Linux VPS - Enhanced Features

Apache Web Server

With this release, Apache Web server 2.x continues as a pre-installed core service included with your account. Web server and Web Server Modules are provided by the Apache Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Server (http://httpd.apache.org/). With this release support for HTTP is enhanced to include Secure HTTP (HTTPS). Further, HTTP/HTTPS supports your optional usage of multiple IP addresses per server account. With this release, the mod_php and mod_perl Apache HTTP modules are also pre-installed on your account by default.

Customer Documentation

In addition to this document, the Linux VPS Technical Overview, Linux VPS Getting Started Guide, Linux VPS 3.0 User's Guide and Linux VPS frequently-asked questions (FAQ) are available on the Web. Refer to the Linux VPS 3.0 User's Guide for "Notices and Documentation Conventions."

FTP

This release continues to support the following File Transfer Protocol (FTP) features:

FTP server (ProFTPd)
Anonymous FTP access
Unlimited FTP users

FTP server features are offered by continuing to support proFTPD (http://www.proftpd.org/) software. The software is maintained by the ProFTPD Project under the terms of the Gnu Public License (GPL). With this release, support for FTP is enhanced to include Secure FTP (S-FTP). Secure FTP is offered by introducing support for OpenSSH (http://www.openssh.com/) is developed and maintained by the OpenBSD Project. The software is distributed under the terms of the OpenBSD license.

IP Addresses

With this release, your account continues to support a single, dedicated IP address (IPv4) as well as a host name. In addition, however, this release supports a fee-based, optional Multiple IP address service (also IPv4). There is a maximum number of optional IP addresses you can purchase based on the type of Linux VPS account:

Linux VPS Basic: Add four (4) additional IP addresses for a total of five (5).
Linux VPS Pro: Add nine (9) additional IP addresses for a total of ten (10).
Linux VPS Pro Plus: Add nineteen (19) additional IP addresses for a total twenty (20).

Java

For Linux VPS Pro Plus only, this release continues to provide default, pre-installed support for Java Platform, Standard Edition (also known as Java 2 Platform). In particular, this release enhances support for the following technologies and packages:

J2SE Software Development Kit (SDK)
Java Servlet Technology
Java Server Pages (JSP) Technology
Tomcat Java Servlets

J2SE SDK is maintained by the Sun Developer Network (http://java.sun.com/javase/technologies/core/index.jsp) and is distributed under the terms of Sun Microsystems, Inc. Your account utilizes Tomcat (http://tomcat.apache.org/) to provide Java Servlet Technology and Java Server Pages Technologies. Tomcat is maintained by the Apache Software Foundation, developed under the terms of the Java Community Process, and is distributed under the terms of the Apache Software Foundation.

This release enhances support for the Java 2 Platform by providing custom installation scripts (vinstall) and uninstallation scripts (vuninstall).

Note: Many Java applications consume significant CPU and memory resources and may not be appropriate for use on a VPS. For more, see "Linux VPS and Java Applications" on page 11.

Mailing List Package

This release enhances the following mailing list package features:

Majordomo (http://www.greatcircle.com/majordomo/).
FML (http://www.fml.org/).
Mailman (http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/index.html).

These features now include custom installation scripts. The previous release supports the features but relies upon RPM for installation and configuration tasks.

Memory

Memory limits are enhanced for this release, as follows:

Linux VPS Basic - 128 MB (512 MB burstable)
Linux VPS Pro - 256 MB (1GB burstable)
Linux VPS Pro Plus - 512 MB (1.5 burstable)

MySQL

MySQL (http://www.mysql.com/) continues to provide an open source database. This release also provides a set of custom installation scripts for the database.

Namazu

With this release, Namazu (http://www.namazu.org/) continues to provide a full-text search engine.

Open Webmail

With this release, support for the Open Webmail system (http://openwebmail.org/) includes a custom installation utility.

PHP

With this release, PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor or PHP (http://www.php.net/) continues to provide a general-purpose scripting language. This release provides a set of custom installation scripts you can use to install, configure, and uninstall the language.

Podcasting

Support for storage, distribution, and exchange of multimedia files (podcasting) continues with this release. In addition, podcasting is now included in the configuration options presented through the CPX: Control Panel.

Procmail

With this release you can use a custom installation script (vinstall) to install Procmail (http://www.procmail.org/). The software provides mail processing and mailing list suites. This release does not include a custom script to automate the removal of the suite from your account.

SpamAssassin

SpamAssassin (http://spamassassin.apache.org/) provides a mail filter which attempts to identify spam. The filter is maintained by the Apache SpamAssassin Project and distributed under the terms of the Apache Software Foundation. With this release, support for the filter is enhanced to include an installation script (vinstall) as well as an uninstall script (vuninstall). SpamAssassin is an important additional feature of your account. It is not pre-installed by default.

SSL

This release continues to provide privacy and encryption by means of support for the Secure Sockets Layer or SSL protocol (http://www.apache-ssl.org/). And with this release, SSL features are enhanced to include default multiple, private SSL certificates and SSL email encryption.

Vinstall Utility

This release enhances support for custom installation scripts. Use the vinstall utility to add the following additional programs and packages:

Accrisoft
ClamAV
FormMail
Java SDK
Mailman
MySQL
Open Webmail
Postgres
PHP
PHPMyAdmin
ShopSite
SpamAssassin
SquirrelMail
Swish-E
Tomcat Java Servlet
Urchin
Webalizer
WordPress
Zend Optimizer

Note: Many Java applications consume significant CPU and memory resources and may not be appropriate for use on a VPS. For more, see "Linux VPS and Java Applications" on page 11.

WordPress

With this release support for the WordPress (http://wordpress.org/) personal publishing platform is enhanced to include a set of custom installation scripts. You can now use the scripts to more effectively install, configure, and/or uninstall the platform.