[GLLUG] web hosting control

[Michael Watters]

Mike Rambo wrote:

>
> We already have: www.lansingschools.net
>                  bingham.lansingschools.net
>                  wexford.lansingschools.net
>
> ...and about 40 others. We (the IT dept) have set up all the master 
> domains (apache virtual servers). What we're looking for is a way to 
> hand off additional subdomain creation -
>
> say wexford.lansingschools.net/~firstgrade
>     wexford.lansingschools.net/~secondgrade
>
> - to the folks at wexford. We want them to be be able to deploy (open 
> up a url in a web browser and tell apache/mysql what they need) those 
> subdomains as they need. This would also include them being able to 
> create mysql tables to go along with the web pages. We want to limit 
> each building to their own sandbox but give them full control over 
> that sandbox. We have phpmyadmin that can do this for mysql but I'm 
> not aware of any tool for apache that does the same. I'm sure webmin 
> can create virtual servers but I don't believe it can limit sexton to 
> their thing and wexford to their thing etc. Plus it would be nice to 
> have it all in one tool.
>
> I think what we're looking for is something like what ISP's would use 
> to permit subscribers to manage their webspace etc.
>
>
Cpanel would work just fine for this, even though it's probably 
overkill.  You can also use Webmin along with Virtualmin which lets you 
set up virtual servers that all have their own administrative login.

Depending on the level of complexity you want, you could also set up a 
vserver for each school.  Projects such as Xen or linux-vserver would 
let you do that.