessary to use all the modules.
Administrators. Change the password
Open the “Administrator” module in the “Accounts” section. There is a list with "root" only. Later you can add more administrators to manage your server. Open the “Root” parameters form. To do that, select the corresponding line in the table and click “Edit administrator parameters”. You can also enter the form by double-clicking the line. There you can change the password. All other administrator parameters are read-only.
Attention! If you change the root password, please, keep it in mind. Only the technical support team will be able to recover it.
System information
Open the “System information” module in the “Statistics” section. There you can view the information concerning your VPS resources and server parameters. Double-click the “Disc space size” line. “Disc information” will be displayed. “Used/total”: 1/400. It means that only 1 Mb from 400 Mb available is used.
Return to the previous page using the corresponding icon. Double-click the “Processes number” to view the “Processes list”. You will see information concerning all processes currently running on your server.
Current activity and Operation log
Open the “Current activity” module in the “Statistics” section. There you can view information about the user currently working with the ISPmanager control panel. There is only one line. Later if you can add more users on your server..
Open the “Action log” module in the “Statistics” section. There you can view the history of all operations made via the control panel. In the operations list you can find information concerning the operation time, user performing this operation, and his IP address. To search for necessary information You may use the filter by specifying required parameters.
If you changed your password, you will see the following record in the Log:
2006-12-06 06:34:50 root xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx mgradmin.edit
Server parameters
Move to "Server settings" — "Server parameters".
"Server name" is the main domain name of your server. It is impossible to change it via ISPmanager, but normally it is not necessary.
"Time zone" is the time according to which your server works. It affects the Scheduler tasks and the time of the time functions in your scripts. Select the required time zone.
"Root mail redirect" is an email address that will receive redirected mail from the server. Once in 24 hours the scripts make reports about system performance. All these letters will be sent to the email address specified in this field. We recommend that you provide a real email address.
IP addresses
In the “IP address” module of the “Server settings” section you review IP addresses assigned to your VPS. Later you can order additional IP addresses or cancel them, but the main one remains unchanged.
You can set different statuses for your IP addresses. For example, you can assign a certain IP address to a user, and only he will be able to use it for his domains.
Data bases servers
Open the “Data base servers” module in the “Server setting” sections. There is one record for MySQL server running on your VPS. Open the form with this MySQL server parameters. We need the following information:
"Password" is a current root password to access the server without MySQL data base.
"Encoding" – when you add MySQL bases to the server, they should be encoded.
PHP extensions
Open the “PHP extensions” module in the “Server settings” section. All the PHP extensions installed on your server will be displayed. Each of them has an “Enabled” or “Disabled” status. If there is a lock-like icon, this extension is compiled into PHP and cannot be disabled. You can enable or disable PHP extensions, if necessary. We recommend that you enable only those extensions that are required by your scripts, as the more extensions are on, the more server resources are consumed.
User settings
In the “User settings” module you can adjust your control panel interface parameters. You can choose a language, theme, set the number of lines per page, enable or disable access from certain IP addresses. Also you can change a password of the current user.
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