Setting up Linux to be a web server

[SteveAdams]

I am new to the Plesk panel. I purchased a dedicated server from my host provider thinking it would be managed, but it's just virtual Linux box. Specifying the instance to contain Plesk got me a Linux box with Apache, PHP and MySQL but it's not clear to me how to use the Plesk panel to turn my box into a web server. Before I can FTP my site from Dreamweaver up to the server, for example, I need to give Dreamweaver a host name, a user name, and a password. How do I generate/find those? And once I have my site being served by this server I'd like to set up email accounts for the domain, like steve@mysite.com. How do I do that?

Sorry for such basic questions, but I need to get through this.

Thanks for any help.

Steve

 

[IgorG]

I think that you should start from this - http://www.parallels.com/download/plesk/11/documentation/

 

[SteveAdams]

Thanks.

Am I at least in the right place now? Can I do all I want through the Plesk panel?

 

[abdi]

Sure you might

 

[CadellF]

Steve, Ill write you up a tutorial tonight if you would like?

 

[64bithost]

You are no longer in Kansas TOTO.

1. Do you have an i.p. block? at least 5 to 8 i.p addresses
2. Have you set your gateway? 209.251.141.1 / 209.251.141.8
3. Do you own a domain name.
4. Do you have name servers yet?
ns1.yourdomain.com = 209.251.141.2
ns2.yourdomain.com = 209.251.141.3
5. Do you have a registrar account or a godaddy acount or enom account?
6. Do you have a copy of Plesk 11.
7. You are on a roll.

8. read the documentation
9. check back