Quick start guide

By Joe Gardiner Wednesday, 9th June 2010

You've just purchased your vCluster, so what now?

Here are a few key pointers to get you up and running and answer any questions you may have as you enjoy your new vCluster.

Logging in

In order to view your vCluster settings you first need to login to the CatN Control Panel.

Navigate to catn.com and click the Login button.

Sign into your passport account that you created during the vCluster creation process.

Once you have signed in you will be redirected to the CatN vCluster management panel. Here you will see a list of your vCluster's, including the vCluster you have just created.

Mouse over the vCluster or use the right sidebar in order to navigate to settings panels.

Click settings to view access information for your vCluster

Username

Your vCluster username is listed in the Settings page for your vCluster in the CatN control panel. This username is used for FTP/(S)FTP and ssh access.

Access Server

This is the domain of the server that you must ssh to or connect to via FTP in order to edit files on your vCluster. Your username and password are required for access to this server.

Password

After creating your vCluster we strongly recommend you chose a password. This password is required for uploading with an FTP client, and accessing the phpMyadmin database dashboard.

SSH Access

If you're not sure about ssh have a look at these guides:

The access server and username are both required for ssh access to a vCluster: username@access1.c1.catn.com.

FTP Access

Setting up an FTP client such as FileZilla is recommended for ease of access, have a look at the "Setting up FileZilla" guide here..

To access your vCluster via FTP you will need to provide your username, and the password you set previously in this guide.

Public Directory

This is the location of the folder you need to upload your web site files to. When users visit your site pages will be loaded from this directory.

Upload your site

Now you've had a look at all your access options, know your public directory and have set a password it's time to upload your website!

If you're planning on uploading a php CMS or application have a look at these install guides:

In the mean time lets upload some average (X)HTML files and a style sheet. We're going to upload using the FTP client FileZilla that you set up earlier (right?).

Load up FileZilla and have a look at the interface. In the left panel is the contents of your local directories, and the right will be empty as you're not currently connected to a server.

Next connect to the access server.

In the host field enter the name of your access server e.g. access1.c1.catn.com

In the username field enter your username from the settings page, and in the password field enter the password you have just set. You can leave the port field empty as vCluster and FileZilla will use the default 21.