Parallels® Helm
Parallels Helm 4.2.0 System Setup
Wizard
REVISION 1.0
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Contents
Preface 4
Typographical Conventions ........................................................................................................... 4
Feedback ....................................................................................................................................... 5
About Parallels Helm 6
About This Guide 7
Running Parallels Helm System Setup Wizard 8
In this chapter:
Typographical Conventions ............................................................................... 4
Feedback .......................................................................................................... 5
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Go to the System tab.
Titles of chapters,
sections, and
subsections.
Read the Basic
Administration chapter.
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importance of a point, to
introduce a term or to
designate a command
line placeholder, which is
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The system supports the
so called wildcard
character search.
Monospace
The names of
commands, files,
directories, and domain
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The license file is located
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http://docs/common/
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C H A P T E R 1
Preface
Typographical Conventions
Before you start using this guide, it is important to understand the documentation
conventions used in it.
The following kinds of formatting in the text identify special information.
Preface 5
Preformatted
On-screen computer
output in your commandline sessions; source
code in XML, C++, or
other programming
languages.
# ls –al /files
total 14470
Preformatted
Bold
What you type,
contrasted with on-screen
computer output.
# cd /root/rpms/php
CAPITALS
Names of keys on the
keyboard.
SHIFT, CTRL, ALT
KEY+KEY
Key combinations for
which the user must
press and hold down one
key and then press
another.
CTRL+P, ALT+F4
Feedback
If you have found a mistake in this guide, or if you have suggestions or ideas on how to
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an error.
Parallels Helm Web Hosting Control System is an extremely powerful hosting
C H A P T E R 2
About Parallels Helm
automation solution for Windows 2003 and Windows 2008 servers. Parallels Helm is
owned by Parallels, a global leader in virtualization and automation software. Website:
http://www.parallels.com/en/products/helm/.
This guide contains a step-by-step instruction of setting up Parallels Helm by means of
C H A P T E R 3
About This Guide
Parallels Helm System Setup Wizard.
When using Parallels Helm for the first time, it would be advisable to use the Parallels
C H A P T E R 4
Running Parallels Helm System Setup Wizard
Helm System Setup Wizard to get your first Server, Services, Resources and Plan
Templates added. Adding these is a step-by-step process which is very simple to
follow.
1 To start System Setup Wizard, go to Home > Wizards > Helm System Setup Wizard in
Parallels Helm Control Panel.
2 Click Next on the initial screen to get to the Server Setup screen. On this
screen you can add, remove or modify servers in Parallels Helm. If
you do not have a server added into Parallels Helm, you will only be
able to add servers to begin with.
3 To add your first server, choose Add a Server and click Next. On the Add
Server screen, enter the following details about your server.
Server Name: Add a friendly name for the server, for example, Web Server 1. This
does not need to be the same name as the machine’s NetBIOS name.
IP Address: This is the IP Address that the server will be communicating on.
Port: Here you need to pick an unused port that Parallels Helm will communicate
to the server on. This port will need to match the port you enter into the ACL List
of the Parallels Helm Configuration Tool on the specific server.
Password: Enter a password that Parallels Helm will communicate to the server
with. This password will need to match the password you enter into the ACL List
of the Parallels Helm Configuration Tool on the specific server.
Confirm Password: Re-type the above password into this field.
Once done, click Next to add the Server.
4 On the Confirmation screen, you can either add services to this new
server, or add another server into Parallels Helm. Since this is the first
server that is being added, we will proceed to add new se rvices to this
server. Choose Add Services for your server and click Next.
5 On the Services screen you can pick a Provider from the dropdown box,
which will be the basis of the Service that you are going to create. The
Provider list is populated with the Provider Modules you have installed
through the Parallels Helm Configuration Tool. Please refer to the
Parallels Helm Configuration Tool Guide for more details. Pick a
Provider and click Next. You will be prompted to fill in the service
details. For more detailed descriptions about each of these services,
please refer to the relevant user guide available from the Parallels
Helm Web site.
For example, for Microsoft FTP Service:
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Friendly Name: Enter a friendly name for the service e.g. MS FTP Service.
IP Address: Choose the IP address that you want the FTP service to
communicate on. This is also the IP that the “ftp” DNS entry will be assigned to.
Physical Path: Enter the root path that you want to store your FTP folders in (by
default it is C:\Domains but it can be changed to whichever location you wish).
NT User Account Description: Enter a description which will be added to the
Description field of the Windows user, when the FTP account is created.
Once you have filled in the details and clicked Next, the service will be added to your
server.
6 Click Next on the Confirmation screen to get taken back to the Services
page of the Wizard. Here you can choose to add more services for this
server, edit or remove services that you have already set up for this
server, or add or modify resources in Parallels Helm.
Repeat previous steps to add into Parallels Helm each of the services that you wish
to use.
7 Once done, you now need to create Resources in Parallels Helm, so
choose I would like to add or modify Resources in Parallels Helm and click Next.
8 You will be adding a new resource to Parallels Helm, so click Next. On
the Resources screen, you need to choose the Provider that you are
using to create the resource. In this example we will choose Microsoft
FTP, since that is the service we created earlier in the Wizard.
9 Click Next to get taken to the resource creation screen. Here, you can
enter the name of the new resource, the distribution type and the
services that the resource will include.
Resource Name: Enter a name for the Resource you are adding (e.g. “Web
Resource” or “FTP Resource”).
Distribution Type: Choose the type of Distribution that you want any added
domains to use. The options are:
Random Distribution: If this option is picked, then one of the services in the
Resource is picked at random, and the domain/account created on that
service. If that service is offline then Parallels Helm will attempt to add the
domain/account to another random service in the Resource.
Maximum Domain Count: If this option is picked, then the servers associated
with the services in the Resource are analysed, and the domain/account is
created on the service whose server has the least amount of
domains/accounts already on it. If that service is offline then Parallels Helm
will attempt to add the domain/account to the service with the next lowest
amount on it.
Provider Load Index: If this option is picked, then the providers associated with
the services in the Resource are analysed, to see which server is the “least
heavily laden”. The domain/account is then added to that service. If that
particular service is offline then Parallels Helm will attempt to add the
domain/account to the service on the next “least heavily laden” server.
10 Running Parallels Helm System Setup Wizard
Distribute To Primary Resource: If you check this box then when a domain is
added into Parallels Helm, Parallels Helm will attempt to create each account
(Web, Mail, FTP, DNS, etc) on the same server as whichever Resource is
marked as “Primary Resource” in the Plan Template. If it is not possible to do
so because no corresponding service exists on that server, then a random
server which does have the service on will be used.
Example:
You have Server 1 with Web, DNS and FTP services on it.
You have Server 2 with Web, DNS and Mail services on it.
In the Plan Template, let us assume that you have selected the FTP Resource as
the Primary Resource. Therefore, when a domain is created, the FTP account will
be created on Server 1, the Web and DNS accounts will be created on Server 1
(because this is the server with the Primary Resource on it), and the Mail account
will be created on Server 2 (because there is no Mail service on Server 1 for the
Resource to utilise).
Services: In this box you can select the Services that you want to assign to the
Resource. You can either select them individually or use control-click (hold down
CTRL and left-click on items) to select multiple items from the left box. Select
the ones you want and choose the >> arrow to move them into the right box. The
Resource will then be assigned the Services in the right box. If you want to take
services out of the right box, simply select them and use the << arrow to move
them out again.
Click Save to save your Resource settings.
10 Once you have made your choices, click Next to create the resource.
At the Confirmation page, click Next to get taken to the Resources screen.
On this screen, you can either add a new resource, modify the resources you have
already set up, or create a Plan Template. If you wish to add more resources into
Parallels Helm, simply follow the above steps until you have added all of the
resources you require.
11 Once done, you can move onto adding a Plan Template. Click the
relevant option from the above screen to get taken to the Plan Template
page of the Wizard.
12 Select the Add a new Plan Template option and click Next to get taken to
the Plan Template creation screen. Here you can enter a name for the
Plan Template and choose the resources that you want to offer in it.
Template Name: Choose a friendly name for the Plan Template.
Available Resources: In this box you can select the Resources that you want to
assign to the Plan Template. Select them individually from the Available Resources
box and choose the >> arrow to move them into the Selected Resources box. The
Plan Template will then be assigned the Resources in the Selected Resources
box. If you want to take Resources out of the Selected Resources box, select them
and use the << arrow to move them out again. In this case, you can see the FTP
Resource you created earlier. Select it and click the >> button to move it to the
Selected Resources box.
Once you have made your choices, click Next to create the Plan Template. At the
Confirmation page you can either create your first domain, or choose to do this at a
later date.
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13 If you want to add a domain under this Plan Template, select the
option Add a domain for this template and click Next to get taken to the
Domains screen. Enter the name of the domain you want to create in
the field, and then click Next to create it.
14 Once done, you ca n either create another domain or choose to add
one later. If you choose the latter option, you will be taken back to the
Plan Template screen where you can finish the W izard. You will be
prompted to add a new Plan Template, to modify a plan template or to
finish the wizard. Choose the last option I would like to finish this wizard and
click Next to be taken back to the Wizards main menu.
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