Help a Newbie to configure the first dedicated server

Discussion in 'Site & Server Administration' started by asantha, Jun 5, 2011.

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    OK guys I rented a dedicated server,

    Installed cpanel

    created one account for a domain

    well now

    I can connect to above domain through ftp, But I need some thing like which i can connect to all accounts/domains through ftp.. that way only one login to all domains and i can easily update my files in domains. other wise i have connect each and every domain..I tried this by puting username as root and the pasword,, but didnt work... well i had vps before and it was easy i could manage websites in one login,,

    can any one help me to start my websites on this new server
     
    asantha, Jun 5, 2011 IP
  2. RHS-Chris

    RHS-Chris Well-Known Member

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    If you have each domain setup as it's own account in cPanel, then you will not be able to connect to all sites with a single log in. If you setup all of your domains under a single cPanel account, and have one main domain, with all the other being addon domains, then you will be able to connect to the main domains FTP and have access to all of the addon domain accounts that you have set up.

    Chris
     
    RHS-Chris, Jun 6, 2011 IP
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    stardust.x7 Active Member

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    You did not configure that under cpanel settings, as well its not secured to login into FTP through root and pass. Check WHM > FTP Server Config. option. Also you can try WinSCP to update your user files through root :)
     
    stardust.x7, Jun 6, 2011 IP
  4. asantha

    asantha Active Member

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    how to setup it as addon domains?
     
    asantha, Jun 6, 2011 IP
  5. Bohra

    Bohra Prominent Member

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    after you create a cpanel account login into cpanel and there you will see an option Addon Domains
     
    Bohra, Jun 7, 2011 IP
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    aassociatehit Well-Known Member

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    if you have dedicated server, than setting other domains as addon domain is not good idea, its better to keep each domain separate for backup purpose, moving purpose, and a lot many other things, so might be using SSH would be easy for you, but later really having domains as addon you will find its giving you problem
     
    aassociatehit, Jun 9, 2011 IP
  7. asantha

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    how to setup resolver? do i have to put my ip addresses there? But then its not working ,, automatically there is 4.2..... some thing like that
     
    asantha, Jun 9, 2011 IP
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    RHS-Chris Well-Known Member

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    Hello there,

    You should place decent DNS servers in your resolver file, I always recommend using OpenDNS servers (208.67.222.222 & 208.67.220.220), as they are much faster than most.

    Chris
     
    RHS-Chris, Jun 9, 2011 IP