ZackL Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 Suggestion if it's not already possible. Not sure if this the right place for this topic too. Is it possible to add server types via a plugin for managing a server and creating accounts? Obviously the implementation of the API would be up to me, but still. My end goal/use case would be to manage sub-directories of a domain on a Linux server with a disk quota for the directory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haku2 Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 On 6/8/2016 at 11:41 PM, ZackL said: Suggestion if it's not already possible. Not sure if this the right place for this topic too. Is it possible to add server types via a plugin for managing a server and creating accounts? Obviously the implementation of the API would be up to me, but still. My end goal/use case would be to manage sub-directories of a domain on a Linux server with a disk quota for the directory. @ZackL, I'm a bit unsure of what your suggestion is as simply assigning sub-directories to users, while definitely possible with custom code, is very insecure without a proper isolation platform/software in place. Without each individual directory being properly virtualized or jailed, there's too many possibilities that your clients or your clients' visitors can execute dangerous commands or access system (or another user's) files through PHP, CGI, SSI, Perl or Shell files, htaccess, FTP, or whatever else you're making available to them. And, I don't think there's a clean way of enforcing disk quotas without using a kernel module or custom daemon running in the background. I'm not against your suggestion or advising against it, but I believe these are some important points to keep in mind when devising a custom hosting solution. However, putting what I said aside, I do believe that IPS should invest some time in implementing support for the many other popular hosting control panel solutions available on the market today. It's a bit disappointing to see that there so many other hosting solutions besides cPanel, whether it be for webhosting, general game hosting, specific game hosting, VoIP hosting, and that cPanel is the only hosting solution IPS is officially supporting. I could understand if this was the case if IPS only just finished implementing cPanel support, but it's been quite a while now. I'm not saying IPS should go wild and implement support for every hosting solution out there, but IPS should at least implement support for four other popular ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZackL Posted June 11, 2016 Author Share Posted June 11, 2016 My use case is entirely specific to me. All I was suggesting was an API for adding support for custom/different hosting control panels other than WHM/cPanel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Management Lindy Posted June 13, 2016 Management Share Posted June 13, 2016 The cPanel functionality is just a gateway, you're able to add your own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZackL Posted June 14, 2016 Author Share Posted June 14, 2016 18 hours ago, Lindy said: The cPanel functionality is just a gateway, you're able to add your own. Is there documentation on modifying/duplicating this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZackL Posted June 17, 2016 Author Share Posted June 17, 2016 ...no response? :'( At this point I'd be happy for a tutorial/documentation on how to have a hosting product be FTP only on a WHM server. Even if it requires programming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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