Web site administration

How to add a new site

All sites should be hosted on bar, so this is a description of how to add a site there.

1. create a corresponding directory in /www, eg:
   /www/www.domain.com
2. create a htdocs directory under the above , eg:
   /www/www.domain.com/htdocs
3. If the owner wants ftp access: add an ftp account for the site with the same group as the owning member, eg
   user domain, group bill, home dir /www/www.domain.com:
   useradd --comment www.domain.com --home /www/www.domain.com --groups "" --gid bill --shell /bin/false domain
echo domain >> /etc/vsftpd.user_list
   Set the password for the ftp account.
4. chown the directories above to the owning (shell or ftp) account and group, eg:
   chown -R domain.bill /www/www.domain.com
5. add the site to /etc/apache2/vhosts.d/username.conf as specified in HttpdConf^? (remember to disable PHP for non-members)
6. check the apache configuration:
   rcapache2 configtest
7. reload apache:
   rcapache2 reload
8. communicate the ftp password (if any) to the user in a sensible way (PGP, SMS, text file in home dir)

-- GeirAalberg - 10 Jan 2002
-- BjornHelgeMevik - 17 Nov 2005, 17 Jun 2006, 4 Oct 2008