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Is there any way to simplify the setup of user accounts?

If you are going to serve numerous users, you may want to create account configuration presets, referred to as client templates, that will simplify setting up user accounts.

The templates cover all resource usage allotments, permissions and limits that you can define for a user account.

To create a client template:

1. Login to your Virtuozzo Plesk Panel.

2. Click on the Clients shortcut.

3. Select Client Account Template.

4. Click Create Client Account Template.

5. The Create Template page will open.

Specify the template properties:

Template name. Specify a name for this template.
Access to control panel. Specify whether the user will be able to access the control panel for managing his or her account and sites.
Domain creation. Specify whether the user will be able to set up hosting accounts for new sites.
Physical hosting management. Specify whether the user will be able to set up hosting accounts, modify hosting account features and switch on or off support for programming and scripting languages.
Hosting performance management. Specify whether the user will be able to limit bandwidth usage and number of connections to his or her Web sites.
PHP safe mode management. Specify whether the user will be able to switch the PHP safe mode off for his or her sites. By default, PHP is configured to operate in safe mode with functional restrictions.
Management of shell access to server. Specify whether the user will be able to access the server shell through Secure Shell protocol and allow his or her own users to do so.
Hard disk quota assignment. Specify whether the user will be able to assign hard quotas on disk space for his or her own web sites and for web sites of his or her user.
Subdomains management. Specify whether the user will be able to set up additional sites under his or her domains and allow his or her users to do so.
Domain aliases management. Specify whether the user will be able to set up additional alternative domain names for his or her web sites and allow his or her users to do so.
Log rotation management. Specify whether the user will be able to adjust the cleanup and recycling of processed log files for his or her sites.
Anonymous FTP management. Specify whether the user will be able to have an FTP directory where all users could download and upload files without the need to enter login and password. A web site should reside on a dedicated IP address in order to use anonymous FTP service.
Task scheduling. Specify whether the user will be able to schedule tasks in the system. Scheduled tasks can be used for running scripts or utilities on schedule.
Domain limits adjustment. Specify whether the user will be able to adjust resource allotments for his or her account.
DNS zone management. Specify whether the user will be able to manage the DNS zones of his or her domains.
Java applications management. Specify whether the user will be able to install Java applications and applets on web sites through the control panel.
Mailing lists management. Specify whether the user will be able to use mailing lists provided by the GNU Mailman software.
Spam filter management. Specify whether the user will be able to use SpamAssassin spam filter and customize filtering settings.
Antivirus management. Specify whether the user will be able to use server-side antivirus protection for filtering incoming and outgoing mail.
Backup and restore functions. Specify whether the user will be able to use the control panel's facilities to back up and restore his or her sites.
User interface. Specify the type of user interface the user will be able to use - standard, desktop, or both.
Desktop management. Specify whether the customer will be able to customize his or her desktop interface.
Ability to use remote XML interface. Specify whether the user will be able to remotely manage his or her Web sites through custom applications.
Ability to select a database server. Specify whether the user will be able to select a database server of each type for creating his or her databases, not only use the default database server.
Maximum number of domains. Specify the total number of domain names/web sites your user will be able to host on the server. This includes web sites hosted on this server, and domain forwarders that point to web sites hosted on other servers. Domain aliases (additional domain names for a site hosted on this server) and subdomains are counted separately and are not limited by this resource type.
Maximum number of subdomains. Specify the total number of subdomains that the user will be able to host.
Maximum number of domain aliases. Specify the total number of additional alternative domain names that the user will be able to use for his or her web sites.
Disk space. Specify the total amount of disk space in megabytes that is allocated to the user.
Maximum amount of traffic. Specify the amount of data in megabytes that can be transferred from the user 's web sites during a month.
Maximum number of web users. Specify the total number of personal web pages that your user can host for other users under his or her domains.
Maximum number of databases. Specify the total number of databases that the user can host on the server.
Maximum number of mailboxes. Specify the total number of mailboxes that the user can host on the server.
Mailbox quota. Specify the amount of disk space in kilobytes that is allocated for storing e-mail messages and autoresponder attachment files to each mailbox in a domain.
Maximum number of mail forwarders. Specify the total number of mail forwarders that the user can set up.
Maximum number of mail autoresponders. Specify the total number of automatic responses that the user can set up.
Maximum number of mailing lists. Specify the total number of mailing lists that you user can host on the server. To provide users with mailing lists, you will need to install the GNU Mailman software.
Maximum number of Java applications. Specify the total number of Java applications or applets that can be hosted on the server.
Validity period. Specify the term for a hosting account.
IP address allocation. Specify the shared IP addresses that you wish to allocate to the user. If you wish to automatically provision dedicated IP addresses, select the Allocate exclusive IP addresses to client check box and specify the number of IP addresses that should be taken from your IP range and assigned to the customer.
Creation of a user account in Sitebuilder. To allow the customer to create and manage Web sites using Sitebuilder, select the Create a corresponding user account in Sitebuilder check box.