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specify when to recycle log files,
specify how many instances of each log file processed by Plesk's statistical utilities
to store on the server,
specify whether they should be compressed,
specify whether they should be sent to an e-mail address after processing.
r Web and traffic statistics retention. Specify the number of months during which the Web
and bandwidth usage statistics should be kept on the server.
s DNS. Specify whether the DNS server on your Web host should act as a master
(primary) or slave (secondary) name server for the domain name zone. A primary
name server stores locally the zone file it serves, while a secondary server only
retrieves a copy of this file from the primary. You would normally leave the Master
option selected.
t Physical hosting account. If you are going to host not only domain names, but also web
sites, select the Physical hosting check box and specify the hosting features:
Hard disk quota. In addition to the soft quota, you can specify the so-called hard
quota that will not allow writing more files to the web space when the limit is
reached. At attempt to write files, users will get "Out of disk space" error.
SSL support. Secure Sockets Layer encryption is generally used for protecting
transfer of sensitive data during online transactions on e-commerce Web sites that
run on dedicated IP addresses. SSL certificates that participate in the encryption
process are usually applied to a single domain name on a single IP address,
therefore, each site that needs SSL protection must be hosted on a dedicated IP
address. An exception to this is subdomains, which you can protect with a wildcard
certificate. Installing an SSL certificate on a Web server that hosts several web
sites with different domain names on a single IP address (shared or name-based
hosting) is technically possible, however, it is not recommended: the encryption
will be provided, but users will get warning messages on attempt to connect to the
secure site. To allow SSL encryption for Web sites, select the SSL support check
box.
Create and publish site using Sitebuilder. This will enable the domain administrator to
create and manage a Web site using Sitebuilder.
Use a single directory for housing SSL and non-SSL content. By default, when users
publish their sites through their FTP accounts, they need to upload the Web
content that should be accessible via secure connections to the httpsdocs
directory, and the content that should be accessible via plain HTTP, to the
httpdocs directory. For the convenience of publishing all content through a
single location – httpdocs directory, select the Use a single directory for housing SSL
and non-SSL content check box.
FrontPage support. Microsoft FrontPage is a popular web site authoring tool. To
enable users to publish and modify their sites through Microsoft FrontPage, select
the FrontPage support and FrontPage over SSL support check boxes and set the
FrontPage authoring option to allowed.
