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**Niks007** · #1 (**permalink**) 16-08-2007, 15:09

hi...
i have windows hosting reseller plan,

when ever i access the control panel like
https://domainname.com:8443

the IE7 gives a certificate error it shows that it is not recommended to continue with this website as its certificate is invalid. and this is the error.

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There is a problem with this website's security certificate.

The security certificate presented by this website was not issued by a trusted certificate authority.
The security certificate presented by this website was issued for a different website's address.

Security certificate problems may indicate an attempt to fool you or intercept any data you send to the server.
We recommend that you close this webpage and do not continue to this website.
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i have also noticed that this plesk cntrol panel is very slow in access is it due to the design of control panel or due to server issue.

2) i have one more query how i can check the disk space used by each folder in the website using pleask control panel.

3) what space is counted. in my previous hosting company the space utilised on disk is counted but i guess here the allocated space is counted which is not sutable. as in fact we are not using that much space. many websites only occupy few MB space and as a reseller we do allocate then 50MB or 100 MB space.
if only 5 mb space is used ten 95 mb will be wasted.

Nishant

**esnail** · #2 (**permalink**) 16-08-2007, 19:13

I always get this - and I always got it with Plesk on another hosting provider - dunno why but it seems to be something to do with the plesk certificates - I'd be interested to know of any solution to this too.

**WelshTom** · #3 (**permalink**) 16-08-2007, 19:57

Try logging into Plesk using the server root domain or IP address

Edit: Ignore above, look for the Certificate Authority, you may need to install their root certificate

**flesso** · #4 (**permalink**) 16-08-2007, 20:00

The certificate used for Plesk is the default one which is automatically installed. It comes up with the error because it is self signed by SWSoft. There is nothing to worry about as this happens with ever Plesk installation there is; your data is still encrypted when it is transferred.

**DPS Computing** · #5 (**permalink**) 16-08-2007, 20:58

Don't worry about the error - this occurs due to the fact the IP of the server is used on the certificate rather than each individual domain name.

**eUK-Martin** · #6 (**permalink**) 17-08-2007, 10:44

I have answered this problem so many times in these years but I don't mind explaining it again & again

I would also like to mention that this not the problem with Plesk but you will get this warning even if you access the secure cPanel ports that is 2083 and 2087.

Ok here is how its:

Control panels assign a certificate to the hostname of the server and they are self assigned certificates and not from the an authorized company. However even if you install the certificate you will still get a warning because we are use to access the control panel either with the domain or the IP address but never with the hostname.

As Flesso & David said.. there is nothing to worry about the warning since the data is still encrypted.

**Niks007** · #7 (**permalink**) 17-08-2007, 19:11

Hi...

Thanks for the reply i can understand about the certificate issue. and want to thank you all my two questions are still un answard i wish that can be answared too

1) i have also noticed that this plesk cntrol panel is very slow in access is it due to the design of control panel or due to server issue. (Cpanel or helm are much faster.)

2) what space is counted. in my previous hosting company the space utilised on disk is counted but i guess here the allocated space is counted which is not sutable. as in fact we are not using that much space. many websites only occupy few MB space and as a reseller we do allocate then 50MB or 100 MB space.
if only 5 mb space is used ten 95 mb will be wasted.

Nishant

**WelshTom** · #8 (**permalink**) 17-08-2007, 20:17

If you have access to the cPanel and WHM or Plesk certificates, (I.E a VPS or dedicated server), you can add your own certificate.

You can get a free one from http://www.cacert.org - this website allows you get the root certificate from them, meaning if you install the root certificate to your computer, you wont be getting any certificate errors.

**eUKhost.com** · #9 (**permalink**) 17-08-2007, 20:20

1) i have also noticed that this plesk control panel is very slow in access is it due to the design of control panel or due to server issue. (Cpanel or helm are much faster.)
Ans :- Plesk control panel is slow in comparison with cpanel or hostingcontroller. There's no solution to this as you have to keep on watching till the plesk wheel stops rotating

2) what space is counted. in my previous hosting company the space utilized on disk is counted but i guess here the allocated space is counted which is not suitable. as in fact we are not using that much space. many websites only occupy few MB space and as a reseller we do allocate then 50MB or 100 MB space.
if only 5 mb space is used ten 95 mb will be wasted.
Ans :- Allocation space is counted as we dont allow overselling with reseller hosting plans. If every reseller uses 10 GB space then it wont be possible for us to setup more than 10 reseller accounts per server.

**eUK-Martin** · #10 (**permalink**) 18-08-2007, 16:22

Hello Niks007,

1. As Mr. Mark said it is indeed the control panel issue as it is designed in PHP-MySQL and PHP-MySQL does not perform as good as ASP-MSSQL on the Windows servers.

2. To be honest, Plesk does not have an option for reseller, as it does not allow resellers to create clients. Therefore overselling is not supported via plesk.
It has some paid features that allows the host to customize the control panel features but then they will not support it so we decided to stay with default features.

**DPS Computing** · #11 (**permalink**) 18-08-2007, 17:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by eUK-Martin

Hello Niks007,

1. As Mr. Mark said it is indeed the control panel issue as it is designed in PHP-MySQL and PHP-MySQL does not perform as good as ASP-MSSQL on the Windows servers.

2. To be frank, Plesk does not have an option for reseller, as it does not allow resellers to create clients. Therefore overselling is not supported via plesk.
It has some paid features that allows the host to customize the control panel features but then they will not support it so we dediced to stay at default.

But cPanel that works on Linux can't be written in ASP-MSSQL. So I assumed it would have been done with something like PHP-MYSQL. What is cPanel created from then?

**eUK-Martin** · #12 (**permalink**) 19-08-2007, 12:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by DPS Computing

But cPanel that works on Linux can't be written in ASP-MSSQL. So I assumed it would have been done with something like PHP-MYSQL. What is cPanel created from then?

The Current cPanel is 90% Perl & Shell (Back end) and only the frontend is in HTML and very few PHP. It is a file based control panel with no database and that is the reason why cPanel is quick as there is no database server to load the machine.

cPanel on Windows will be all ASP .NET and if they ever think of having a database then it would be MSSQL. I say this because Microsoft is involved and they will never recommend a software other than their product on Windows.

But let me also include that cPanel will never perform as it does on Linux as Windows itself has a tendency of eating up memory.

**Niks007** · #13 (**permalink**) 20-08-2007, 13:33

hi...
PHP-MySQL does not perform as good as ASP-MSSQL on the Windows servers. ?

what does that realy means is php-msql will be slower on windows server. i am in initial state of server change to eukhost as i want to take benifits of both asp and php on my website. but if its slow then i will prefer linux reseller plan as my First recommendation is speed of my website i want a faster website and capability to provide better user through put. so the user experience can be much better.

2) the cpanel & WHM on my current host uses the used space instead of allocated as in fact allocated space is not user 100% and rest is wasted so i can host more websites with my current host.

Thanks
Nisahnt

**Niks007** · #14 (**permalink**) 20-08-2007, 13:36

hi....
What the term overselling actually means.

is this avaiable in any oher plan some that also fits the budget issues also.

Thanks
Nishant

**eUKhost.com** · #15 (**permalink**) 20-08-2007, 14:59

Hello Nishant,

You can consider a VPS as you can setup packages of unlimited disk space and bandwidth on a VPS and you can use full 10 GB assigned space on the L-VPS-01 plan.

There's no other plan to support overselling besides Dedicated Server and VPS.

**eUK-Martin** · #16 (**permalink**) 20-08-2007, 18:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Niks007

hi...
PHP-MySQL does not perform as good as ASP-MSSQL on the Windows servers. ?

what does that realy means is php-msql will be slower on windows server. i am in initial state of server change to eukhost as i want to take benifits of both asp and php on my website. but if its slow then i will prefer linux reseller plan as my First recommendation is speed of my website i want a faster website and capability to provide better user through put. so the user experience can be much better.

Well I was talking about PHP in OOPS, which is an advanced level of PHP, normally used to make some complicated applications like control panel. If you have a simple php codes it should not be a problem at all.

Quote:

2) the cpanel & WHM on my current host uses the used space instead of allocated as in fact allocated space is not user 100% and rest is wasted so i can host more websites with my current host.

As Mr. Mark said, it is not possible with shared packages.