New To Vesta... with questions
New To Vesta... with questions
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.
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
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.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?
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
Thank you very much for your answer,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.
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
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.medhoover wrote:Thank you very much for your answer,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.
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
The DNS should be fine once installed. No additional configuration would be needed.
Re: New To Vesta... with questions
Thank you very much, you were very helpful.