Part 4 – The Domains Tab
Part 4 – The Domains Tab
To control and view options for each domain – options like e-mail accounts, parked domains, traffic history, statistics, mailing lists, PHP configuration – you will use the "Domains" tab at the top of the page.
By clicking on the "Domains" tab you will be taken to a list of all domains you have created on the server. You may have to look below the Add Domain form to see the list of domains. You can hide the Add Domain form by clicking "Click Here...(Show/Hide)". A set of quick access icons for each domain are shown to the left of each domain name; you can hold the mouse over each icon to see its purpose when logged into Kloxo.
To view all options for a particular domain, click on the name of the domain. You will then be taken to the 'Domain Home' for that particular domain. All of the options that follow are found on the domain home page which is accessed by clicking on the name of the domain from the Domains tab.
E-mail accounts
To add an e-mail account enter the 'Domain Home' for the domain you want to work with. Scroll down to the "Mail : qmail" box and click "Add Mail Account"
You will be taken to a screen where you can enter the e-mail address you wish to create, setup the account password as well as set a mailbox size limit. After filling in the necessary fields, click the "Add" button at the bottom of the box. After clicking "Add" you will be taken to the general e-mail options for your domain. Here you can modify SPAM settings, select your preferred webmail application, setup mailing lists and view all e-mail accounts. By clicking on the "Mail Accounts" icon you can further customize each addresses SPAM settings, limits and filters.
You can use a standard mail application such as Outlook or Thunderbird to check your mail or you can use the webmail applications included in Kloxo. To connect to your webmail you can use the following URL: http://webmail.yourdomain.tld/(replacing "yourdomain.tld" with your domain name). This URL will only work if you have setup DNS through Kloxo or HyperVM (the subdomain entry is created automcatically). If you are using outside DNS you will need to add an "A" record for this entry.
Ruby on Rails
If you plan on running Ruby on Rails application on your Kloxo VPS it is definitely possible. The default template has Ruby, Rails and Gem installed but at this time does not work as intended with the Kloxo interface.
We have anticipated the need for Ruby on Rails support and have created another template pre-loaded with Apache and mod_rails (aka, Passenger) that works wonderfully with RoR applications. You will need to rebuild with the "centos-5-i386-kloxo-passenger" template in order to use Passenger. Passenger is memory efficient, fast, and a breeze to setup. If you are not familiar with Passenger you can view more information at the Passenger website:
All of the pre-configuration for Passenger has been completed for you and you just need to follow the simple directions found below to setup a rails application:
NOTE: This requires you use the Linux shell on you VPS server. We have pre-configured most things so you will simply need to add a few lines to a particular file.
Log into the Linux shell on your VPS and open the following file with your favorite text editor (vim, nano, etc.)
/etc/httpd/conf/kloxo/rails.conf
Add the necessary lines based on the instructions provided in the link below, restart Apache ("service httpd restart") and that's it – you've got Rails!
Domain logs and Site Stastics
You can check logs for your domain by using the icons in the "Traffic & Log" box. By clicking on the icon that correlates to the service you want to check. These logs are extremely useful diagnostic tools when you are experiencing a problem with your site.
Several other boxes and icons are present for each domain but are not covered here. They are normally fine at their default values. If you need to make modifications to things like the PHP or Apache configuration we will assume you have the knowledge and skills to do so.
It is recommended you click the "Stats Page Protection" icon and set a password to access your stats.
Continue to Part 5 – Other Useful Features
