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* [[Sagamore Hills PTA website|Website]] hosting
* [[Sagamore Hills PTA website|Website]] hosting


Dreamhost use was initiated 2011-07 by [mailto:vkornylak@gmail.com Vera Kornylak].
There are various accounts associated with their service:


==Accounts==
;Dreamhost User
: Used to access any Dreamhost service (or "login to Dreamhost"), can access multiple Dreamhost Accounts (vkornylak@gmail.com)
;Dreamhost Account
: Collection of billing information and Dreamhost service plans, can be accessed by multiple Dreamhost Users (#1166210 "Vera's Account")
;Server
: For ftp/ssh access, can host multiple domains/websites (but multiple Server Accounts cannot manage the same domain/website) (verkor (on server nair-al-saif))
;Database
: A single account can access multiple databases (Wordpress requires a database) (sagamorehillspta)
;Wordpress
: A Wordpress installation has it's own accounts allowing fine grained access to its features (admin)
;Log
: Website-access statistics (sagamore)


There are various accounts the PTA and its volunteers hold with Dreamhost.
Dreamhost use was initiated 2011-07 by [mailto:vkornylak@gmail.com Vera Kornylak].

===Dreamhost Account===

A ''Dreamhost Account'' is a collection of billing information and Dreamhost service plans. Multiple [[#Dreamhost User|Dreamhost Users]] can be granted various privileges on the account, such as the ability to modify billing information and service plans or add/remove websites.

The PTA's account is, '''#1166210 "Vera's Account"''', to which the following have some amount of access.

;[mailto:vkornylak@gmail.com Vera Kornylak]
: Can do anything (and the only one who does billing), established 2011-07
;[mailto:dave@1.0ne.org Dave Barker]
: Can do everything (add/remove websites) except billing (or change service plans), established 2013-02

===Dreamhost User===

A ''Dreamhost user account'', or [http://wiki.dreamhost.com/DreamHost_Web_ID Dreamhost Web ID], is needed to manage Dreamhost services (it allows you to "[https://panel.dreamhost.com/ login to Dreamhost]"). Each individual that needs to work at this level should have their own so they can be added and removed from the PTA's [[#Dreamhost Account|Dreamhost Account]].

===Server===

''Server accounts'' are on the actual machine hosting services (such as a website). Probably not needed unless ftp/ssh access is needed. The same account can host multiple domains/websites (but multiple server accounts cannot manage the same domain/website).

The only server account is: '''verkor''' (on server <code>nair-al-saif</code>).

===Wordpress===

See [[Sagamore Hills PTA website|the Sagamore Hills PTA website page]].

===Database===

''Database accounts'' are used to access a [https://dev.mysql.com/ MySQL database], like for [[Sagamore Hills PTA website|Wordpress' use]].

===Log===

The ''log account'' is used to view website-access statistics. See [[Sagamore Hills PTA website|the Sagamore Hills PTA website page]].


[[Category:Sagamore Hills PTA]]

Revision as of 01:42, 2 February 2013

The Sagamore Hills PTA uses Dreamhost for the following services:

Dreamhost use was initiated 2011-07 by Vera Kornylak.

Accounts

There are various accounts the PTA and its volunteers hold with Dreamhost.

Dreamhost Account

A Dreamhost Account is a collection of billing information and Dreamhost service plans. Multiple Dreamhost Users can be granted various privileges on the account, such as the ability to modify billing information and service plans or add/remove websites.

The PTA's account is, #1166210 "Vera's Account", to which the following have some amount of access.

Vera Kornylak
Can do anything (and the only one who does billing), established 2011-07
Dave Barker
Can do everything (add/remove websites) except billing (or change service plans), established 2013-02

Dreamhost User

A Dreamhost user account, or Dreamhost Web ID, is needed to manage Dreamhost services (it allows you to "login to Dreamhost"). Each individual that needs to work at this level should have their own so they can be added and removed from the PTA's Dreamhost Account.

Server

Server accounts are on the actual machine hosting services (such as a website). Probably not needed unless ftp/ssh access is needed. The same account can host multiple domains/websites (but multiple server accounts cannot manage the same domain/website).

The only server account is: verkor (on server nair-al-saif).

Wordpress

See the Sagamore Hills PTA website page.

Database

Database accounts are used to access a MySQL database, like for Wordpress' use.

Log

The log account is used to view website-access statistics. See the Sagamore Hills PTA website page.