FAQs About IIS and Website Creation

Question: I am unable to unbind SSL port in IIS. Is there any way I can unbind. 
Answer To remove SSL or Bind SSL to a different port, follow the steps below.

1. Select the site properties in IIS MMC, On the DirectorySecurity property sheet, under Secure Communications click Server Certificate to access the Web Server Certificate Wizard.

2. Follow instructions to install a certificate on this site.

Once Certificate is installed, IIS will allow you to Add / Remove / Edit SSL Identities.

Question: When I create sites in HC, I receive a message that The site already exists,
even though it does not. 
Answer Hosting Controller needs administrative rights for the anonymous user on its virtual folder, this is necessary because ADSI will not work without it, hence resulting in such error messages. To solve this problem please follow the step below.

1. Open Microsoft IIS Management Console.

2. Click Default Site, there you'll see the virtual folder for HC which is named AdvAdmin by default.

3. Click on AdvAdmin, select Properties and go to Directory Security.

4. Click Edit button in Anonymous access and authentication control.

5. Check the Anonymous Acceess check box , click Edit and set AdvWebAdmin as anonymous user. This user has administrative right.

6. Click Ok to apply changes.

Question: I don’t see IP selection to create IP Specific Domains. 
Answer To enable IP display during site creation

1. Login as Host Admin.

2. Go to Admin Settings, click the reseller name for whom you want to enable IP selection.

3. Click on Site IPs and enable the check box Show AvailableIPs.

Question: When a domain is created, a default hosting page is created from a hard coded template. Would it be possible to modify HC, so that resellers can specify their own holding pages and this is copied to each domain that is created by that reseller?
Answer This option is available in version 1.1 and later. Follow the steps bellow.

1. Login as Reseller, select the Admin Settings.

2. Click on Folder Scripts Copy On Site Creation and there specify the path from where the templates should be copied to each new domain. HC will copy each reseller's own scripts from the path given to the new domain created by him / her.

Question: How do I password protect a directory in my own web site.
Answer To password protect you own directory, simply remove anonymous access from the folder using MS IIS.

Question: Can I change the default page of the web site which I create through HC.
Answer Yes, you may do it. There is a file named inc_addsite.asp in the common folder of HC installation directory. Open the file and find a function called CreateDefaultPage() which creates the default page, you can alter the default page in this function.

Question:: On one of my machines a drop down box appears letting me select an IP address for the site that I am creating. On my other machine I don’t have that drop down box. I do have about 25 IP’s bound to that machine.
Answer IPs are not displaying because this option is disabled for this reseller.

To enable IP display during site creation.

1. Login as Host Admin.

2. Go to Admin Settings, click the reseller name for whom you want to enable IP selection.

3. Click on Site IPs and enable the check box Show AvailableIPs.

Question: What is Reseller DNS option for. Do I have to setup name servers for resellers.
Answer You actually don't setup name servers for resellers. When you choose that option it will make the entries on the DNS files (Zone Files) to have different name servers than your server's default name servers.

You usually do this when your reseller has his name servers located somewhere else, where he can edit his name servers.

Question: Does Hosting Controller handles the IP Less domains.
Answer Yes, Hosting Controller completely supports IP Less domain hosting.

The IP Less domains work as under.

Web sites are resolved on the bases of three entries.

1. IP address

2. Port No

3. Host Header Names.

In case of IP specific domain, host header entry is not used.  For IP Less domains IP address and port is kept the same but Host Header names are changes and the site is resolved on Host Header bases.

As far DNS is concerned, all sites on the IP Less domain have the same default A record pointing to the one IP of IP Less domain.