[axxs-sysadmin] Control Panel Updated

[Dave Fregon]

On Tue, 2006-12-12 at 16:14 +1100, aketus wrote:
> Hey Dave, a few questions..
> 
> Does this mean we are sticking with Plesk? Should I give up my search  
> for the holy grail of open source control panels? :)

No! don't give that up! just a regular update to the existing software
on the server is all.

> Is this just for the existing server, i.e will the new server use  
> Plesk or something open source..

We were hoping to move to opensource. Basically, being the lazy suckers
we are, having some way that the more menial domain tasks can be done by
the domain owners themselves is the aim, without having things like
'lost password' going thru process and the sysadmins each time. avoid
bottlenecks.

> Second: Support for Mysql5 is good, but we are running 3.something,  
> does this also suggest we'll upgrade? What about php5 if we're going  
> to bother? :)

Well the difficulty is that we are on fedora core 2, there's a number of
docs for upgrading mysql with Plesk to 4, and also PHP, I will have a
look at them, but from memory its not straight-forward.

The other option I have thought about is a dist-upgrade, but not sure of
the implications of this.

The other thought is with a new server, we have to look at what is
moving off axxs.org onto it, or just new sites etc. But this may be the
time that we purchase a third server, move the existing sites onto that
in a standard upgrade of the hardware and OS around the same time for
axxs.org. This is relatively easy with Plesk, and we can get a month
from the serverfarm of both machines to do the migration.

of course, this all begs the BIG question, what to call the new box, and
the domain :)

Dave


> aketus
> 
> 
> 
> Quoting Dave Fregon <dave at netaxxs.com.au>:
> 
> > Top Key Features for new control panel updates
> >
> >      1. More WebStats Available – Now users can use AWstats as an
> >         alternative web statistics program. AWstats is a powerful tool
> >         that generates advanced web, streaming, ftp or mail server
> >         statistics.
> >
> >      2. Support for More Operating Systems – Plesk supports more
> >         operating systems than ever before. In this new release, support
> >         was added for FedoraCore 5 (i586, x86_64), SuSE ES 10 (i586,
> >         x86_64) and Ubuntu 6.06 (i586, x86_64). Virtuozzo templates for
> >         all new OS’es are also available.
> >
> >      3. MySQL 5 Support – In addition to supporting a new FedoraCore
> >         version, the Linux version of the software will now support
> >         MySQL 5 which delivers advanced SQL standard-compliant features
> >         such as stored procedures, triggers, views and pluggable storage
> >         engines.
> >
> >      4. FreeBSD Packages – Plesk 8.1 for FreeBSD operating systems is
> >         distributed as a set of pkg packages (similar to RPM/Deb on
> >         Linuxes) instead of shell self-extracting archives as in
> >         previous releases. This new feature allows administrators to
> >         omit optional components during installation and to update Plesk
> >         and third-party components separately.
> >
> >      5. Improved Plesk Density on Virtuozzo – Plesk is optimized to
> >         operate within Virtuozzo Virtual Environments. Now, you can host
> >         up to 15 percent more virtual private servers with Plesk on a
> >         single physical server (measured on a typical server with Dual
> >         Xeon CPU and 8 gigabytes of RAM).
> >
> >      6. VZ Autoupdater – Now, Plesk and Virtuozzo can be easily upgraded
> >         using the auto-installer feature in Virtuozzo operating the EZ
> >         templates installed on a hardware node. This saves disk space
> >         significantly and improves overall density.
> >
> >      7. SpamAssasin Usage Permission – Server administrators can now
> >         allow and prohibit the use of Spamassassin spam-filter for
> >         domain owners.
> >
> >      8. Limits for Domain Aliases – Now, server administrators can limit
> >         the number of domain aliases allowed for client and domain owner
> >         accounts.
> >
> >      9. Hostname Validation Redesign – Host name validation during Plesk
> >         installation was improved in Plesk 8.1, making the validation
> >         process more reliable. Special attention was given to providing
> >         a smooth installation of Plesk into a Virtuozzo VE from
> >         HSPcomplete or VZMC.
> >
> >     10. Improved Language Package Distribution (Support) – Now, Language
> >         Packages can also be distributed as .rpm packages to be
> >         compatible with Red Hat Linux and as .deb packages to be
> >         compatible with Debian and Ubuntu.
> >
> >     11. Ruby on Rails Support – This version of the software supports
> >         Ruby on Rails, which is designed to be a simple, complete,
> >         extensible, and portable scripting language. Developed mostly on
> >         Linux/UNIX, Ruby works across most platforms.
> >
> >     12. Autoinstaller Vendor Updates – This new feature allows the
> >         software to be automatically updated directly from the vendor’s
> >         sites instead of just through autoinstall.plesk.com (in this
> >         release this feature has no GUI representation and available
> >         only in the command line).
> >
> >     13. Improvements to Backup Manager – In this new version, the Plesk
> >         Back up Manager Feature provides admins with a convenient
> >         interface for setting server-wide backup parameters.
> >
> >     14. Upgraded Horde IMP - The Horde IMP Webmail application
> >         integrated with Plesk is upgraded to the latest stable release.
> >         Included in this upgrade are Email Filter Rules Manager (Ingo),
> >         Notes and Memos Application (Mnemo), Kronolith Calendar
> >         Application, and much more. Plus, mobile users can now access
> >         their webmail from WAP mobile phones and PDAs.
> >
> >     15. Group E-Mail Messages – Now, Administrators can notify groups of
> >         Plesk Accounts regarding system status, announce special offers,
> >         or provide information about their services. With this new
> >         feature, Admins can easily select and target groups of users
> >         (Clients/Domain Owners) and efficiently send notifications.
> >
> >     16. Improved Navigation Pane Control – It is now possible to hide
> >         Plesk navigation pane when you do not need it (for example when
> >         using Plesk Desktop feature).
> >
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