More VPS newb questions...

[Mikalee]

I'm trying to use a new VPS account for a first time and I have some (very) basic questions...

Do I need to create a domain/account via the CP before being able to upload a site? Or can I just use the IP as the 'main' site and just stick my files into the www folder?

I guess that's the first/most important question right now...thanks in advance.

Mike

[Stoffer]

Do I need to create a domain/account via the CP before being able to upload a site? Or can I just use the IP as the 'main' site and just stick my files into the www folder?

From one newbie to another: As long as your webserver is running you can just upload the files to the www folder and you'll be 'alive' on the web using your IP. (I don't use a CP, however, so I cannot help you on this part).

[JPC-Les]

Hi Mike,
You could just upload your files to your www or htdocs directories depending on your Control panel. For the sake of organization it may be better to just create the domain in the CP first, especially if you plan to add more domains later. But as Vin would say "It's your bowl of rice" and the CP police won't knock your door down if you do either way.

[andy_woz]

Hi Mike,
You could just upload your files to your www or htdocs directories depending on your Control panel. For the sake of organization it may be better to just create the domain in the CP first, especially if you plan to add more domains later. But as Vin would say "It's your bowl of rice" and the CP police won't knock your door down if you do either way.

Hi Guys, I have a couple of questions along these lines.
So ok for organizational reasons it may be a good idea to set up an account for yourself in your VPS rather than use the root www directory. If you plan an e-commerce site and will require SSL as I understand it, you require a unique IP address. Should you then make your account an IP account?

The other question I have is this. After setting up an account when connecting via FTP that user seems to be able to view the main root directory. So when I login via FTP I can go back through /home/username and see all the directories. This is a bit (understatement) of a security risk if you add other accounts, how do you limit new account access to just their root folder and not the main root folder?

Thanks a million,

Andy

[franco]

another additional question, how many average web hosting users do a 512mb vps can handle if it is used as web hosting provider. thx

[jason]

I can't answer your account creation questions, as I don't ahve a VPS setup myself.

As for your question about accounts, there is no hard value. It all depends on what you're clients are doing with their accounts. If you only have static html sites that don't get too many hits then you could probably host 100 or more sites without a problem. On the otherhard, if your sites are database intensive, receive a lot of traffic, or do any kind of complex scripting (like image manipulation, for example) then the number of sites you'll be able to host will drop drastically. Some sites are even large enough that a single VPS instance may be able to handle that site and nothing else.

You kind of have to play it by ear. Monitor your VPS usage and, when you start to notice things getting a little slow, figure its time for a new VPS.

--Jason