H-Sphere Online Documentation

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H-Sphere 2.3.1 Patch 3    (Update Instructions)

For all customers using PayPal with jdk 1.3.1:
this patch fixes problem with not receiving confirmation of valid transactions and PayPal payments not showing in H-Sphere billing.

 

H-Sphere 2.3.1 Patch 2    (Update Instructions)

- system's sending empty email notifications to users fixed;
- KnowledgeBase bug fixed.

 

H-Sphere 2.3.1 Patch 1    (Upgrade Instructions | VPS Upgrade Instructions)

Features:

- Creating KnowledgeBase by resellers;
- Viewing read-only admin KnowledgeBase in reseller Control Panels;

Fixed:

- security vulnerability in DNS zone with "Shared SSL enabled";
- hiding servers assigned as global resources for a particular reseller plan in server alias list;
- VPS traffic and disk usage (see VPS Upgrade);

 

H-Sphere 2.3.1 Final    (Upgrade Instructions | VPS Upgrade Instructions)

Features:

- Virtual Private Servers
- Mail Domain Alias
- Inheriting Shared SSL by Resellers
- Suspending Debtors (configurable for all users and individuals)
- Admin Notes (available in account search results -> account ID link)
- Custom Jobs (available in account search results -> account ID link)
- .us, .ca, .info and .biz Domain Registration Support
- Content Move Tools for Windows Hosting
- Resource Recreation Manager (available in account search results)

Third Party Products:

- Urchin 4 Unix/Windows Server Support
- ASP Enterprise (MS SQL) Manager
- Site Toolbox
- Updated LinkPoint Libraries

Improvements:

- taxes are differentiated by country and state
- users are notified by e-mail when they are granted/rejected shell access
- users switching to dedicated IP are warned about DNS propagating downtime
- dbnames and usernames for all types of DBs are set up with unique prefix ID (up to 7 character), generated of usernames, e.g.: gooduse_dbname, goodu1_username
- servers assigned as global resources for a particular reseller plan are hidden from other plan resellers in server alias list
- ability to set name servers for VPS

Fixed:

- H-Sphere CP cross site scripting vulnerability
- trouble ticket mail collection
- client side validation
- chain certificates for resellers
- Enterprise System Info licence counter
- monthly revenue report
- knowlegdebase import
- security hole of viewing reports of another users
- resource removal when deleting reseller account
- billing resellers at old prices after they change plans
- assigning the same IP to users that simultaneously switch to dedicated IP
- redirecting URL for Windows based accounts
Virtual Private Servers:
- IP is assigned to new virtual ethernet devices, not to device aliases
- removing IP from virtual server
- adding new IP to VPS server without downtime

 

H-Sphere 2.3.1 RC 3    (Upgrade Instructions | VPS Upgrade Instructions)

New:
- users are notified by e-mail when they are granted / rejected shell access
- users are notified by e-mail on VPS initialization
- VPS disk space and traffic readings are truncated to the whole numbers
- users switching to dedicated IP are warned about DNS propagating downtime
- dbnames and usernames for all types of DBs are set up with unique prefix ID (up to 7 characters), generated of usernames, e.g.: gooduse_dbname, goodu1_username

Fixed:
- redirecting URL for Windows based accounts
- displaying proper numbers for free and used licenses on the Enterprise System Info page
- gathering log files for Urchin 4 statistics
- the account preview resource in admin plan wizard
- monthly revenue report
- hiding servers assigned as global resources for a particular reseller plan from other plan resellers in server alias list
- importing knowlegdebases

- complete resource removal when deleting reseller account

 

H-Sphere 2.3.1 RC 2    (Installation Instructions)

Fixed bugs:
- Billing resellers at old prices after they change plans
- Assigning the same IP to users that simultaneously switch to dedicated IP
- Security hole of viewing reports of another users

Features and Updates:
- Updated LinkPoint libraries
- Suspending debtors configurable by individual users (available in Search results -> username)
- VPS new features (upgrade instructions):
   1) User and group quota enabled in VPS;
   2) Disk, memory and processes limitations fixed;
   3) Smooth VPS start and stop;
   4) The /hsphere/shared/scripts/vps-list.pl script rendering the comprehensive information about existing VPS implemented;
   5) More stable and reliable work of VPS.

Fixed Update

 

H-Sphere 2.3 Patch 6    (Update Instructions)
- possibility to view reports of another users eliminated.

 

H-Sphere 2.3 Patch 5    (Update Instructions)
- H-Sphere CP cross site scripting vulnerability eliminated

 

H-Sphere 2.3.1 RC 1    (Update Instructions)
- H-Sphere CP cross site scripting vulnerability eliminated

 

H-Sphere 2.3 Patch 4    (Update Instructions)
- Interface language problem when choosing a country on the Control Panel fixed
- Max value is allowed for MS SQL DB Quota
- Mail Domain Alias problem fixed

 

H-Sphere 2.3.1 Beta 4    (Update Instructions)
- Suspending Debtors
- Admin notes (available in account search results -> account ID link)
- Custom jobs (available in account search results -> account ID link)
- Resource recreation manager (available in account search results)
- .us, .ca, .info and .biz domain registration support
- Content move tools for Windows hosting
- User db name prefixes to avoid identical database names across accounts

 

H-Sphere 2.3 Patch 3    (Update Instructions)

- Update to SiteStudio 1.6 RC2
- Mistakenly added mail domain alias interface entries removed from the H-Sphere
- Various validation problems fixed
- Displaying mail relays corrected
- Chain certificate fixed for Reseller CP SSL
- H-Sphere trouble ticket mail client improved.
- Link to change Shared IP to Dedicated not showing when MAX for IP is reached or 'dedicated' mode is disabled.

 

H-Sphere 2.3 Patch 2    (Update Instructions)

- Entering dynamic parameters in quota and usage warnings fixed
- Reading trouble ticket attachments fixed
- Deleting FTP sub-accounts on FreeBSD fixed
- Collecting traffic from two web servers on one box fixed
- Urchin3 checkbox in plan editor fixed
The patch doesn't include ProFTPd and CP server apache updates.

 

H-Sphere 2.3.1 Beta 3    (Update Instructions)

- Inheriting Shared SSL by Resellers (admin | reseller)
- Trouble Ticket mail collection fix
- More improvements to client side validation

 

H-Sphere 2.3.1 Beta 2    (Update Instructions)

- Improvements to Virtual Private Servers
- Urchin 4 Windows Server Support
- Taxes differentiated by country and state
- Improved client side validation (now works with all popular browsers)
- Improved mail domain aliases
- Fixes in chain certificates for resellers

 

H-Sphere 2.3.1 Beta 1    (Update Instructions)

Features:

- Virtual Private Servers
- Urchin 4
- Mail domain alias (experimental)
- MS SQL Manager
- Site Toolbox

 

H-Sphere 2.3 Patch 1    (Update Instructions)

Features:

- Home directory path moved from Plan wizards to logical servers page;

Bugfixes

- Several problems with migrating users between boxes fixed;
- Rlimit warning added into Plan Wizards/Editors;
- Localization added to 'Enlarge credit' and 'Add debit';
- Billing problem of several refunds on one recurrent fixed;
- Billing info removed from the Trial signup moderated form;
- Problem with removing migration task fixed;
- Problem with searching users by physical servers fixed;
- Real Server problem fixed;
- Problem with statistics missing in webalizer and modlogan fixed.

 

H-Sphere 2.3 Final

2.3 Final incorporates all new features and bugfixes of 2.3 release candidates including:

Features:

- Moving Virtual Hosting between servers within one H-Sphere cluster;
- Miva Empresa 4.02 and Miva Merchant 4.16 support;
- Securing reseller control panels with SSL;
- Disabling global resources, logical servers, reseller CP SSL and reseller DNS IP;
- Summary Disk Usage;
- Domain Registrar Manager;
- Enhanced Account Search by logical/physical servers, reseller disk usage/traffic, disk usage, CC processing errors, IPs.
- Series of Trouble Ticket System New Features;
- Knowledgebase to Enhance Customer Support Services;
- New mail resources: Mailing List Trailer, Mail Autoresponder;
- Added Support of mail resources with identical names.
- Online Payment Providers support added: WorldPay, PayPal, 2CheckOut.
- New Merchant Gateways: PayFlow Pro (with SSL), Skipjack, Plug'n Pay, AuthorizeNet(Sim), IonGate, Surepay.
- Handling CC Charge Request Failures.
- Moderation of Problem CC Signups;
- E-mail Notifications About Trial Signup Moderation;
- Mass Mail Spellcheck;
- Enabled viewing Log Files from CP;
- DNS logical server role assigment changed from random to comparing;
- DNS servers usage expanded with assigning DNS logical servers for resellers;
- New phpBB version 2.0.4;
- WebShell update to version 3;
- New osCommerce version 2.2-MS1;
- PHP version 4.3 update for webservers;
- Reseller plans included into Compare Plans utility;
- Ability to change plan from moderate signup section;
- Signup with 5 affiliate program links;
- Quick access for admin plans;
- Improved Plans screen design.

Major bugfixes and improvements:

- Number localization problems with registrar/ reseller prices and credit limit in plan wizards fixed;
- PayPal localization fixed;
- Locale settings of reseller and system default languages, system number and currency format improved;
- Problem with resetting Free Disk Usage value to 0 after editing with Plan Edit Wizard fixed;
- Free Reseller CP SSL IP and Taken Reseller CP SSL IP added to IP Address Report;
- Parameter allowing PHP to store sessions in database is added to the configure.php;
- Redundant moderation warnings removed from trial accounts moderated signup;
- Nomenu admin interface improved;
- Problem with Reseller traffic in Reseller Plan Wizard fixed;
- Cache memory allocation optimized;
- Billing synchronization improved;
- Problem with attempts to create resources on non-existing servers fixed;
- NAT support of external IPs in reseller admin panel improved;
- Moving users between resellers improved;
- Suspending and resuming features improved;
- Accounting error messages delivery corrected;
- Usage Loader optimized;
- Zero bill entry added to separate log to save history;
- SiteStudio fixed to use customer's real domain when instant alias is disabled;
- Critical resources set as mandatory and can't be disabled;
- Source code optimized in Domain Registration Manager;
- Suspend reason form improved;
- Error tracking and messaging improved in Enom and OpenSRS;
- Charging resellers setup fees for end user resources when Free value isn't set or set to zero in reseller's plans fixed;
- DB usage script checking PostgreSQL and MySQL in the box improved;
- Deleting accounts from moderate signup within reseller account corrected;
- Reseller CP made accessible at the default URL after changing reseller CP URL during DNS update;
- Including reseller traffic and disk usage resources fixed in reseller plan wizards;
- Message added to inform real domain users about domain propagation period if the Instant access domain alias is off;
- Error fixed in Urchin License Manager;
- Mail&DNS plan removed and MailOnly plan enhanced with service domain, domain alias and database support;
- MS SQL transaction log percentage and database size increased.


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See also

User Guide
Admin Guide
Sysadmin Guide
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