Can I add new features that are not implemented in H-Sphere?

We provide open API to a few modules that can be used to add your own classes. For example, you can create your own CC processor by subclassing the Merchant gateway class.

How can you help me if I choose to add a product which is not supported by H-Sphere?
If you choose to add support to any of unsupported products, such as servlets or JSP, you would have to do it by yourself at your own risk. We can tell you whether or not this installation will mess with H-Sphere if you tell us what this installation will take in your specific case. This means, we would need from you a step-by-step plan of what exactly you are going to do to your system in respect to this installation.

What Operating Systems does H-Sphere support?

Operating System – CP, Web, Mail, DNS, SQL
RedHat Linux 7.2, 7.3 – Web, Mail, DNS, SQL;
RedHat Enterprise Linux up to v.3.0 (ES/WS/AS) – – Web, Mail, DNS, SQL;
FreeBSD 4.8 and 4.9 – Web, Mail, DNS, SQL;
Windows 2000 and 2003 – Web.

What web server does H-Sphere use?

H-Sphere uses Apache on Unix platforms, and IIS on Win2000 platform.

What servlet runner does the control panel use?

H-Sphere 2.3.x and lower runs on JServ. H-Sphere 2.4 and higher runs on Tomcat.

Which databases does H-Sphere work with?

H-Sphere has been tested on PostgreSQL, Oracle, and MS SQL. We are planning to add support for Informix. The recommended server is PostgreSQL.

In H-Sphere can the domain manager create an e-mail account for his employee?

Yes. The webmail interface is available outside the control panel, so the employee can independently go to the URL of the mail server and log straight into his email account.

Can I hide parts of control panel?

Some of the parts are hidden automatically, if a user does not have access to them. The rest can be hidden by template customization and menu customization.

Is H-Sphere also provide the data and transaction security ?

H-Sphere ensures data and transaction security at all levels, including:
– Site performance under site owner (both Unix and Windows);
– SSL / shared SSL certificate support for individual domains;
– SSL encryption for the entire control panel.

Can H-Sphere be installed on one computer?

Yes. In the future you may come to the point when you will want to add more computers, and H-Sphere will allow you to expand your system painlessly.

What’s the minimum computer configuration that you can install H-Sphere to?

You can begin with Pentium II, 200MHz, 512RAM.

there any special partitioning requirements?

create at least two partitions, because H-Sphere web box requires userquota feature enabled, and it is recommended to keep user disk quota feature on a partition other than the root.

I have a big partition I want to use for H-Sphere among other things. What do I do?

You should create the H-Sphere directory in the place you want to store H-Sphere files, and create a symlink to it in the root. For example:

mkdir -p /home/hsphere

ln -s /home/H-Sphere /hsphere

What are H-Sphere hardware requirements?

H-Sphere can be installed on any number of computers. A minimum configuration can be installed on one box, but more is recommended.

Hardware

If you are going to install H-Sphere to only one computer, make sure it is at least Pentium II, 200MHz, 512RAM, 1GB HDD free. This will allow to host only a small number of customers. Adding SiteStudio will require at least 500MHz CPU and 512 RAM.

Other Requirements

• Full control of DNS, mail, web and other hosting servers is a must while installation and testing.
• H-Sphere can be installed only on public IPs.
• You will also need a Full Access account at OpenSRS to provide domain registration services.

To accept credit cards in real-time, you will need an account and gateway access through one of the supported merchant gateways.

Can H-Sphere control NT box?

Win2000 is supported. NT4.0 and older versions are not supported.

Can H-Sphere control panel be installed on Win2000?

No, Win2000 can be used only for web servers

Do I need Win2000 box to run H-Sphere?