Details

See below for details for Windows

See below for details for Linux

Parallels Pro Control Panel for Windows Details

 

Key Features of Parallels Pro Control Panel Hosting Automation Software

Role-based delegated administration

Pre-built user-friendly interfaces are included for server administrator, reseller administrator, site administrator and user administrator

Easy customer self-service and support

An intuitive user interface features user-specific dashboards for frequently asked questions, as well as Quick Start Guides and context-sensitive Online Help

Advanced support for customizations

Branding capabilities allow you to upload individual logos, and update icons and background colors to strengthen your brand presence

Extensibility via robust APIs

Flexible APIs allows for easy solution add-ons and third-party application integration

Secure virtual private file system architecture

Access control features enable secure access control for a single site on a shared server, with delegated remote access and scripting tools for your end customers

Convenient Application Management

Virtual site application capabilities allow applications to be managed on a per-site or per-machine basis, enabling upgrades for a single server application to be replicated across multiple sites

Powerful service plan management

Support for advanced service plan management, including Web server, FTP server, development tools, site statistics, usage reports, DNS manager remote access, backup and restore, and more

Server Management

  • Configure and manage multiple third-party applications, such as Web and FTP servers, from a single interface
  • Back up and restore multiple reseller sites or a single site
  • Use integrated DNS or third-party solutions
  • Stop and restart applications automatically
  • Brand the control panel by uploading a new logo and changing icons or color schemes
  • Prevent unauthorized access to sites on a shared server with Parallels Pro's virtual private file system technology
  • Monitor your server dashboard

Service Plan Management

  • Create bundles of applications and server resources for targeted customer segments
  • Automate new site deployment using service plans
  • Start quickly with recommended default plan templates
  • Track applications and allocated resources such as disk space, monthly bandwidth and number of users
  • Create an unlimited number of targeted service plans for sites and resellers
  • Bundle and meter highly requested features such as multiple MySQL databases and subdomains

Site Management

  • Create new sites with point-and-click ease using service plan templates or custom requirements
  • Automatically create a DNS system and application entries; for example, Apache, FTP, IIS Web and IIS FTP
  • Manage IP-based (dedicated IP addresses) and name-based (virtual and shared IP addresses) domains
  • Upgrade the resources available to an existing site
  • Login automatically as site administrator to provide additional support
  • Manage multiple domain aliases such as www.Ensim.com and www.Ensim.net for each site
  • Send maintenance alerts and bulletins to hosted domains through broadcast email notifications

Reseller Management

  • Add resellers with point-and-click ease using a service plan template or specific customer requirements
  • Upgrade the resources available to an existing reseller
  • Limit the number of IP addresses available to individual resellers
  • Easily send maintenance alerts and bulletins to resellers through broadcast email notifications
 

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Product Features and Third-Party Applications

Localization / Language Support

  • i18N-ready
  • Localization kits available

Native Windows Application Support

  • Supports dynamic Web pages based on tools such as FrontPage 2002 and Active Server Pages
  • Offers integrated support for Microsoft Data Source Name for Access and MS SQL
  • Enables Web-based email access

.NET Services Hosting and Custom .NET Services

  • Capable of hosting .NET services, with the required framework pre-installed
  • Works with hardened IIS Web servers
  • Compatible with Microsoft Prescriptive Architecture Guide
  • Supports Microsoft ASP.NET Web Matrix and other tools to develop differentiated .NET services

DNS Manager

  • Automates DNS setup when creating a new site
  • Add and delete DNS entries

Billing Management

Supports customized billing plug-in development using Parallels Pro’s open API

Backup and Restore

Supports import/export of sites

Mail Server

  • Supports customized mail server plug-in development using Parallels Pro’s open API
  • Enables centralized or per-server mail solution
  • Depending on mail server chosen, supports:
    • Aliases, autoresponders and forwarding
    • Spam filters
    • Mailing lists
    • POP3/IMAP servers
    • Web mail
    • Mailbox quotas

Web Server

Supports Microsoft IIS Web Server, SSI, SSL, log files, CGI-BIN

Development Tools

Support for Microsoft FrontPage, ColdFusion and scripting languages (Perl, PHP)

FTP Server

Supports Microsoft IIS FTP Server

Database Management

Support MSDE, MySQL and PHPMyAdmin (Web-based database administration)

Site Statistics

  • Support for file and log analysis, with access to raw log files or advanced usage analysis with Webalizer
  • Support for advanced third-party usage analysis using Urchin (requires additional license)

Usage Reports

Detailed information on disk space and bandwidth usage

Online File Manager

  • Edit files
  • Upload and download files
  • Manage file attributes

Secure Virtual Private File

Access control

System Architecture

  • Provide secure access for a single site on a shared server
  • Limit an administrator to only viewing, accessing and modifying data and resources that belong to his/her site
  • Prevent unauthorized users from seeing or accessing other customers' data, even if they're on the same shared machine
  • Prevent CGI scripts from accessing unauthorized data and other customers' Web sites
  • Delegate SSH, shell and Telnet in a secure fashion, preventing one site from seeing any other sites' data
  • Define new sites based on one of three security level
  • Virtual site applications
  • Provide greater applications control on a per-site basis, rather than per machine
  • Enable an upgrade for a single server application to be pushed to all sites
 

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Parallels Pro Control Panel for Linux Details

Product Features and Third-Party Applications

Localization / Language Support

  • Enables domain names to be represented using non-ASCII characters in a localized environment
  • English, German and Spanish interfaces available
  • Allows different users to log in simultaneously to a single server, each using a different language

E-commerce

Supports Miva catalog and storefront management (pre-integrated, requires additional license purchase)

Billing

Supports customized billing plug-in development using Parallels Pro’s open API

Online File Manager

Supports a graphical file editor with upload, download and attributes managers

DNS Manager

  • Automates DNS setup when creating a new site
  • Enables the addition and deletion of DNS entries
  • Support for virtual DNS

Quota Control

Supports allocations of disk space, bandwidth usage and number of users

Backup and Restore

  • Supports backup and restore for appliances, resellers, sites and users
  • Supports daily, weekly or monthly backup schedules

Web Server

  • Supports Apache Web Server, SSI, SuExec, SSL, individual site access logs, CGI, PHP, mod perl, Frontpage extensions and protected directories using .htaccess
  • Supports subdomains

Development Tools

  • Support for Microsoft FrontPage and scripting languages (Perl, Python and PHP)
  • The most popular Perl modules preinstalled for use by root access or site administrator

FTP Server

Supports anonymous FTP for name- and IP-based domains

Mail Server

  • Supports aliases, autoresponders and vacation messages, forwarding, spam filters, mailing lists and POP3/IMAP servers
  • Supports Web mail (Squirrel mail)
  • Supports SMTP-auth and PoP-before-SMTP mail authorization

Site Statistics

  • Support for file and log analysis, with access to raw log files
  • Analog and Webalizer Web traffic reports

Usage Reports

Detailed information on disk and bandwidth usage

Remote Access

Supports SSH, shell and Telnet

Database Management

  • Supports multiple MySQL databases
  • Supports PHPMyAdmin (Web-based database administration)

Secure Virtual Private File System Architecture

  • Access control
  • Provide secure access for a single site on a shared server
  • Limit an administrator to only viewing, accessing and modifying data and resources that belong to his/her site
  • Prevent unauthorized users from seeing or accessing other customers' data, even if they're on the same shared machine
  • Prevent CGI scripts from accessing unauthorized data and other customers' Web sites
  • Delegate SSH, shell and Telnet in a secure fashion, preventing one site from seeing any other sites' data
  • Define new sites based on one of three security level
  • Virtual site applications
  • Provide greater applications control on a per-site basis, rather than per machine
  • Enable an upgrade for a single server application to be pushed to all site
 

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Parallels Pro's Key Hosting Management Capabilities

Server Management

  • Configure and manage multiple third-party applications, such as Web and FTP servers, from a single interface
  • Back up and restore multiple reseller sites or a single site
  • Use integrated DNS or third-party solutions
  • Stop and restart applications
  • Brand the control panel by uploading a new logo and changing icons or color schemes
  • Prevent unauthorized access to sites on a shared server with Parallels Pro's virtual private file system technology
  • Monitor your server dashboard

Service Plan Management

  • Create bundles of applications and server resources for targeted customer segments
  • Automate new site deployment using service plans
  • Start quickly with recommended default plan templates
  • Track applications and allocated resources such as disk space, monthly bandwidth and number of users
  • Create an unlimited number of targeted service plans for sites and resellers
  • Bundle and meter highly requested features such as multiple MySQL databases and subdomains

Site Management

  • Create new sites with point-and-click ease using service plan templates or custom requirements
  • Automatically create a DNS system and application entries; for example, Apache, FTP, IIS Web and IIS FTP
  • Manage IP-based (dedicated IP addresses) and name-based (virtual and shared IP addresses) domains
  • Upgrade the resources available to an existing site
  • Login automatically as site administrator to provide additional support
  • Manage multiple domain aliases such as www.Ensim.com and www.Ensim.net for each site
  • Send maintenance alerts and bulletins to hosted domains through broadcast email notifications

Reseller Management

  • Add resellers with point-and-click ease using a service plan template or specific customer requirements
  • Upgrade the resources available to an existing reseller
  • Limit the number of IP addresses available to individual resellers
  • Easily send maintenance alerts and bulletins to resellers through broadcast email notifications
 

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