Have just gotten a server from rackshack, 1gig ram 1000mhz 40gig hardrive with PLESK. I would like some one to admin this for a while, adding the mods which will setup subdomains etc on the fly.. also setup accounts on the fly. Good idea for people who apply to know php/mysql as well as be famillier with the RackShack servers.

I am not sure the going rate for this so if you could contact me on
AIM - GraphicalEdge
ICQ - 72251955
MSN - Kelser_@hotmail.com
Email - kelser@graphicaledge.com
PM me on the board
or simply respond to this message.

Thanks in advance.

Could you contact me too please! I have an Ensim server and also need help with the above

Thanks



Chris

btw know any do-it-urself guides on the net to do these yourself?

I've seen numerous requests for this sort of automation both here and on the RackShack forums. I plan to write a collection of PHP scripts that can handle account creation and other sundry sysadmin tasks, however I have no ETA on this.

If you want to get started immediately, you should keep a few things in mind:

You can interface with the psa either through the automatic creation utilities written by Plesk, or by directly calling the exec files located in the "/usr/local/psa/admin/bin" directory. In both cases you can achieve this through PHP using the exec() function, or backtick operator, ie:

$output = exec('/path/to/utilities/client.pl [command line options]');
$output = `/path/to/utilities/client.pl [command line options]`;

However since Plesk's exec files are restricted to the owner "root" and the group "psaadm", you must first give Apache the correct permissions to execute these files. You can do so in a fairly safe fashion by installing and configuring a utility called "sudo".

If none of this makes any sense to you, you should probably hire a programmer, one familiar with systems admin (most PHP programmers won't know jack about *nix). There's a guy named PaulC on the Plesk forums who seems to know this stuff like the back of his hand. I suggest you look him up.