Setting up your TeraScape Account

This page is to explain some of the functionality of your new control panel as well as to answer some common "first-time use" questions.

Download the PDF Instructions at the bottom of the site.

First, access.

If you already have a domain name registered, to direct it to our servers, change the DNS Nameservers to:

• NS.TERASCAPE.NET
• NS2.TERASCAPE.NET

CP URL: http://cp.terascape.net:8080
You may also login through our homepage.

Username: YourUsername
Password: AssignedPassword

Setting up Email:

Click on the "e-mail" icon in your control panel. This is where you set up your email addresses. Enter in the information, and be sure to check "Anti-Spam" and "Anti-virus". TeraScape Servers come stocked with SpamAssassin to take care of a good number of blatant, unwanted spam & viruses. See http://spamassassin.apache.org for more information. You can also adjust the strength of SpamAssassin.

About mailbox size, our accounts are set up to use maximum space for your site needs. This means, if you signed up for one gigabyte of space, your site, databases & email addresses (each) are alloted one-gigabyte of space. You can customize the space allotted for each email address, or leave as is.

Once you set up your email, you can use these two webmail addresses:

http://email.terascape.net
http://email2.terascape.net (This one allows for individual password changes through webmail.)

For Outlook, Outlook Express, Evolution or Mozilla Thunderbird, the settings are as follows:

• Username: youremail@yourdomain.com (full email address)
• Password: password you entered
• POP: mail.yourdomain.com
• SMTP: mail.yourdomain.com

This works for other POP clients as well; i.e. Yahoo's, Hotmail's or Gmail's pop mail checker.

Accessing your site & Uploading Files:

You can use any FTP client to upload to your site, as well as the server's built-in File Manager. On the control panel, under "Tools", you'll find the File Manager. This allows you to upload or archive what you have already uploaded. It's also handy to execute .tar.gz files (downloaded CMS, PHP programs & such).

Remember, TeraScape uses Linux as it's operating system. Microsoft databases or .asp.net applications will not function. PHP is far more secure and advanced, and is the standard of some of the biggest, best websites out there.

For FTP:

This information is for wsFTP, Dreamweaver, other ftp or site building clients.
login: your control panel login (in lowercase letters)
pass: your password
server: web.terascape.net

Other Tools:

Under "Webserver", you'll find an icon called "FrontPage Extensions" there as well. This does NOT give your account .asp usability. It only allows you to connect via Microsoft FrontPage.

Database Management is found under "Databases". Most PHP applications, like Joomla, Drupal, phpBB & such use Databases. Use this to create your database and give yourself Admin privileges for installation purposes.

Again, welcome to TeraScape. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask!