I've bought VPS Hosting, how do i set it up?

[tigaruk]

I've previously used shared hosting elsewhere but my sites have gotten big enough to need VPS Hosting. I've bought VPS Hosting here but its a bit more complex than shared hosting. Where do i even begin? I've managed to log in to the server and create a cpanel account which is what im familiar with but what else do i need to do to make sure everything works fine? I understand cpanel mostly and how to do stuff in that, but is there anything i need to do outside of that in the other admin area?

[tigaruk]

Also do i need to setup a new cpanel for each website i want to add? On shared hosting i just used addon domains to have multiple domains from one cpanel but i can't seem to do that here.

[suwunk]

Here are some tutorials and knowledge base on VPS
Getting Started with Linux VPS (http://myhosting.com/kb/Getting_Started_with_Linux_VPS)
Getting Started with Windows VPS (http://myhosting.com/kb/index.php?title=Getting_Started_with_Windows_VPS)

Video tutorials on VPS
VPS Guide to Hosting | myhosting.com (http://myhosting.com/vps-guide/default.aspx#demo-tutorials)
Adding a domain to onCloud is simple. https://manage.myhosting.com/ > All Domains > Add Existing Domain

You don't have to setup a new cpanel for each of your website.
How to create an add-on domain in cPanel for VPS (RV Skin Blue) (http://myhosting.com/kb/Creating_an_Add-on_Domain_%28RV_Skin_Blue%29)

Hope these helps!!

Cheers

[jeremya]

I've previously used shared hosting elsewhere but my sites have gotten big enough to need VPS Hosting. I've bought VPS Hosting here but its a bit more complex than shared hosting. Where do i even begin? I've managed to log in to the server and create a cpanel account which is what im familiar with but what else do i need to do to make sure everything works fine? I understand cpanel mostly and how to do stuff in that, but is there anything i need to do outside of that in the other admin area?

With cPanel/WHM there are DNS considerations to be had, but we fully document the recommended method at http://myhosting.com/kb/Getting_Started_with_Linux_VPS#Getting_started_wit h_cPanel.2FWHM_on_your_Linux_VPS. Once you have created nameservers, every domain you setup just needs to point to those new nameservers and created in cPanel and you're good to go!

-Jeremy

[peleus]

Hi tigaruk. I would suggest using Linux (CentOS). It will be a huge headache money wise when using Windows. You have to pay for every feature/service you want to implement. https://imagicon.info/cat/15-33/smile.png

[tigaruk]

Thanks, im slowly getting everything sorted now. One final question for the moment, do i need to do anything to set up webmail? I keep reading stuff about setting up my own mail server but i only want to use webmail through cpanel like i've done with shared hosting before. Can i just create an email account and away i go or is there other stuff i need to do first?

[suwunk]

Here's a complete tutorial on how to add an e-mail, access webmail, configure e-mail client, etc.
http://myhosting.com/vps-guide/cpanel/CPanel_setup_email_accounts.pdf

[tigaruk]

Thanks, thats exactly what i was hoping for.