Configuring

Generating a Strong Password

Creating a strong password prevents anyone from easily accessing your site through a brute force attack where they continually guess your password until finding it.

Configuring Additional IPs on Your Linux Dedicated Server

If you add additional IP addresses to your dedicated server, you must configure your server to recognize them.

The process to add IP addresses to your server depends on your control panel or operating system.

NOTE: We automatically configure additional IP addresses for Virtual Private Servers (VPS).

Parallels Plesk Panel 9

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Rebooting Your Dedicated Server

To reboot your dedicated hosting server, you will need to SSH or Remote Desktop to your server (depending on your operating system) and then issue a reboot command.
To Reboot Your Dedicated Hosting Server
In Linux
SSH to your server.
In the command line, type:
su -
reboot
In Windows 2003
Remote Desktop to your server.
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Configuring Your SMTP Relay Server on Your Linux Server Using Parallels Plesk Panel

NOTE: Before configuring your SMTP relay server, check the Control Panel in your hosting account to

see which mail server you should use. For more information, see What are the relay mail server settings on my dedicated or virtual private server?.

To Configure Your SMTP Relay Server on a Linux Server [...]

Configuring the SMTP Relay Server on Your Linux Server Using Simple Control Panel

NOTE: Before configuring your SMTP relay server, check the Control Panel in your hosting account to see which mail server you should use. For more information, see What are the relay mail server settings on my dedicated or virtual private server?.

To Configure the SMTP Relay Server on Your Linux Server [...]

Configuring the SMTP Relay Server on Your Linux Server Using cPanel

NOTE: Before configuring your SMTP relay server, check the Control Panel in your hosting account to

see which mail server you should use. For more information, see What are the relay mail server settings on my dedicated or virtual private server?.

To configure the SMTP relay server on your Linux server [...]

To Upgrade from Red Hat 5 to CentOS 5.2 Using the Hosting Control Panel

You can migrate from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 to CentOS 5.3 using our Control Panel in your hosting account.

NOTE: This process reprovisions your server. By completing the instructions above, your original server will no longer be available. We provide an FTP backup for 90 days, but we recommend you [...]

Enabling Mailman in Parallels Plesk Panel

If you need to use the mailing lists in Plesk you first need to enable Mailman or the Mailing Lists Manager. Mailman is not enabled until you create a mailing list. For more information about creating mailing lists, see Adding a Mailing List in Parallels Plesk Panel.

Plesk does not [...]

Installing Zend Optimizer on Your Linux Virtual Dedicated Server

Some of the information in this article is advanced material we make available as a courtesy. Please be advised that you are responsible for properly following the procedures below. Customer Support cannot assist with these topics.

Zend Optimizer is an application that runs files encoded by Zend Guard and enhances the [...]

How Long Does it Take to Set Up My Dedicated Server?

It may take up to 72 hours for the server option to appear in your account. Once this option appears, follow these instructions to configure and activate your Dedicated Server.

Log in to your Account Manager.
Click Servers.

Click Launch next to the account you wish to configure.
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