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New To Vesta... with questions

Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 8:47 pm
by medhoover
Hello,

First, Thank you for the great solution!!

I am a software student engineer and I am currently working on creating a local web hosting server for my school.
The project is a little tricky so I hope I can explain the details clearly:
- The school has multiple local servers accessible by IP address from within.
- These servers can have a DNS address (& URL) assigned by the Ministre.
- The project aims to create web hosting accounts available for each student to develop web application using different technologies (PHP, Node or Ruby..)
- These websites should be accessed locally or from the web using a simple pattern like a subdomain for example (JhonDoe.school.com).

My questions are:
Is it realisable using Vesta CP?
At the current stage, I do not have an accessible URL address to the server so I will connect to the server using a local IP address would this be a problem during the installation process?

Thank you very much.

Re: New To Vesta... with questions

Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2016 8:40 pm
by SS88
medhoover wrote: My questions are:
Is it realisable using Vesta CP?
At the current stage, I do not have an accessible URL address to the server so I will connect to the server using a local IP address would this be a problem during the installation process?
VestaCP is reliable to do such a thing and with it's API you can build scripts to automate this process of creating accounts for students.

A local IP address shouldn't be a problem. As long as the server can make DNS requests to outside sources i.e. VestaCP to check for updates and download sources during installation then everything will work as expected.

Re: New To Vesta... with questions

Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2016 11:38 am
by medhoover
SS88 wrote: VestaCP is reliable to do such a thing and with it's API you can build scripts to automate this process of creating accounts for students.

A local IP address shouldn't be a problem. As long as the server can make DNS requests to outside sources i.e. VestaCP to check for updates and download sources during installation then everything will work as expected.
Thank you very much for your answer,
I would like to ask you more questions if you wouldn't mind:
What could be the best (easiest) way to get students to access their websites? (subdomain or subdirectory)
Concerning the DNS records configuration, is there a different configuration that I should do other than the one explained in the documentation?

Thank you one more time.
regards

Re: New To Vesta... with questions

Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2016 12:57 pm
by SS88
medhoover wrote:
SS88 wrote: VestaCP is reliable to do such a thing and with it's API you can build scripts to automate this process of creating accounts for students.

A local IP address shouldn't be a problem. As long as the server can make DNS requests to outside sources i.e. VestaCP to check for updates and download sources during installation then everything will work as expected.
Thank you very much for your answer,
I would like to ask you more questions if you wouldn't mind:
What could be the best (easiest) way to get students to access their websites? (subdomain or subdirectory)
Concerning the DNS records configuration, is there a different configuration that I should do other than the one explained in the documentation?

Thank you one more time.
regards
I would personally set them up on a sub domain so that it's easier to identify them and the system can correctly set it's security settings.

The DNS should be fine once installed. No additional configuration would be needed.

Re: New To Vesta... with questions

Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2016 1:21 pm
by medhoover
Thank you very much, you were very helpful.