Parallels H-Sphere Details
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Information about H-Sphere installation and usability is provided below.
Operating Requirements
The H-Sphere management node can be installed on a single server, but multiple servers are recommended. H-Sphere can be installed on a Pentium III, 500MHz CPU with 512MB of RAM, but this will support only a few accounts. A 1000MHz CPU and 1GM of RAM is recommended.
In addition to the hardware, the following is required:
Environment — Full control of DNS, mail, web, and other hosting servers is required during installation and testing.
IP Address — H-Sphere can be installed only on public IPs.
Domain Registration — To provide domain registration services with OpenSRS, you will need a Full Access Account. Contact OpenSRS technical support and notify them that you are using H-Sphere to get requirements for the test waived.
- Payment Gateways — To accept credit cards in real-time, you will need an account and gateway access through one of the supported payment gateways.
Supported Operating Systems
Supported operating systems are provided in the table below. Beta, testing, or unstable versions of any operating system are not supported.
Operating System |
Supported OS Version |
|---|---|
| RedHat Enterprise Linux (WS/ES/AS) | 3.x, 4.x, 4.x (64-bit), 5.x, 5.x (64-bit) |
| CentOS | 3.x, 4.x, 4.x (64-bit), 5.x, 5.x (64-bit) |
| White Box Enterprise Linux | 3.0, 4.x, 4.x (64-bit) |
| FreeBSD | 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 7.0 (NEW!) |
| Windows | 2000 and 2003 Server |
Please be aware of H-Sphere Services and Supported OS’s EOL dates.
Application Server Requirements
H-Sphere is aware of all other servers in the hosting platform. The Control Panel server manages all new machines, users, domains, and events. When a user enters the system and creates a new account, the control panel server dispatches commands to the DNS, mail, and web servers to configure the services and writes information about the user to the database.
An H-Sphere configuration includes the following servers:
# |
Server Type |
Operating Systems |
Supported Software |
Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Control Panel | Linux or FreeBSD * | System Database: PgSQL 7.x, Java 1.5+ and Tomcat 6.0.x | You can have only one CP server |
| 2 | Linux or FreeBSD * | Qmail and vpopmail | Any number is supported | |
| 3 | Linux or FreeBSD * | Apache 1.3.x, Apache 2.2 |
Any number is supported | |
| 4 | DNS | Linux or FreeBSD * | Bind 9.x | Two is recommended, any number is supported |
| 5 | User MySQL | Linux or FreeBSD * | MySQL 5.x | Any number is supported |
| 6 | RealMedia | Linux or FreeBSD *; Windows 2000 and 2003 Server |
RealMedia Server | Any number is supported |
| 7 | User PgSQL | Linux or FreeBSD * | PgSQL 7.x | Any number is supported |
| 8 | Windows Web | Windows 2000 or Windows 2003 Server | IIS 5.0, 6.0 | Any number is supported |
| 9 | User MS SQL | Windows 2000 or Windows 2003 Server | MS SQL 7 and 2000 | Any number is supported |
| 10 | VPS | RedHat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, 5 CentOS 3.x, 4.x, 5.x White Box Enterprise Linux Release 3, 4, 5 |
FreeVPS and H-Sphere VPS |
Any number is supported |
Servers 1 through 5 can be combined on one or more servers. The Control Panel server is required; other servers can be installed later.
You need more than one server if you are going to offer one of the following:
- Windows hosting: Windows Web, MS SQL, MS Exchange, and Windows RealMedia servers are set up separately on Windows 2000/2003 platform and can also be combined in any possible way.
- PgSQL database hosting: PgSQL server for user database hosting can’t share the box with the control panel server, because the latter runs with system PgSQL database.