A Peer Account in WebsitePanel is just an alias for a parent user account. Peer Accounts are useful when you have multiple administrators managing the server.
Creating a Peer Account
To create a Peer account:
- Login to the server as serveradmin (https://servername or https://serverip)
- Click Peers under the Account Menu sidebar

- Click Create Peer Account

- Provide the following information:
- User name: Create a username for the Peer Account
- Password: Create a strong password
- Role: Use the dropdown menu to select Administrator
- First Name: Enter the user's First Name
- Last Name: Enter the user's Last Name
- E-mail: Enter an email for notifications
- Secondary e-mail(Optional):
- Mail Format: Use the dropdown menu to select if you want email notices sent in plain text or formatted with HTML tags
- Login Status: Use the dropdown to select Enabled(Enabled should be selected by default)
- Demo Account: Leave this checkbox unchecked

- Click Add
Modifying a Peer Account
To modify a Peer account:
- Login to the server as serveradmin (https://servername or https://serverip)
- Click Peers under the Account Menu sidebar

- Click the Peer Account you want to modify under the Username column

- Modify the following information:
- Username
- Password
- Role
- First Name
- Last Name
- Email
- Secondary e-mail
- Mail Format
- Login Status
- Demo Account
- Click Update to save your changes

Deleting a Peer Account
To delete a Peer Account:
- Login to the server as serveradmin (https://servername or https://serverip)
- Click Peers under the Account Menu sidebar

- Click the Peer Account you want to delete under the Username column

- Click Delete

- Click OK in the dialog box to confirm the deletion

Please contact us via Live Support or submit a support ticket in your billing account if you run into any issues with Peer Accounts.
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