how do i do this

[ilustrate]

i noticed a site www.sonorahost.com with a control panel link that goest to www.sonorahost.com/panel/ and then it goes to https://www.sonorahost.com:8443/login.php3?previous_page=index

that pulls up his plesk box login. how did he set that up?

 

[poke]

He doesn't appear to be using expand or central login. It looks to me like he just set up a redirect from www.domain.com/panel to https://www.domain.com:8443 ..... Meaning he probably only has one server ....

-poke

 

[jamesyeeoc]

All he has done is to create an index.html file and placed it into the directory /home/httpd/vhosts/sonorahost.com/panel

The contents of the file are:

<script>

location.href="https://www.sonorahost.com:8443"

</script>

 

[ilustrate]

i would like to add this to my site i'll be using for the hosting. so basically i'll first create a subdomain or directory (i'd rather use a subdomain would this still work with a subdomain) and I leave the directory empty?

i place an index.html file within

/home/httpd/vhosts/sonorahost.com/panel

i'm lost again. can i actually place an index.html file within my above directory?

do i also need to do this via SSH?

i guess since i usually create most of my html files within dreamweaver i now have no idea how to get the file to the location you are telling me to? am i on the right track?

 

[jamesyeeoc]

You would create your subdomain, then create an index.html file which would contain what I posted earlier (change the URL of course).

If you create the subdomain with Plesk CP, then you would place the index.html file in:

/home/httpd/vhosts/domain.com/subdomains/yoursubname

Then when someone browses to:

http://yoursubname.domain.com

they will get the index.html file, which will redirect their browser to the URL which you specified in the location.href statement. Such as:
<script>

location.href="https://www.yourdomain.com:8443"

</script>

 

[ilustrate]

thanks james. when i saw the path of /home/httpd/vhosts/domain.com/subdomains/yoursubname

i assumed it had to do with having to SSH to the server and all that. i hadn't realized it was just a matter of going in to my subdomain folder. i guess i'm not used to looking at the paths that way. worked like a charm. thanks. i think i'll probably take the extra step in installing this on my clients site. that should make it easier for them to remember how to get to the panel. thanks.

 

[mikk]

A nice simple way is a one line entry in httpd.conf

Redirect /panel https://DOMAIN.com:8443/

then all domains when going to http://DOMAIN.com/panel will automatically go to the login page

(remember to restart apache after altering the httpd.conf)

Much easier than setting up subdomains etc on every single domain you may host.

 

[ilustrate]

awesome

that is cool as hell. thank you very, very much. my girlfriend doesn't understand why i love this computer so much.....

how would i type it so that it goes to a subdomain instead of a directory. i would like it go to panel.customersite.com


do i add this anywhere in http.conf ?

 

[jamesyeeoc]

Just remember about httpd.conf being overwritten by Plesk...

Doing it the other way never gets overwritten. (just my 2 cents)

 

[mikk]

Ive never known httpd.conf to get overwrote except on an upgrade?

I am not sure how you could do it with a subdomain to be honest.

Possibly something with ServerAlias panel.* in a virtualhost container block, but i cant say i have tried.