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Home Directory (web root)

• Create web root in "D:\websites" by creating a directory, use the domain name for the name (without the extension)
• Copy file "default.asp" from "D:\websites\hyve" directory into the web root you just created

Security settings

• Right-click "My Computer" and choose "Manage"
• Click "Local users and groups"
• Right-click on "Users" and choose "New user"
• Add details from OM
  • User name = Username
  • Full name = Domain name
  • Description = Primary Contact
  • Password = Password
• Un-check "User must change password at next logon"
• Check "User cannot change password
• Check "Password never expeires"
• Click "Create"
• Click "Close"

• Double-click the user you just created to launch the "Properties" dialogue
• Click the "Terminal Services Profile" tab
• Check "Deny this user permission to log on to any Terminal Server" (at the bottom of the dialogue)
• Click the "Environment" tab
• Un-check all "Client devices"
• Click the "Sessions" tab
• Set all 3 drop downs to 1 minute
• Under option "When a session limit is reached or connection is broken:", select "End session"
• Under option "Allow reconnection:", select "From originating client only"
• Click "OK"

• Go to "D:\websites", right-click on the web root directory and choose "Properties"
• Click on the "Security" tab and click "Add"
• Type the user name of the user you just created (or select it by clicking "Advanced", then clicking "Find Now" and double-click it from the list)
• Click "OK"
• Select the user from the "Group or user names" pane
• From the "Permissions" pane, check "Modify" under the "Allow" column
• Click "OK"

IIS setup

• Launch IIS
• Expand tree, right-click on "Web Sites" and choose "New", then "New website..." to start the wizard
  • Click "Next"
  • Description = domain without "www", click "Next"
  • Select the relevant shared IP from the list (shared IP on ICE is 66.70.72.233)
  • TCP = 80
  • Host header = domain without "www" (very important to put this in), click "Next"
  • Browse to the home directory (web root) in "D:\websites..."
  • Leave "Allow anonymous access to this Web site" checked, click "Next"
  • Check "Run scripts (such as ASP)"
  • Click "Next"
  • Click "Finish" to finish the wizard

Add host headers

• Right click site and choose "Properties"
• Click "Web site" tab and then click "Advanced..."
• Click "Add..." to add a host header for to include the "www"
• Choose relevant IP
• Enter "80" for "TCP port"
• Enter domain with "www." (e.g. www.domainname.xxx)
• Add another host header for preview URL (Jake has configured *.myhyve.com to point to IP 66.70.72.233)
• Select IP > port 80 > add subdomain "domainname.myhyve.com" (e.g. peterjmorgan.myhyve.com)
• Click "OK"
• Click "Apply"
• Click "OK"

Set up FTP site

• Expand "FTP Sites" then expand "Upload"
• Right-click on "Upload" and choose "New", then "Vitrual Directory..." to start the wizard
  • Click "Next"
  • Alias = "Username" from OM, click "Next"
  • Browse to the home directory (web root) in "D:\websites...", click "Next"
  • Check "Read" and "Write", click "Next"
  • Click "Finish" to finish the wizard

DNS

• Go to OM and click on "DNS Email" in "Emails" column for the relevant plan
• Alter the DNS request by removing the "lists" and "mssql" records
• Replace the value for the "webmail.domainname IN A" record with "217.72.243.180"
• Replace the value for the "domainname IN MX 20" record with "storm.hyve.com"
• Launch "MyDataPipe" site and create ticket for the DNS request

Send set-up email from OM