Adding Allowed Hosts
To allow SiteBuilder users to publish their web sites, you should define the hosts to which publishing is allowed. These hosts are called 'allowed hosts' because sites created using the SiteBuilder Wizard can be published only to the specified hosts. All hosts to which publishing is allowed must be added to the general list of allowed hosts in the SiteBuilder database. Then, allowed hosts included into the general list should be assigned to particular business plans, sites, and reseller accounts. For sites and resellers, allowed hosts are defined during creation or editing plans and reseller account properties (about this, see the Managing Resellers and Managing Sites sections). This section describes how to add allowed hosts to the SiteBuilder database through the Remote Admin for SiteBuilder 2 module interface.
To manage allowed hosts and view the list of allowed hosts/IP ranges:
- On the SBM main page, click
Allowed Hosts. - On the Allowed Hosts management page, view the list of all hosts to which publishing is allowed. This list is retrieved from the SiteBuilder administration panel. All allowed hosts are organized in a list with the following columns:
- (S)tatus - Status of the host/range of IP addresses.
- The allowed host/IP range is deactivated. Publishing to this host/IP addresses is disabled. Click this icon to allow publishing sites to this host / IP range.
- The allowed host/IP range is activated. Publishing to this host / IP address is allowed. Click this icon to prohibit publishing to this host / IP range.
- Range - This column can contain the following values: '+' which denotes a range of IP hosts and '-' standing for a single host.
- Host name - Name of the host or the range of IP addresses. Click the host name in this column to edit the name.
- IP Address - Host IP address or the range of IP addresses
- Owner - The account under which this host was added
- Resellers - Number of resellers who have this host among their allowed hosts

To add new hosts to the SiteBuilder database:
- To add either a single host or a range of IP addresses, do one of the following:
- To add a single host, click Add Host.
- To add a range of IP addresses, click Add Range.
- On the next page, specify the host name, for example
mydomain.com
, a single IP address, or the range of IP addresses. Select the Active check box if you want this host or IP range to be activated immediately after it is added. - Click Save.
To edit the host name or the range of IP addresses:
- Click the name of the host or the range of IP addresses in the Host Name column.
- On the next page, type the new host name or the new values for IP addresses.
- Click Save. The new values will be applied.
To activate / deactivate hosts:
- Select the check box corresponding to the host you want to activate/deactivate. You can select several hosts at once.
- Click one of the following buttons below the list:
- Activate - to make deactivated host(s) active. Active hosts can be then added to site plans and assigned to reseller accounts.
- Deactivate - to deactivate active hosts. The host will be deactivated and publishing to this host will be unavailable. However, this host will remain in the database so that you can activate it later.
To delete a host or several hosts from the SiteBuilder database:
- Select the check box corresponding to the host you want to delete. You can select several hosts at once.
- Click Delete.
- In the confirmation dialog box, confirm the operation and click OK. The selected hosts will be deleted from the SiteBuilder database and from all plans and reseller accounts where it was used.
Note: When deleting or deactivating a host, make sure that the plans and reseller accounts that used this host have other hosts allowed for publishing sites. If you delete one host, publishing sites will be automatically redirected to the remaining hosts. If there are no other hosts assigned to a plan or reseller, publishing will be impossible after the last host is deleted.