Parallels Helm - 4.2.2 Adding Servers

Parallels® Helm

Adding Servers to Parallels Helm 4.2.2

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Contents

Preface 4

Typographical Conventions ........................................................................................................... 4

Feedback ....................................................................................................................................... 5

About Parallels Helm 6

About This Guide 7

Adding Servers to Parallels Helm 8

In this chapter:

Typographical Conventions ............................................................................... 4

Feedback .......................................................................................................... 5

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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
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Parallels Helm Web Hosting Control Panel is an extremely powerful hosting automation

C H A P T E R 2

About Parallels Helm

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 explains how to add a new server to Parallels Helm control panel.

C H A P T E R 3

About This Guide

Server management in Parallels Helm is now even easier and more intuitive than

C H A P T E R 4

Adding Servers to Parallels Helm

before. Servers can now communicate with Parallels Helm by using just an IP, port,
and authentication password – unlike previous versions of Parallels Helm, the File and
Print Sharing and Remote Registry services are no longer required.

If you want Parallels Helm to control different software on your servers such as email
servers, DNS, web, etc., you will first need to add these servers into Parallels Helm
itself.

Each server will need to have Parallels Helm installed on it – either the Control Server
software or the Remote Server software. The Parallels Helm Control Server is the main
server that Parallels Helm is installed on, and is where your Parallels Helm web site is
accessed from. This is the hub from which you control all other servers. Any other
server that you control remotely is a Parallels Helm Remote Server. You can choose
whether to install a Parallels Helm Control Server or a Parallels Helm Remote Server
during the installation process – please refer to the Parallels Helm Quick Install Guide
(http://www.parallels.com/en/products/helm/docs/) for more details.

 To add a server to Parallels Helm:
1 Go to the Servers screen. For this, either navigate to it through the side

tree menu, or go to Home > Helm System > Servers. On this page you can
add, delete and manage the servers you are controlling in Parallels
Helm. You can see the IP Address and port they are listening on, and
also the Services that are currently being controlled by that Server.

 Server Name: Click on a Server Name to get taken to the Server Configuration page

for that particular Server.

 Add: Click this button to get taken to the Add Server screen.
 Delete Selected: You can see a check box to the left of each Server. If you check

the boxes next to the Servers you want to delete and click Delete Selected,
Parallels Helm will attempt to remove all of the selected Servers. However, if the
servers have services that are in use, then it may not be possible to remove
them until the services are deleted. To delete all of the Servers, check the very
top box and then click Delete Selected.

2 Click the Add button to proceed to the Add Server screen. On this page

you can add your Server into Parallels Helm:

 Server Name: Add a friendly name for the server, for example, Web Server 1. Unlike

Parallels Helm 3, 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.

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 Port: Here you need to pick a port that Parallels Helm will communicate to the

server on. This port will need to match the port you enter into the Security Access
List of the Parallels Helm Configuration Tool on the specific server. Refer to the
Parallels Helm Configuration Tool Guide for details
(http://www.parallels.com/en/products/helm/docs/).

 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 Security
Access List of the Parallels Helm Configuration Tool on the specific server.
Refer to the Parallels Helm Configuration Tool Guide for details.

 Confirm Password: Re-type the above password into this field.

3 Once you complete the form, click Save to add the server into Parallels

Helm. You will now be taken back to the Servers list where you can see
the server you just added:

You have now successfully added your server into Parallels Helm.
To add another server into Parallels Helm, simply repeat these steps again until you

have added all of the servers that you want Parallels Helm to control.