Introduction
H-Sphere is a hosting control panel that organizes server components, configurations, and services in a structured directory layout. Understanding these locations is essential for system administration, troubleshooting, and maintenance of services such as DNS, HTTP, FTP, Mail, and MySQL.
Prerequisites
- Access to the H-Sphere server (root or privileged user)
- Basic knowledge of Linux file system structure
- Familiarity with web hosting services (DNS, HTTP, FTP, Mail, MySQL)
- SSH access to navigate and manage directories
Implementation
Root Directory
- /hsphere/local – Main root directory of H-Sphere
Configuration Files
- Common configuration path: /hsphere/local/config
- Control panel: /hsphere/local/home/cpanel/arjun/psoft_config/hsphere.properties
- DNS configuration: /etc/named.conf
- DNS directory: /hsphere/local/var/named/
- HTTP configuration: /hsphere/local/config/httpd/httpd.conf
- FTP configuration: /hsphere/local/config/ftpd/proftpd.conf
- Qmail control: /hsphere/local/var/qmail/control/
- MySQL configuration: /etc/my.cnf
- PHP configuration:
- /hsphere/local/config/httpd/php.ini
- /usr/local/lib/php.ini
Control Panel and Scripts
- Control panel features: /hsphere/local/home/cpanel
- H-Sphere scripts: /hsphere/shared/scripts/
Domain and Mail Locations
- Domains directory: /hsphere/local/home/
- Qmail directory: /hsphere/local/var/qmail (linked to /var/qmail)
- Mail storage: /hsphere/local/var/vpopmail/domains
Log File Paths
- H-Sphere logs: /var/log/hsphere/hsphere.log
- DNS logs: /var/log/messages
- HTTP logs: /hsphere/local/var/httpd/logs/
- Mail logs: /var/log/maillog
- Horde logs: /hsphere/local/var/horde/log
- FTP logs:
- /hsphere/local/var/proftpd/xferlog
- /var/log/proftpd/auth.log
- MySQL logs: /var/log/mysqld.log
Statistics (Webalizer & Modlogan)
- Statistics data: /hsphere/local/var/staticstics
- Shared tools: /hsphere/shared/
- ModLogAn config: /hsphere/shared/apache/conf/modlogan_user.cfg
- Webalizer config: /hsphere/shared/apache/conf/webalizer_user.cfg
- Webalizer skeleton: /hsphere/shared/skel/webalizer
- ModLogAn skeleton: /hsphere/shared/skel/modlogan
FTP and FrontPage
- FTP logs: /hsphere/local/var/proftpd/
- FTP configuration: /hsphere/local/config/ftpd/
- FTP daemon: /hsphere/shared/sbin/proftpd
- FrontPage installation: /hsphere/shared/frontpage
- FrontPage configuration: /hsphere/local/var/frontpage
Other Important Locations
- Network IP configuration: /hsphere/local/network/ips
- Apache document root: /hsphere/shared/apache/htdocs
- WebShell: /hsphere/shared/apache/webshell
- Skeleton files: /hsphere/shared/skel
- New sites: /hsphere/shared/skel/website
- Suspended sites: /hsphere/shared/skel/suspended
- SSL log: /hsphere/local/home/cpanel/apache/logs/ssl_engine_log
Conclusion
This structured layout of H-Sphere directories and files provides a centralised way to manage configurations, logs, services, and user data. Familiarity with these paths enables efficient troubleshooting, system monitoring, and maintenance of hosting environments.