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Last modified: 26 Aug 2008
WARNING: This documentation covers Parallels H-Sphere versions up to 3.1. For the latest up-to-date Parallels H-Sphere documentation, please proceed to the
official Parallels site.
In H-Sphere 3.1 Beta 2 and up, H-Sphere Winbox installation and update is performed from MSI packages each responsible for
a particular functionality.
Package List
- HsCore - core of H-Sphere Winbox service
- HsInstaller - H-Sphere Winbox installer
- HsGeneralHosting - provides FTP hosting services
- HsMSSQL - H-Sphere MSSQL hosting server (requires MSSQL server installed on the box)
- HsRSync - RSync utitity
- HsWeb - provides H-Sphere Web resources for Windows hosting
- HsAspNetSqlEMan - supports ASP.NET Enterprise manager
- HsSharePoint - SharePoint hosting (requires SharePoint installed)
- HsColdFusion - ColdFusion hosting (requires ColdFusion installed)
- HsWebalizer - Webalizer
- HsUrchin - integrates the Google Analytics tool (requires Urchin installed)
- HsMiva - integrates Miva tool (requires Miva installed)
- HsPerl - Perl
- HsAWStats - AWStats
- HsStats - Winbox statistics resource
- HsPHP - PHP hosting, includes both PHP 4 and 5 version
- HsWebShell - WebShell Web File Manager
- HsOsCommerce - OsCommerce
- HsPhpBB - PhpBB
- HsEasyAppSvc - provides EasyApp service to enable installation of EasyApp collection
Package Name
Each package filename has the following notation:
<PACKAGE_TITLE>_<HS_VERSION>.<BUILD>.<TIMESTAMP>.msi
where:
- <PACKAGE_TITLE> is the name of the package (see the list above)
- <HS_VERSION> is H-Sphere version
- <BUILD> is the package build
- <TIMESTAMP> is the package build timestamp (days from 1 Jan 2000)
Example: HsGeneralHosting_3.1.126.2858.msi.
Package Download and Installation
H-Sphere MSI packages are downloaded from the http://hsphere.parallels.com/shiv/HS/WINDOWS/ location.
There can be several cases of installing these packages:
- Automatic
In both such cases, the first step is downloading and running the HsCore package. Installation/update of the
rest of the packages is managed from the admin CP by means of the Update
Wizard. The wizard runs them from the <HS_HOME>\data\services\installer folder, where <HS_HOME>
is H-Sphere home location (C:\Program Files\HSphere by default):
- Istallation of the Bundles
Download and run the Windows server installation bundles in accordance with the hosting type:
- Windows Web hosting: HS_WinHosting_Bundle<HS_VERSION>.exe
- MS SQL hosting: HS_MSSQL_Bundle_<HS_VERSION>.exe
- Windows Web + MS SQL hosting: HS_WinHosting_MSSQL_Bundle_<HS_VERSION>.exe
- Manual
Not recommended! You can also manually install/update H-Sphere Winbox by
downloading these packages and running them one by one, according to their dependencies.
Packages Requiring Third-Party Software
HsMSSQL, HsSharePoint, HsColdFusion, HsUrchin and HsMiva integrate third-party products into H-Sphere
environment and require respective software installed. Please refer to separate documents for specific guidelines on their
configuring:
Package Dependencies Tree
H-Sphere Update Wizard installs the packages in the following sequence:
HsCore
|-- HsInstaller
|-- HsMSSQL
|-- HsGeneralHosting
|-- HsRsync
|-- HsWeb
|-- HsAspNetSqlEMan
|-- HsSharePoint
|-- HsColdFusion
|-- HsIpMigrator
|-- HsWebalizer
|-- HsUrchin
|-- HsMiva
|-- HsPerl -- HsAWStats -- HsStats
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|--HsPHP
|-- HsWebShell
|-- HsOsCommerce
|-- HsPhpBB
|-- HsEasyAppSvc
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