12 Mar 10 Can I serve WAP Files?
Yes, Gossimer does indeed allow you to serve WAP files.
To enable the Web Server to serve WAP documents, you need to set the following MIME types on the web server:
- text/vnd.wap.wml for .wml files (WML source files)
- application/vnd.wap.wmlc for .wmlc files (WML compiled files)
- text/vnd.wap.wmlscript for .wmls files (WMLScript source files)
- application/vnd.wap.wmlscriptc for .wmlsc files (WMLScript compiled files)
- image/vnd.wap.wbmp for .wbmp files (wireless bitmaps)
If you use the Apache Web server add the following lines in the ..Apache GroupApache2confmime.types file:
- text/vnd.wap.wml wml
- application/vnd.wap.wmlc wmlc
- text/vnd.wap.wmlscript wmls
- application/vnd.wap.wmlscriptc wmlsc
- image/vnd.wap.wbmp wbmp
Our servers are already preconfigured to serve files.
§ What is WAP?
WAP stands for Wireless Application Protocol. You would use WAP to serve information from your website to wireless devices such as mobile phones, pagers and communicators.
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11 Mar 10 SMTP Server settings for sending mails through your website
All Gossimer Web Servers have SMTP Server installed and are capable of sending emails. You need to use localhost as the SMTP Server in your web forms or web applications, in order to send emails through the Web Server.
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11 Mar 10 How do I generate a Certificate Signing Request (CSR)?
You can generate a Certificate Signing Request or CSR from your Control Panel provided by Gossimer. Follow the process mentioned below to do so:
1. Login to your Control Panel and search for the domain name for which you have purchased this hosting package. Click here to read how >>
2. In the search results view, click on the domain name. This will take you to the order details view.
3. Click on Manage Web Hosting Service in the lower toolbar.
4. In the Website Management interface pop-up that follows, go to Manage Website -> SSL Manager.
5. Click on the Generate icon.
6. Provide the following details for your certificate:
- Common Name
- Email Address
- Organization Name
- Organization Unit
- Country
- State
- City
7. Next, choose from the drop-down if you wish to generate only the CSR, or a Self Signed Certificate as well.
If you are planning to buy a Digital Certificate, you should choose to generate only a CSR.
8. Click on Generate Certificate.
This will generate the CSR for you. In order to view or take a backup the CSR you have just generated, click on Download on the succeeding page.
In order to complete the action in case of Linux Hosting, the Web Server needs to be restarted. Random restarts affect other services running on the Server. In order to avoid this, the Server has been scheduled to restart at intervals of 20 minutes. Hence, the process might take upto 20 minutes for completion.
Tags: Digital Certificate, Linux, Manage Web Hosting Service, Organization Unit, SSL, SSL Manager, Web Server
10 Mar 10 How do I delete my Certificate and Private keys?
If, for some reason, you wish to uninstall SSL for your website, you can do so by deleting your existing CSR, Certificate and Keys. Once you have deleted these, SSL will stop working immediately for your website. Follow the process mentioned below to delete these: 1. Login to your Control Panel and search for the domain name for which you have purchased this hosting package. Click here to read how >> 2. In the search results view, click on the domain name. This will take you to the order details view. 3. Click on Manage Web Hosting Service in the lower toolbar. 4. In the Website Management interface pop-up that follows, go to Manage Website -> SSL Manager. 5. Here, click on the Delete icon. 6. Enter the domain name whose SSL installation you wish to disable, and click on Delete. In order to complete the action in case of Linux Hosting, the Web Server needs to be restarted. Random restarts affect other services running on the Server. In order to avoid this, the Server has been scheduled to restart at intervals of 20 minutes. Hence, deletion might take upto 20 minutes to be effective.
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10 Mar 10 Customized Error Pages for your website
When a user attempts to connect to a Web site and an HTTP error occurs, a generic message is sent back to the client browser with a brief description of what happened during the attempt to establish a connection. For example, if a user attempts to connect to a page that no longer exists on the Web site, an HTTP error will be returned in the form of an HTML page that contains the statement The requested URL was not found on this server.
You can use the Custom Error Pages view to customize HTTP errors that are sent to clients when Web server errors occur. Following is a list of HTTP errors you can customise:
401 – Authorization Failed
The request requires user authentication, typically a Username/Password credential pair. If the request already included Authorization credentials, then the 401 response indicates that authorization has been refused for those credentials.
403 - Permission Denied/Forbidden
You tried to access a URL for which you don’t have permission.
404 – File / Resource Not Found
Your browser cannot locate the document corresponding to the URL you entered. An improperly typed URL is usually the cause.
406 - Resource Not Acceptable
It’s possible you have requested a page that contains files which your browser has indicated to the server that it cannot accept, e.g. a multimedia file that your browser cannot process. Your browser sends information about what files it can accept to the server (in the HTTP header) as part of a request. You might check the preferences settings of your browser to see if there are file types it is not accepting.
500 – Internal Error
The server encountered an unexpected condition which prevented it from fulfilling the request.
To customize the error messages, follow the procedure below:
1. Create your custom Error message and upload it to your website.
2. Login to your Control Panel and search for the domain name for which you have purchased this hosting package. Click here to read how >>
3. In the search results view, click on the domain name. This will take you to the order details view.
4. Click on Manage Web Hosting Service in the lower toolbar.
5. In the Website Management interface pop-up that follows,
go to Manage Website -> Custom Error Pages, if you have a Windows web hosting package
or
go to Manage Website -> Web Server Manager -> Custom Error Pages, if you have a Linux web hosting package
6. For the HTTP error that you wish to customize, you can
- select the radio button adjacent to Local URL, and enter the path to the file that you have uploaded, or
- select the radio button adjacent to Text/HTML Message, and fill in a suitable text/html message.
If for some reason you wish to disable custom error message for a particular error, select the radio button adjacent to Set To Default for that error.
7. Click on Submit to save the settings.
In order to complete the action in case of Linux Hosting, the Web Server needs to be restarted. Random restarts affect other services running on the Server. In order to avoid this, the Server has been scheduled to restart at intervals of 20 minutes. Hence, the changes might take upto 20 minutes to be effective.
Tags: HTML, http, Linux, Manage Web Hosting Service, Microsoft Windows, Web Hosting package, Web Server, Web server errors, Web Server Manager
09 Mar 10 Reissuing your Digital Certificate
You may reissue your Digital Certificate at anytime prior to its Expiry. You would generally need to reissue your Digital Certificate in the event that
- you lose your Private Key,
- you lose your Private Key Passphrase,
- your Private Key file gets compromised due to the server being hacked,
- you wish to make changes to the domain name for which you have issued a Digital Certificate – This could be because of
- Host name was left out when the Key/CSR pair was generated on the server (For example, the Private Key/CSR pair was generated on the server for yourdomain.com but domain name being secured is www.yourdomain.com)
- Incorrect host name filled in when the Key/CSR pair was generated on the server (For example, the Private Key/CSR pair was generated on the server for secure.yourdomain.com but domain name being secured is shoppingcart.yourdomain.com)
- Host name changes, provided that the top-level domain name remains the same (For example, the Certificate was requested for secure.yourdomain.com but the secure area is now being moved to shopping.yourdomain.com)
- Host name was left out when the Key/CSR pair was generated on the server (For example, the Private Key/CSR pair was generated on the server for yourdomain.com but domain name being secured is www.yourdomain.com)
- you wish to change the Web Server Software Platform where your Digital Certificate has been installed – This could be because of
- Incorrect server software was selected during the enrollment process
- Web Server software platform has been upgraded to the latest version
- Moving to a different ISP or Hosting Company
- Incorrect server software was selected during the enrollment process
- your Organizational Unit changes
- your Technical Contact details change
- If Privacy Protection is enabled for the Domain Name, it needs to be disabled while reissuing the Digital Certificate. Privacy Protection may be enabled again once the Certificate has been reissued.
Click here to read how to enable/disable Privacy Protection >>
Follow the below mentioned process to reissue your Digital Certificate from your Control Panel:
- Login into your Control Panel, search for the Digital Certificate and click on the same to go to the Order details view. Click here to find instructions to accomplish this >>
- Click on the Reissue Certificate button.
- Mention your new Certificate Signature Request in the text box and click on the Reissue Certificate button.
Once thawte reissues your Certificate, you may retrieve the same from within your Control Panel and install the same on your web server.
Click here to find instructions on how to check the status of your Digital Certificate and retrieve your reissued Digital Certificate >>
Click here to read how to install your Digital Certificate on your web server >>
- In case your reissue request is rejected and the Digital Certificate is Revoked by thawte, then
- you will not be eligible for a refund and
- you need to delete the Digital Certificate. Click here to know how to delete a Digital Certificate Order >>
- you will not be eligible for a refund and
- If you have secured multiple servers through Additional License(s) purchased for a Digital Certificate and the Digital Certificate gets reissued, you need to install the reissued Certificate on all the servers. However, you will not be required to purchase Additional License(s) for the reissued Certificate. Click here to read about Additional Licenses in detail >>
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08 Mar 10 ASPSmartUpload Component
ASPSmartUpload is an Active Server component which enables an ASP application to accept, save and manipulate files uploaded through a browser. The files are uploaded via a HTML POST form with one or more <INPUT TYPE=FILE> tags. The <FORM> tag must contain the attribute ENCTYPE=”multipart/form-data”. All Gossimer Windows Hosting packages have support enabled for ASPSmartUpload component. You can use the sample script provided below and tweak it a bit to suit your requirements.
Upload Script (Upload.asp)
<%
// Variables
Dim mySmartUpload
Dim intCount
// Object creation
Set mySmartUpload = Server.CreateObject(“aspSmartUpload.SmartUpload”)
// Upload
mySmartUpload.Upload
// Save the files in a folder on the web server
intCount = mySmartUpload.Save(“C:WHBSitesyourdomainname.comdatafiles”)
// Display the number of files uploaded
Response.Write(intCount & ” file(s) uploaded to C:WHBSitesyourdomainname.comdatafiles”)
%>
HTML form for uploading up to 3 files
<HTML>
<BODY BGCOLOR=”#FFFFFF”>
<FORM METHOD=”POST” ENCTYPE=”multipart/form-data” ACTION=_quot;Upload.asp_quot;_gt;
<INPUT TYPE=”FILE” NAME=”FILE1″ SIZE=”50″><BR>
<INPUT TYPE=”FILE” NAME=”FILE2″ SIZE=”50″><BR>
<INPUT TYPE=”FILE” NAME=”FILE3″ SIZE=”50″><BR>
<INPUT TYPE=”SUBMIT” VALUE=”Upload!”>
</FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML>
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08 Mar 10 How do I disable Web Statistics?
If you do not wish to generate a report of your Web based traffic, you can choose to disable the option at any time. Doing this would save the disk space actually utilized for these reports, and could be done if you do not feel it necessary to monitor the usage of your site.
Follow the process mentioned below to disable Web statistics:
1. Login to your Control Panel and search for the domain name for which you have purchased this hosting package. Click here to read how >>
2. In the search results view, click on the domain name. This will take you to the order details view.
3. Click on Manage Web Hosting Service in the lower toolbar.
4. In the Website Management interface pop-up that follows, go to Manage Website -> Web Statistics Manager -> Settings.
5. On this page, you would see the option to Generate Web Stats. Select No from the drop-down adjacent to this option.
This would disable all web traffic reports for your site.
In order to complete the action in case of Linux Hosting, the Web Server needs to be restarted. Random restarts affect other services running on the Server. In order to avoid this, the Server has been scheduled to restart at intervals of 20 minutes. Hence, the change might take upto 20 minutes to be effective.
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07 Mar 10 Should I use Active or Passive mode for FTP?
FTP exists primarily for the transfer of data between two end points. FTP differs from HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol, used for serving websites via web browsers) fundamentally as it is an application made up of two distinct TCP connections:
1. Control connection: This TCP-based connection is used to provide a communications channel for the delivery of commands and replies. This is effectively the mechanism that enables the user to tell the server which file is being requested, which directory it is in, and so forth.
2. Data connection: The second TCP-based connection is used for the actual transfer of user data. Once the Control connection has been used to exchange information on which file is required, the Data connection is used to transfer the file between the client and server.
Using these two communication connections, two distinct modes of operation determine in which direction the connections are established: Active mode and Passive mode.
FTP is a TCP based service exclusively. There is no UDP (User Datagram Protocol transports data as a connectionless protocol, using packet switching) component to FTP. FTP is an unusual service in that it utilizes two ports, a Data port and a Command port (also known as the Control port). Traditionally these are port 21 for the Command (Control) port and port 20 for the Data port. The confusion begins however, when we find that depending on the mode, the data port is not always on port 20.
Active FTP
In active mode FTP the FTP client software connects from a random unprivileged (unprivileged port is a port which is higher than 1023) port. Let’s say N is the FTP server’s command port, port 21.
Then, the client starts listening to port N+1 and sends the FTP command PORT N+1 to the FTP server. The server will then connect back to the client’s specified data port from its local data port, which is port 20.
Here in this mode of FTP, Gossimer doesn’t need to open any additional non-secure ports on our servers firewall and hence is secure from the server-side.
Passive FTP
In passive mode FTP, the FTP client initiates both connections to the server. When opening an FTP connection, the client opens two random unprivileged ports, lets say N and N+1. The first port contacts the server on port 21, but instead of then issuing a PORT command and allowing the server to connect back to its data port, the client will issue the PASV command. The result of this is that the server then opens a random unprivileged port lets say P and sends the PORT command back to the client. The client then initiates the connection from port N+1 to port P on the server to transfer data.
This method of FTP is insecure, as a random unprivileged port is opened on the Server. This is a potential security issue and it isn’t advisable to use the Passive mode of FTP.
IMPORTANT
All Gossimer Windows and Linux web servers support both Active as well as Passive modes.
All popular FTP software allow users to select the data connection mode (Active or Passive), when uploading/downloading data to a web server.
Reference:
Click here to read how to set data connection mode in CuteFTP >>
Click here to read how to set data connection mode in 3D-FTP >>
Click here to read how to set data connection mode in CoreFTP >>
Click here to read how to set data connection mode in SmartFTP >>
Click here to read how to set data connection mode in WS_FTP >>
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07 Mar 10 Using the IP Deny Manager to manage access to your website
By default, your website becomes visible to all people browsing the Internet. Typically, large websites running forums, blogs, ecommerce activities, etc. are prone to abuse from spammers, people posting malicious content, etc., causing disruption of website services. The most effective method of dealing with such nuisance is to deny access to your website from such mischief mongers.
Using Gossimer’s IP Deny Manager tool within your Web Hosting Control Panel, you can easily control access to your website based on the visitor’s IP Address. Moreover, you may deny access from all IP Addresses of a particular block of IP Addresses, if you are receiving constant abuse from the entire range of IP Addresses.
Follow the process listed below to block/allow access to your website based on IP Addresses:
- Login to your Control Panel and search for the domain name for which you have purchased this hosting package. Click here to know how >>
- In the search results view, click on the domain name. This will take you to the Order Details View.
- Click on Manage Web Hosting Service in the lower toolbar.
- In the Website Management interface pop-up that follows,
go to Manage Website -> IP Deny Manager, if you have a Windows web hosting package
or
go to Manage Website -> Web Server Manager -> IP Deny Manager, if you have a Linux web hosting package
- From this interface, you may either restrict access to your website or allow previously blocked IP Addresses to access your website. a. Restricting Access to your website – You may mention either one or more individual IP Addresses, or entire Blocks of IP Addresses on individual lines.
Examples
i. If you wish to block a single IP Address, simply input the same in the textbox as
1.1.1.1
ii. If you wish to block multiple individual IP Addresses, then you may mention them on separate lines
2.2.2.2
3.3.3.3iii. If you wish to block an entire range of IP Addresses, then you may mention them as
4.4.4.*
5.5.*.*
6.*.*.*IMPORTANT1. Use extreme caution when deciding to deny access to entire range of IP Addresses, as you might end up denying access to your genuine visitors.
2. IP Address of the type *.*.*.* is not allowed.
b. Allowing Access to your website - If you wish to enable access to a previously blocked IP Address, then you need to simply select that IP Address in the textbox and press the Delete key on your computer’s keyboard.
- Clicking on the Submit button would save all your settings.
In order to complete the action in case of Linux Hosting, the Web Server needs to be restarted. Random restarts affect other services running on the Server. In order to avoid this, the Server has been scheduled to restart at intervals of 20 minutes. Hence, the changes might take upto 20 minutes to be effective.
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06 Mar 10 How do I add sub-domains to my Linux Web Hosting package?
A sub-domain is a subdivision of a Domain Name. While Domain Names need to be Registered with a Registrar, sub-domains are not and an unlimited number of sub-domains can be created through Managed DNS service. For example, a sub-domain news.yourdomain.com can be created on the Domain Name yourdomain.com.
Gossimer allows you to create unlimited sub-domains with your Linux Web Hosting package, by adding a Star (*) Address (DNS) Record for your Domain Name through the Managed DNS Order (that is included for free with your Web Hosting package). When a visitor reaches http://<sub-domain>.yourdomain.com, he is served the content from http://yourdomain.com/sub-domain/. Let’s discuss this with a few examples:
- If someone types http://news.yourdomain.com in the browser, then our web server will try to fetch the content from http://yourdomain.com/news/
So you need to ensure that you have created a folder called news within your website and have an index file (within this folder).
- If someone types http://news.yourdomain.com/php/ in the browser, then our web server will try to fetch the content from http://yourdomain.com/news/php/So you need to ensure that you have created a folder called news within your website and within that folder, a sub-folder called php with an index file (within php folder).
IMPORTANT
If someone typed http://news.yourdomain.com/php (without the trailing forward slash), he would receive a Page not found error.
- If someone types news.yourdomain.com/weather-report.jpg/i/index.html> in the browser, then our web server will try to fetch the content from yourdomain.com/news/weather-report.jpg/i/index.html> So you need to ensure that you have created a folder called news and have weather-report.jpg (within this folder).
1. If you are using our Managed DNS Service, then we have already created the appropriate Star Record to allow sub-domains on your Web Hosting package to begin working, once you modify your Name Servers to ours. Click here to find information about which Name Servers to use for activating your sub-domain hosting >>
If you are not planning to use our Managed DNS Service, then you need to add a Star Record to allow sub-domains on your Web Hosting package to begin working. Click here to find information about what DNS Records to add on your own Name Servers for activating your sub-domain hosting >>
2. If you have created an Alias for your Web Hosting package and want sub-domains of each alias to also point just like your hosted Domain Name, then you need to create a Star DNS Record for each aliased Domain Name, to point to your hosted Domain Name.
Example:
Suppose you have a Linux Web Hosting package for yourdomain.com and also a sub-domain news.yourdomain.com. Then say, you decide to set an alias for this package as yourotherdomain.com. To accomplish this, all you need to do is create an Address Record (DNS) for yourotherdomain.com to point to the IP Address of yourdomain.com.
yourotherdomain.com IN A 86400 1.1.1.1 (assuming that this is the IP Address of yourdomain.com)
But say you want news.yourotherdomain.com to function as well, then you would instead need to create a Star Address Record (DNS) for yourotherdomain.com
*.yourotherdomain.com IN A 86400 1.1.1.1 (assuming that this is the IP Address of yourdomain.com)
The Managed DNS Service for yourotherdomain.com could either be purchased through Gossimer or with your current DNS Service Provider.
Reference:
Click here to know what a Domain Alias is >>
Click here to know how to add Domain Aliases to your Web Hosting package >>
Click here to know the IP Address of your Web Hosting package where your Aliased Domain Name needs to point >>
3. If someone types http://php.news.yourdomain.com in the browser, then our web server will try to fetch the content from http://yourdomain.com/php.news/
If you want http://php.news.yourdomain.com to forward to http://yourdomain.com/news/php/, then you would need to add an alias for yourdomain.com as news.yourdomain.com (assuming that the Star Address Record for yourdomain.com exists).
Reference:
Click here to know what a Domain Alias is >>
Click here to know how to add Domain Aliases to your Web Hosting package >>
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05 Mar 10 Perl API Kit and Integration Guide
Follow the instructions below to begin integration with the API using Perl -
Make sure you have read the General API Integration Instructions first. If you have already integrated the PERL API Kit at your end, read the Change Log first to know what has changed since.
Reference:
General API Integration Instructions >>
Change Log >>
Step 1. Download the API Kit
Click the link below to download the relevant API kits (updated on 6th March, 2008).
PERL_CoreKIT_v3_10.zip
PERL_DomainsKIT_v3_10.zip
PERL_HostingKIT_v3_10.zip
PERL_OtherProductsKIT_v3_10.zip
Step 2. Download the API Documentation
The complete documentation of all classes and methods available in the API can be found in the Docs below. The Docs below are javadocs, but the function names and explanations remain the same for all the platforms and the documentation is self explanatory. We recommend you download the docs and read through them completely once before you integrate your application (updated on 6th March, 2008).
Core_Docs_v3_10.zip
Domains_Docs_v3_10.zip (updated on 1st April, 2008)
Hosting_Docs_v3_10.zip
OtherProducts_Docs_v3_10.zip
Instructions to pass parameters to functions using the Perl Kit
Since Perl uses typeless variables you will have to ignore the datatypes presented in the docs. But for assigning values to variable of types other than strings and integers special care will have to be taken. Below is the list of datatypes presented in the API Doc and their usage in Perl.
|
Java Data |
Types Assigning values in Perl |
| String |
“firstname@secondname.com” |
| int |
123 |
| HashMap (Datatype for storing name-value pair) |
{“domain1.com”=>1,”domain2.com”=>1} |
| Array and Vector (Datatype for storing more than one value) |
["ns1.domain.com","ns2.domain.com"] |
| boolean (Datatype for storing true or false) |
TRUE / FALSE |
Example:
-
For Calling a Function which takes a String datatype and an integer datatype as its paramters
public int function1(java.lang.String userName, int parentid)
$result = $obj->function1(“firstname@secondname.com”,1);
-
For Calling a Function which takes a HashMap, a String Array and an integer Array as its parameters, where domainHash contains the domainname and the number of years as name value pairs.
public java.util.HashMap function2(java.util.HashMap domainHash, java.lang.String[] orderby, int[] resellerId)
$result = $obj->function2({“domain1.com”=>1,”domain2.com”=>2},["column1","column2"],[22,33])
-
For Calling a Function which takes a Vector and a boolean as its parameters
public java.lang.String function3(java.util.Vector nameServers, boolean add)
$result = $obj->function3(["ns1.domain.com","ns2.domain.com"],TRUE)
Step 3. Extract the files from the API Kit archive
You should get the following directory & files structure
cgi-bin/ – Pre-written examples. You can directly run these examples to test API functionality
lib/ – The Perl classfiles, library files and wsdl files that you need to run your application
Step 4. Run the examples
You can run the pre-written examples provided in the “examples” folder. Note the following steps to do so -
1. Upload the “examples” and “lib” folders to your web server where you run your Perl scripts. Make sure that both these folders are uploaded to the same parent folder.
2. You must have a recent version of Perl installed on the server.
Please do NOT use a version of SOAP-Lite newer than 0.60, which is the current stable release.
3. You must have a Demo account ready the first time. Read the General instructions if you have not yet setup your demo account. Reference: General API Integration Instructions >>
The Demo server duplicates all functionality of the live server, however all Domain Names will appear as available on the Demo Server. It does not query the live registry and therefore names which are not available on the live registry will still appear as available on the Demo Server. At times connectivity to the DEMO Registry may be down resulting in errors.
4. Make the appropriate changes to the “constants.cgi” file in the “cgi-bin” folder, by putting in the values for your “username”, “password” and “parentid”. The remaining settings have already been made for you in this file. You may only need to change the path for the “wsdl” folder if you have uploaded the wsdl folder elsewhere.
5. The URL to which the call is made is maintained in the “config.sh” file inside the “lib” folder. You can make changes to this file and redirect your calls to the appropriate server.
6. Import and point to note is that you will have to execute the config.sh file from the cgi-bin directory after making any changes in this file to reflect the changes.
7. Every Example file has a set of functions which you can run.
8. Once you have modified the appropriate example file, access it over your webserver by putting in your URL such as http://yourserver/examples/html and choose the required function from the links given in the left frame.
In registering/managing any domain name on the demo server always use ns1.onlyfordemo.net and ns2.onlyfordemo.net as your nameservers. ANY OTHER Nameserver will result in an INVALID NAMESERVER error.
Step 5. Understanding Errors
Make sure you have read the General API Integration Instructions to obtain links to the error format and possible error documents. Reference: General API Integration Instructions >>
Step 6. Writing your own code
After running each example above, if you simply refer to the corresponding .Perl file in the lib folder you will easily be able to figure out the code snippet you need to write in order to make a similar call.
Making an API call to perform any action is a matter of three steps:
(i) Include the appropriate Perl package as below
use lib::Customer;
(ii) Obtain a pointer to the required Class. This is done by using the code below
our $Customer = new Customer($debugMode);
(iii) Call the required method on this object. A complete reference of all methods is available in the Docs folder. This can be achieved by using the code below
$Customer->wsdlURL($wsdlFile);
$Customer->StartServices()
my @param = ($SERVICE_USERNAME, $SERVICE_PASSWORD, $SERVICE_ROLE, $SERVICE_LANGPREF, $SERVICE_PARENTID, $customerUserName, $customerPassword, $name, $company, $address1, $address2, $address3, $city, $state, $country, $zip, $telNoCc, $telNo, $altTelNoCc, $altTelNo, $faxNoCc, $faxNo, $customerLangPref);
You will notice above that EVERY method in the docs takes the same first 5 parameters as below
String SERVICE_USERNAME, String SERVICE_PASSWORD, String SERVICE_ROLE, String SERVICE_LANGPREF, int SERVICE_PARENTID
In the examples these parameters have been put into a single constants file from which they are accessed by including the constants file. These parameters are common no matter which method you call. These parameters mean the following
String SERVICE_USERNAME: Your UsernameSERVICE_PASSWORD
String : Your PasswordSERVICE_ROLE
String : This will always be a string "reseller"SERVICE_LANGPREF
String : The 2 letter code of the language in which you wish to receive errors and descriptions - "en" for EnglishSERVICE_PARENTID
int : The ID of your parent which you can get from your profile section
Step 7. Change the information to Live information when you are ready
Once you have followed the steps above and got the test examples to work successfully, you can duplicate the same code in your live application and replace the Demo Server and Reseller account information with your live username and password. You will make this change in the “config.sh” file in the “lib” folder
Tags: Api, appropriate server, Demo Server, Java, Perl, Web Server
05 Mar 10 How to install your Digital Certificate on your Web Server?
Once you have been issued your Digital Certificate, you need to install the same on your web server. Click here to find instructions on how to retrieve your Digital Certificate >>
Depending upon the type of Digital Certificate that you have purchased and the Web Server Software where you intend to install your Digital Certificate, you need to refer to the appropriate instructions provided below:
| Gossimer Digital Certificate Name | thawte Digital Certificate Name | Installation Instructions |
| SGC SuperCert | SGC SuperCert | Click here to find instructions on how to install your SGC SuperCert on your web server >> |
| Web Server Certificate | SSL Web Server Certificate | Click here to find instructions on how to install your Web Server Certificate on your web server >> |
| SSL123 Certificate | SSL123 Certificate | Click here to find instructions on how to install your SSL123 Certificate on your web server >> |
| Wildcard Server Certificate | Wildcard Certificate | Click here to find instructions on how to install your Wildcard Server Certificate on your Apache web server >> |
- If you wish to secure your domain name on multiple servers, you need to purchase Additional License(s) for your Digital Certificate and install your Digital Certificate on these servers. Click here to read about Additional Licenses in detail >>
- If you have purchased Web Hosting service for this domain name from Gossimer, then you may ignore the above mentioned instructions and can yourself install your issued Digital Certificate. Click here to read the instructions for installing your Digital Certificate through Gossimer Website Management interface >>
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04 Mar 10 Web Statistics Management Settings
Gossimer gives you the ability to comprehensively customise your Web Statistics reports, to obtain accurate and more pertinent details about your Website. You can customise your reports from your Control Panel itself; follow the process mentioned below to do so:
1. Login to your Control Panel and search for the domain name for which you have purchased this hosting package. Click here to read how >>
2. In the search results view, click on the domain name. This will take you to the order details view.
3. Click on Manage Web Hosting Service in the lower toolbar.
4. In the Website Management interface pop-up that follows, go to Manage Website -> Web Statistics Manager -> Settings.
5. This page allows you to specify the following options, configure them as per your requirement:
- Generate Web Stats: Select YES if you wish to obtain statistics for your website. The statistics are generated on a daily basis.
- Keep Backup of Historic Files: Whenever your web statistics are to be updated, the system overwrites the old (historic) files with the new data. However, if an error is encountered (e.g. if your site runs out of allowed disk space), the file may get corrupt, causing you to lose all old data as well. Selecting this option would keep a copy of the old file for your referral.
- Purge Log File: Your raw log files would be deleted after the statistics are generated, if you choose YES. This would prevent logs from taking up web space.
- Skip Hosts: Choose this option to avoid recording statistics from specific hosts. For example, you might wish not to record statistics for all hits/visits from your own home/office. Specify such hosts or IP addresses here.
- Skip Files: Use this option to avoid recording data for particular URLs. Using this, you can make sure that statistics pertaining to unimportant pages are not recorded.
- Only Files: This is the exact opposite of the previous option. Using this, you can choose to record data only pertaining to specific/important pages.
- Not Page List: Enter a list of file extensions that would be considered only a Hit, and not a Page View.
- Protect Webstats: Password protection for web statistics can be enabled/disabled using this option. This option is available only in case of Windows hosting. Click here to read how to enable password protection for web statistics in case of Linux hosting >>
In order to complete the action in case of Linux Hosting, the Web Server needs to be restarted. Random restarts affect other services running on the Server. In order to avoid this, the Server has been scheduled to restart at intervals of 20 minutes. Hence, the changes might take upto 20 minutes to be effective.
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04 Mar 10 How do I install my Keys-Certificate pair?
Once you have the Certificate provided by your CA, you need to submit it for your website from the Control Panel. Follow the process mentioned below to do so:
1. Login to your Control Panel and search for the domain name for which you have purchased this hosting package. Click here to read how >>
2. In the search results view, click on the domain name. This will take you to the order details view.
3. Click on Manage Web Hosting Service in the lower toolbar.
4. In the Website Management interface pop-up that follows, go to Manage Website -> SSL Manager.
5. Here click on the appropriate button depending upon whether you are hosting your domain name in a Windows or a Linux server
Linux Web Hosting – click on the Add icon
Windows Web Hosting – click on the Import icon
6. Paste your Certificate in the space provided, and submit it. When you paste your certificate, it is essential that you copy the certificate without any leading, trailing or intermediate spaces. Any spaces in your certificate would cause failure in the installation.
This will install your Certificate for your website.
In order to complete the action in case of Linux Hosting, the Web Server needs to be restarted. Random restarts affect other services running on the Server. In order to avoid this, the Server has been scheduled to restart at intervals of 20 minutes. Hence, certificate installation might take upto 20 minutes for completion.
Tags: California, Linux, Manage Web Hosting Service, Microsoft Windows, SSL, SSL Manager, Web Hosting, Web Server
04 Mar 10 SmartFTP
Follow the steps mentioned below to upload files for your website using the SmartFTP client.
1. Open SmartFTP. Under the File menu, click New Remote Browser.
2. Type in your domain name as Host. Also type in the FTP Username and Password. Make sure the Port is set to 21. Click OK to connect to the server.
Once connected, you will be displayed a pane which lists all the files and folders under your website.
3. Double-click the web folder to open it.
4. Under the File menu, click New Local Browser. This will open another pane listing your local files and folders.
5. Open the directory containing the files for your website..
6. Select the files to upload and click Upload button to upload the files onto the web server.
Different modes of data connection can be used during FTP. Click here to know more details >>
There are two ways in which the data connection mode can be modified.
A. Global Settings
a. Under Tools menu, click Settings.
b. Under the Connection dialog, change the Mode in the Data Connection section from Passive Mode (PASV) to Active Mode (PORT) or vice versa. Click OK to save the changes.
This change will affect all the sites for whom the data connection mode was set by default.
B. Favorite Item Setting
I. Under the Favorites menu, click Edit Favorites.
II. Select the site under Quick Connect folder, right-click and then click Properties.
III. Go to the Connection dialog and change the Mode in the Data Connection section from Passive Mode (PASV) to Active Mode (PORT) or vice versa. Then, click OK.
The change is saved and active for future FTP sessions of this site.
NOTE: In case you are unable to connect via FTP, there maybe several factors responsible for it. Click here to know about them >>
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