Icons ( ?)

At the top-right of every Installatron screen are several small icons:

return to control panel

Takes you to the main page of your control panel login.

switch to embedded

Switch to "embedded", where Installatron appears inside the control panel theme.

switch to full screen

Switch to "full screen", where Installatron is not surrounded by the control panel theme.

? open the documentation

Open this documentation at installatron.com.

Tabs

The "tabs" bar (short for "tabbed document interface") gives you access to the main Installatron tools. The complete tabs bar, with all possible tabs, looks like this:

Note that some servers might be configured to replace the Applications Browser tab with a tab for a single application.

Each tab is fully documented in the following chapters.

Applications Browser: Toolbar

Tools to filter the applications list.

All Applications

Return to the previous page. (Only when on a sub-page.)



Toggle between listing all applications or only those applications that require a database.



Toggle between listing all applications or only those applications available in your native language.

If you're looking for a specific application or kind of application, use search to find it quickly. Type text in the search field at the top right of the Applications Browser page, and then press Return on your keyboard to display the results.

Apps for Category

Applications are grouped by category.

Click these category headers to view only the applications in that category and then click "All Applications" to return to the full application list.

Click an application's icon to view that application in detail.

Application View: Main Details

In addition to the application's name, icon, and a short description written by Installatron this main part of the application's details the following tools:

+install this application

Click this button to install a new instance of the selected application. See Tutorials: Install for more information.

≡ 

View more actions. This toggles the full list of actions.

+install this application

import existing install

migrate existing install

+ install this application

Click this link to install a new instance of the selected application. This the same as pressing the button with the same name. See Tutorials: Install for more information.

 import existing install

Click this button to import an existing instance of the selected application type from your webhosting account. See Tutorials: Import for more information.

Application View: Sidebar

The sidebar, in the application view, presents the following high-level details and resources about the application:

INFORMATION

Meta information about this application and Installatron's installer for this application.

Application

The name of the application.

Category

The type (an Installatron categorization) of application. Click the link to view Applications Browser with this application's category (another Installatron categorization) selected.

Current Versions

The newest version currently supported by Installatron installer. If Installatron's installer supports multiple branches (an Installatron categorization) of this application then the newest version of each branch will be shown.

Last Updated

The date this installer was last updated.

Languages

The languages supported by Installatron's installer for this application.

REQUIREMENTS

Some of the high-level requirements of the newest version of this application.

Note that older versions of the application will likely have different requirements.

Cost

The price of using this application.

Install Size

The disk space requirements for this application.

License

The end user license agreement (EULA) for using this application. Click the link to view the full license.

SUPPORT

Useful support links for this application.

Each application can show any or all of these link:

• The application's website.
• The application's documentation.
• The application's frequently asked questions (FAQ).
• The application's support page (forums, developer contact, etc).
• Installatron's support system.

RELATED APPS

A random selection of similar apps.

Application View: Tabs

The final area of the application view is the contents area which is comprised of 4 tabs filled with more details about the application.

Overview

Screenshots of the application's UI and a description of the application taken from the application's website.

What's New

The application's changelog.

Live Demo

Live instances of the application's front end and back end -- for each branch that Installatron manages -- that are typically hosted on installatron.com.

Showcase

Examples of actual websites created using this application.

Location

The "Location" section prompts you to select a destination for the application, in the form of a "URL". A URL is a website link, comprised of a domain and an optional directory.

Domain

Select the protocol ("http" or "https") and domain for the new application. The drop-down list contains all domains and sub-domains known to be associated with your web hosting control panel login.

Tip: Contact your web hosting provider if the domain you want to use isn't listed.

Directory (Optional)

Enter an optional directory. The directory will be added to the selected domain to determine the destination for the application.

Leave this field empty if you wish to install into the "docroot" (aka. home directory, www root, top-level directory) of the domain.

Content

Allows you to configure the version and content that will be installed.

Version

Select the version you wish to install.

The list includes all versions that are supported by the application package, and versions may be grouped into "branches" (which shows where the application underwent major changes).

Versions that are not compatible with the server that your domain is hosted on will be identified as not-installable, if selected, and a reason why they can't be installed on your webhosting account may be shown.

Tip: You should always install the latest version that you are able to install, unless you particularly need an older release.

Language

Select the language you would like Installatron to install the application in.

The available languages vary from application to application. And you often have more language options to install through the application once it is installed.

Template

only if two or more template options exist for this application

If an application has more than one template options then this field allows you to select which template you want to use for this install:

Content

Empty Content Give me a clean install (I'll add my own content!)

Demo Content Yes, please add the demo content!

Example Template Install this example template.

Content options can include no extra content, various types of demo content provided by the application itself, Applications: Templates created by your webhosting provider, and Settings: Templates that you yourself have created.

default (when more than one content option exists) varies from application to application and by how your webhosting provider has configured Applications: Access Control

Settings

Most web applications have a block of settings that allow you to customize the application. For example, an application might ask you to enter an administrator password or an email address that will be added to the application.

The values set can be modified later within Installatron or within the installed application.

Some common examples include:

Administrator Username

Most applications will ask you for the administrative user's username you would like to use, with the default value varying from application to application.

Administrator Password

If the application asks for a username then the install wizard will likely also ask for an administrator password.

Passwords usually need a minimum amount of complexity, meaning that they need a combination of lowercase (a-z), uppercase (A-Z), numbers (0-9), and so-called "special" character (~!@#$%^&*_+{}[]-=`;':"<>?,./).

The purpose of complexity is to make it impossible to hack. Hacking has become so prevalent on the internet now that simple passwords give your login essentially no security at all.

Administrator Email

Many applications will also ask for an email address to use for the administrative user.

Website Title

The installer might ask to enter a title for the website.

Website Tagline

And even a tagline.

Website Options

Some applications (like WordPress) ask if you would like to include some plugins.

Advanced

• 🔘 Automatically manage advanced settings for me

  Select to let Installatron automatically manage database, automatic updating, automatic backups, email notifications, and other advanced settings.

• 🔘 Let me manage these settings

  Select to manage one or all of these advanced settings yourself.

default is "Automatically create a new database for the installed application"

When "Let me manage these settings" is selected:

Press the "Install" button to begin installing the files, directories, and database tables. This involves sourcing and extracting archives, calling the app's own install scripts over HTTP, and applying CHMOD values to files and directories. Most install processes take less than a minute or two.

You will be redirected to the "My Applications" tab while the install executes in the background, and because the process is executing in the background you are free to navigate away from Installatron if you wish.

From this account

Press the button under this title to continue with the import wizard.

Location

The "Location" section prompts you for the location of the existing installed application as the combination of a domain and a folder. This should direct Installatron to the top level folder of the application that you wish to import.

Domain

Select the protocol ("http" or "https") and domain where the application is installed. The drop-down list contains all domains and sub-domains known to be associated with your web hosting control panel login.

Tip: Contact your web hosting provider if the domain you want to use isn't listed.

Folder (Optional)

An optional sub-folder for the source application's location.

Leave this field empty if the application is installed into the "docroot" (aka. home directory, top-level directory) of the domain.

Press the "Import" button to import the application into Installatron.

You will be redirected to the "My Applications" tab where the imported application is now ready to use.

Tip: Installatron will show an error if it can't find an instance of the selected application at the selected URL. Check that the URL is correct and that you selected the correct application type.

From different account

Press the button under this title to continue with the migrate wizard.

Source

The source fields refer to the remote account where the application is currently located. The migrate wizard needs to know the source URL (or its IP address equivalent) and a way to log in and find the application's files.

URL

The URL of the source website. This is the address that you enter into your web browser to view the source website.

URL IP Address (Optional)

If the source website's domain has already been transferred to the destination account, meaning that you can no longer view the source website in your web browser, then you can add this optional value -- an IP address as an alternate way for Installatron to find the source website. The IP address needs to be the domain's old IP: the one it used when it was pointing to the source server. Often this is simply the source server's IP address and it is usually shown someone in the webhosting control panel of the source server.

Protocol

The migrate wizard now asks for a way to log into the source server so that the wizard can grab a copy of the source application's files.

Protocol

Select the method that Installatron will use to connect to the server that has the application. Installatron will use this connection to make a backup of the application and transport it to the destination server.

Tip: if you find that one protocol doesn't work then try another. Not all protocols will work on all servers.

🔘 WordPress

The "WordPress" protocol is a special method, available only to WordPress applications, which requires only the application's administrative username and password values. Installatron will use these two install a temporary plugin on the app which is then used to automatically migrate the website to the destination location. The plugin is automatically removed at the end of a successful migration.

Username

The administrative username of the WordPress application.

Password

The administrative password of the WordPress application.

🔘 SSH
🔘 FTP with TLS/SSL
🔘 FTP
🔘 SFTP

These remote connection systems/protocols all use the same values, described here.

Note that SSH is the ideal protocol to use, though unfortunately not all webhosting services have it enabled for users to make use of. The various FTP options can be hit-and-miss depending on the webhosting service.

Server (IP Address or Hostname)

The address of application's web hosting account.

If you don't know the IP address of the web hosting account try entering the domain in the form domain.com (without www. or http://)

Port

The port used to connect to the server for the selected protocol.

Typical values are: 21 for FTP and FTP with TLS/SSL, 22 for SSH and SFTP, or 443 for WebDAV.

Username

The SSH, FTP, or WebDAV account's login name.

Password

The SSH, FTP, or WebDAV account's login password.

Path

A path to the install's files.

The path value is difficult to describe because it depends on a combination of the Protocol that you have selected and how the source application's server is configured.

If you don't already know the correct path for your source application's server then start by creating a file named "showpath.php" in the source application's main directory and give the file this content:

<?php getcwd(); ?>

You can then view that script from:

http://{YOUR_DOMAIN}/{POSSIBLE_SUB_DIRECTORY}/showpath.php

That will show you the full server path to the location of the source application's files. It might look like one of these examples:

/home/myaccount/domains/mydomain.com/public_html             (typical DirectAdmin example)
/home/myaccount/public_html                                  (typical cPanel main domain example)
/home/myaccount/public_html/myaddondomain.com                (typical cPanel addon domain example)
/home/myaccount/myaddondomain.com                            (typical cPanel addon domain example)
/var/www/vhosts/mydomain.com/httpdocs                        (typical Plesk domain example)
/var/www/vhosts/sub.mydomain.com/httpdocs                    (typical Plesk sub-domain example)
/home/myaccount/domains/mydomain.com/public_html/subdir      (typical example subdirectory)
/home/myaccount/public_html/subdir                           (typical example subdirectory)
/home/myaccount/public_html/myaddondomain.com/subdir         (typical example subdirectory)
/home/myaccount/myaddondomain.com/subdir                     (typical example subdirectory)
/var/www/vhosts/mydomain.com/httpdocs/subdir                 (typical example subdirectory)

The next step is to identify where your SSH or FTP login logs in -- it needs to be somewhere along that path to be usable.

The value of "Path" is then the the remainder of the path from where the login logs in to the end of the path.

For example, if an SSH login on a DirectAdmin server logs into the "/" (server root) then the Path value for the example above will be the full "/home/myaccount/domains/mydomain.com/public_html" or "/home/myaccount/domains/mydomain.com/public_html/subdir" path.

Or if an FTP/S login on a cPanel server logs into the above example addon domain's home directory then the Path value will be "/myaddondomain.com" or "/myaddondomain.com/subdir".

Or if a WebDAV login (on any server type) logs in directly to the application's directory then the Path value will be just "/".

Destination

Select a location for the installed application to be cloned to within your web hosting account.

Domain

Select the protocol ("http" or "https") and domain for the clone. The drop-down list contains all domains and sub-domains known to be associated with your web hosting control panel login.

Tip: Contact your web hosting provider if the domain you want to use isn't listed.

Directory (Optional)

An optional sub-directory for the migrated application, once it is imported into Installatron on your destination webhosting account.

Leave this field empty if you wish to clone into the "docroot" (or home directory, or top-level directory) of the domain.

Database Management

• 🔘 Automatically create a new database for the installed application (Recommended)

  Select if you want Installatron to handle database creation and configuration. This requires that your web hosting account has at least one more database available.

• 🔘 Let me choose an existing database

  Select if you wish to control the database usage yourself. You will use this option if you want to make use of database sharing (where one database is used for more than one installation), or if you want to use a specific name for the database. This option is for advanced users.

When "Let me choose an existing database" is selected:

Database Name

Select the database that you want to use for this application. The list contains all databases associated with your webhosting account.

Tip: To add a database to the list, use the "MySQL Wizard", "Database Management" or "MySQL Management" tool from your webhosting control panel.

Database Username

Enter the username for the database-user. This database-user must already exist in your webhosting account and it must have FULL PRIVILEGED access to the database.

Database Password

Enter the password for the database you have selected.

Table Prefix

Enter a table prefix that will be used by tables associated with this install. This should be 1-5 characters in length, and it's always recommended to use a prefix when the option is available.

Tip: An underscore ("_") is not required as Installatron will add it automatically.

Tip: Don't combine shared database usage with applications that don't support custom table-prefix values. Only custom prefixes should be used with database sharing and each application must have a unique prefix.

Press the "Migrate" button to migrate the application to this account and import it into Installatron.

You will be redirected to the "My Applications" tab where the migrated application is now ready to use.

Tip: Installatron will show an error if it can't find an instance of the selected application at the selected URL. Check that the URL is correct and that you selected the correct application type.

Tip: The original application on the remote account is untouched by this process: it's left to you to check that the migration was successful and to then uninstall the original.

My Applications: Toolbar

Tools to filter and configure the display.

Select between detailed and minimal views.

Note that this documentation is for the detailed view only: the minimal view is intended for users who understand the My Applications tab and are comfortable using a simplified view.



Limit the types of installs that are listed on this page. This pops up a list of checkboxes.

Filter Options

View All¹⁶⁵

Catalogs

My Account⁰ Owned Accounts¹⁶⁵

Type

Permanent³⁹ Automatic¹¹⁵ Temporary¹¹

Status

No Issues¹⁶⁵ With Errors⁰

A list of checkboxes that allow you to limit the types of installs that are shown on this page. The numbers to the right of each row show the number of entries found in that group.

• View All

  Check this to view all entries.

• My Accounts

  admins & resellers only

  Check to include entries created by your personal accounts.

• Owned Accounts

  admins & resellers only

  Check to include entries created by your user's accounts.

• Live

  Check this to view installs marked as live websites.

• Staging

  Check this to view installs marked as staging websites.

• No Issues

  Check this to view installs that have no known issues.

• Out of Date

  Check this to view installs that are out of date (ie. updates are available).

• With Issues

  Check this to view installs that have known issues.

A text search of your installs.

Application

The type of application used by this website. eg. "WordPress", "Magento", "Drupal".

Press ☰ to view more:

View Application Information

Link to the Applications Browser information for this application.

Version

The current version of the install's application. eg. "1.2.3"

Press ☰ to view more:

(Description)

Tells you if the version is the newest version of the application and whether automatic-updating is enabled.

View What's New

Link to the application's changelog.

Check Updates

Link to the Update Wizard.

Automatic Update

Shows the status of automatic-updating for this application.

Press ☰ to view more:

(Description)

A longer description of the current automatic-update status.

Edit Automatic Updates

Link to Edit: Settings: Auto-Update.

Domain

The domain used by the website. eg. "www.mydomain.com"

Press ☰ to view more:

(Description)

Described whether the domain appears to be working correctly, from the point of view of Installatron.

View Your Website

Link to your website.

Edit URL

Link to Edit: Settings: General.

Files

The amount of disk space used by the application's files. eg. "1.3 GB"

Press ☰ to view more:

(Description)

Shows the amount of disk space available in your webhosting account.

You should try not to let this value reach zero! That has the potential to break your website in significant ways.

View File Manager

only where supported by the control panel

Link to the control panel's file management tool.

Edit Files Configuration

Link to Edit: Settings: Files.

Database

The amount of disk space used by the application's database. eg. "19 MB"

Press ☰ to view more:

(Description)

Describes whether Installatron is able to access the application's database.

View phpMyAdmin

only where supported by the control panel

Link to the control panel's phpMyAdmin (database editor) tool.

Edit Database Configuration

Link to Edit: Settings: Database.

PHP

The PHP version used by this website's domain. eg. "8.2.30"

Press ☰ to view more:

(Description)

Describes whether this version of the application is compatible with this version of PHP.

View PHP Configuration

Link to Edit: Settings: PHP.

Edit PHP Configuration

only where supported by the control panel

Link to the control panel's "MultiPHP" or "Select PHP Version" tool.

This tool can be used to change the domain's PHP version. Then we recommend waiting 1 minute. And then the new version of PHP should be working on your domain.

MySQL or MariaDB

The version of MySQL or MariaDB that is used by your server. eg. "10.6.0"

Press ☰ to view more:

(Description)

Describes whether this version of the application is compatible with this version of MySQL or MariaDB.

View phpMyAdmin

only where supported by the control panel

Link to the control panel's phpMyAdmin (database editor) tool.

Edit Database Configuration

Link to Edit: Settings: Database.

SSL

Shows whether SSL is configured for the domain.

Press ☰ to view more:

(Description)

Describes whether SSL is enabled for this website's domain.

View phpMyAdmin

only where supported by the control panel

Link to the control panel's phpMyAdmin (database editor) tool.

Edit Database Configuration

Link to Edit: Settings: Database.

Managed Since

The date when Installatron installed/cloned this application or when this website was imported into Installatron.

Press ☰ to view more:

(Description)

Shows how long this application has been managed by Installatron.

View phpMyAdmin

only where supported by the control panel

Link to the control panel's phpMyAdmin (database editor) tool.

View Logs

Link to Edit: Logs.

Last Updated

The date when Installatron last updated this application (either automatically or initiated manually through the Installatron UI).

Press ☰ to view more:

(Description)

Shows how long ago Installatron updated this application.

Check Updates

Link to the Update Wizard.

Backups

The number of backups this application has in Installatron.

Press ☰ to view more:

View Backups

Link to the Edit: Backups tab.

Last Backup

The date when Installatron last backed up this application (either automatically or initiated manually through the Installatron UI).

Press ☰ to view more:

(Description)

Shows which backup location the last backup was stored at.

View Backups

Link to the Edit: Backups tab.

Next Automatic Backup

The date of the next scheduled automatic backup.

Press ☰ to view more:

(Description)

Shows which backup location the next backup will be stored at.

Edit Automatic Backups

Link to the Edit: Settings: Auto-Backup tab.

Recent Failures

The number of recent task failures.

Press ☰ to view more:

(Description)

Shows a description of recent task failures.

View Logs

Link to the Edit: Logs tab.

Plugin

Name and current version of the installed plugin.

New Version:

When a new version of the plugin is available, and the Auto-Update column is unchecked for this plugin, the new version is shown here.

Check Updates

When a new version of the plugin is available this button takes you to the Update Wizard.

Installed

An "installed" plugin is one that the WordPress application recognises. If it is uninstalled then it's files are in the application's plugins folder but WordPress does not recognise the plugin.

Activated

Installed plugins can be turned on and off. They retain their configuration when deactivated so they can be activated again and continue to use their old configuration.

Auto-Update

Check to have Installatron automatically initiate updates when new versions of the plugin become available.

Theme

Name and current version of the installed theme.

New Version:

When a new version of the theme is available, and the Auto-Update column is unchecked for this theme, the new version is shown here.

Check Updates

When a new version of the theme is available this button takes you to the Update Wizard.

Installed

An "installed" theme is one that the WordPress application recognises. If it is uninstalled then it's files are in the application's theme folder but WordPress does not recognise the theme.

Activated

Installed themes can be turned on and off. They retain their configuration when deactivated so they can be activated again and continue to use their old configuration.

Auto-Update

Check to have Installatron automatically initiate updates when new versions of the theme become available.

Date

Date the backup was created (or when it will be created).

Expiry

Number of days before the backup will expire (and be automatically deleted).

Mouse-over the value to see more information about the expiration settings.

Edit the backup to disable expiration.

Version

Version of the application that was backed up (or that will be backed up).

Size

Amount of disk space the backup is using (or an estimation of how much disk space the backup will use).

Location

Where the backup is stored (or will be stored).

Label

An optional description.

≡ 

Press to open the tools:

Edit

Download

Restore

---

×Delete

select: All • None

Click these to quickly check all or none of the backups.

Delete

Click to delete all selected backups.

Date

Date and time the log entry was created.

Severity

• NOTICE

  Identifies new versions of applications, plugins, or themes.

• INFO

  Identifies successful actions and changes to the server\'s configuration.

• ERROR

  Identifies actions that produced an error. The error is shown in the last column along with a link to a full error log associated with the error.

Event

Type of action or information that initiated this log entry.

Actor

Server username of user whose action created this log entry.

•  = This was detected, meaning Installatron know how the change occurred but it did. It may have been updated in the application itself or possibly by other management software.
•  = User-initiated.
•  = Initiated by automatic system.

Message

Description of the action.

If this log entry is an error there will be a link to its associated error-report at the end of the error message.

Version

Current Version

read only value

Displays the version that is currently installed.

This value is always in sync with the installed application.

Destination Version

Select the version that you wish to upgrade to. You should choose the highest version that you are able to select.

You will not be able to select a version that is incompatible with the server that your website is hosted on. The incompatibility will be explained if you attempt to select an incompatible version.

You will not be able to select a version, or any version after it, that cannot be auto-upgraded. Software developers sometimes make changes that are too big for automated upgrading. In these cases a manual upgrade path might be available, or more commonly a "migration" path where you create a fresh install of the latest version and then run some manner of export/import process to move the existing content to the new install. See the application's own documentation for information on performing manual upgrades.

If you perform a manual update Installatron will automatically recognize the change.

What's New?

read only

Shows the changelog entries of versions from the version currently installed to the version selected.

These notes, while substantial in length and technicality sometimes, are always worth checking when performing an update to look for changes that might break your website (and so might require some manual tweaking of the website, after update, to get it working properly again).

Plugins

WordPress applications only

Select the WordPress plugins you would like to be updated during this update procedure.

What's New

Click to view the plugin's release notes.

Themes

WordPress applications only

Select the WordPress themes you would like to be updated during this update procedure.

What's New

Click to view the theme's release notes.

Backup

The "Backup" section provides an opportunity to create a backup before going ahead with the upgrade.

If you don't already have a backup it is recommended that you use this option to automatically create a backup. If the upgrade fails it can leave your website corrupted, and a backup would be the only way to restore the application and your website.

Backup

• 🔘 Yes, create a backup before performing the upgrade

  Select to have the wizard create backup before continuing with the upgrade.

• 🔘 No, do not create a backup before performing the upgrade

  Select if wish to continue the upgrade process without performing a backup.

Expiration Date

read only value

If the backup is automatically created, this is the date the backup will be automatically deleted.

Estimated Size

read only value

If the backup is automatically created, this is the estimated size of the backup archive.

Press the "Update" button to update the install.

Backup

Estimated Size

read only value

The first field is an estimation of the size of the archive that will be created.

Backup Location

Select the backup location that will be used by this application. The backup location can be changed later.

The "My web hosting account" value refers to the "~/application_backups/" folder in your webhosting account.

If there are other locations listed they can be backup locations added by your webhosting provider or backup location that you have added.

Label (Optional)

A short description can be added to the backup to perhaps remind you what this backup was for or why it is significant.

(eg. "Prior to changing main theme")

Press the "Backup" button to backup the install.

Source

The source section shows you information about the website that is being cloned.

Location

read only value

Shows the source install's URL and path to its files.

Database Name

read only value

Source install's database name.

Table Prefix

read only value

Table prefix used by the source install.

Destination

The "Destination" section prompts you for the location for the clone as the combination of a domain and a folder.

Domain

Select the protocol ("http" or "https") and domain where the clone is to be installed. The drop-down list contains all domains and sub-domains known to be associated with your web hosting control panel login.

Tip: Contact your web hosting provider if the domain you want to use isn't listed.

Folder (Optional)

An optional sub-folder for the clone's location.

Leave this field empty if the clone is to be installed into the "docroot" (aka. home directory, top-level directory) of the domain.

Create a Staging site?

Check to mark this as a staging site of the source website this clone was created from.

Functionally, a live site and a staging site are no different when viewed in a web browser. The only difference is how they are displayed in Installatron.

Tip: A live site is one that is intended to be viewed by the public while staging sites are typically copies of the live site where editing takes place, away from the public view.

Database Management

• 🔘 Automatically create a new database for the installed application (Recommended)

  Select if you want Installatron to handle database creation and configuration. This requires that your web hosting account has at least one more database available.

• 🔘 Let me choose an existing database

  Select if you wish to control the database usage yourself. You will use this option if you want to make use of database sharing (where one database is used for more than one installation), or if you want to use a specific name for the database. This option is for advanced users.

When "Let me choose an existing database" is selected:

Database Name

Select the database that you want to use for this application. The list contains all databases associated with your webhosting account.

Tip: To add a database to the list, use the "MySQL Wizard", "Database Management" or "MySQL Management" tool from your webhosting control panel.

Database Username

Enter the username for the database-user. This database-user must already exist in your webhosting account and it must have FULL PRIVILEGED access to the database.

Database Password

Enter the password for the database you have selected.

Table Prefix

Enter a table prefix that will be used by tables associated with this install. This should be 1-5 characters in length, and it's always recommended to use a prefix when the option is available.

Tip: An underscore ("_") is not required as Installatron will add it automatically.

Tip: Don't combine shared database usage with applications that don't support custom table-prefix values. Only custom prefixes should be used with database sharing and each application must have a unique prefix.

Settings Management

• 🔘 Automatically clone these settings from the source installed application

  Select for the clone to keep the configuration of the original application.

• 🔘 Let me manage these settings

  Select if you wish to customize the configuration of the clone.

When "Let me manage these settings" is selected:

Language (example)

where supported by the application

Select the language used by the new application.

Administrator Username (example)

where supported by the application

The username of the new application's administrative user.

Administrator Password (example)

where supported by the application

The password of the new application's administrative user.

Website Title (example)

where supported by the application

The new application website's title.

Website Tagline (example)

where supported by the application

The new application website's tagline.

Then there are the automated updating options:

Automatic Update

For the new application, have Installatron perform: no automatic updates; automatic updates only to minor and security releases; or automatic updates to all new release.

WordPress Plugin Automatic Update

WordPress only

If the new application is WordPress then select whether you want Installatron to automatically update the application's plugins (recommended because WordPress plugins are a common point of hacking and exploit attack), or not.

WordPress Theme Automatic Update

WordPress only

If the new application is WordPress then select whether you want Installatron to automatically update the application's themes (recommended because WordPress themes are a common point of hacking and exploit attack), or not.

Automatic Update Backup

Provides the option for Installatron to create a backup of the application prior to any future update attempt (recommended because if the update process fails you will want a backup to restore).

And finally there are the email settings:

Email Notification

Choose to receive the server's default email notifications from the application or customize its notifications.

Press the "Clone" button to create the clone.

You will be redirected to the "My Applications" tab while the cloning executes in the background, and because the process is executing in the background you are free to navigate away from Installatron if you wish.

Source

The source section asks you to select the website that the wizard will pull the files and database tables from. It also asks which files and tables will be pulled.

Location

Select from this dropdown field the website you would like to pull files and/or database tables from.

The list only includes websites that are the same type that is being synced: for example, if the website that is being synced is a WordPress website then only other WordPress websites will in this list.

If stages have been created from this source website then they are listed first because they are most likely to be the websites you will select as the source. The other websites (live website) are then listed -- these can also be selected as the source of a sync.

Destination

The Destination asks you to select the files and database tables of the destination website (ie. install being synced) that will be overwritten by the same files and tables of the selected source website.

Location

read only values

The destination website's URL and path to its files.

Files

A list of the destination install's top-level files (that is, the files in the install's main folder).

• files and folders that are checked will be copied from the source.
• files and folders that are unchecked will be not be copied from the source.
• files and folders in red will be copied from the source and will overwrite an existing file or folder.

Tip: Usually you would leave all of the files and folders checked because if you sync only some files -- without being very careful -- has the potential to break the website.

Database

read only values

The name of the destination website's database name.

Prefix

read only values

The table prefix used by the of the destination website.

Tables

A list of the destination install's database tables.

• tables that are checked will be copied from the source.
• tables that are unchecked will be not be copied from the source.
• tables in red will be copied from the source and will overwrite an existing table.

Tip: Usually you would leave all of the tables checked because if you sync only some tables -- without being very careful -- has the potential to break the website.

Backup

Given that the sync process will make changes to the website that is undergoing the sync it is recommended that you create a backup of the website before running the sync. This section allows you to have the sync wizard automatically create a backup prior to running the sync.

Backup

• 🔘 Yes, create a backup before performing the sync

  Select to have the wizard automatically create a backup before syncing the website.

• 🔘 No, do not create a backup before performing the sync

  Select to not have the wizard automatically create the backup.

Expiration Date

read only value

If the backup is automatically created, this is the date the backup will be automatically deleted.

Estimated Size

read only value

If the backup is automatically created, this is the estimated size of the backup archive.

Press the "Sync" button to sync the install.

Title

A short title for the template.

Description

A longer description of the template. This would describe any customizations that are included with this template.

Availability

Availability determines both who has access to the template and the type of template this is.

• 🔘 Make this template available to the website owner

  Select to make this template a new Content option only to the user/account that created this template.

• 🔘 Make this template available as a new content option for this application

  Select to make this available as a Content option for the type of application this template is created from.

• 🔘 Make this template available as a new application

  only for admin and reseller users

  Select to convert this template into a new installer, installed from the Applications Browser tab.

When "Make this template available as a new content option for this application" is selected:

When "Make this template available as a new application" is selected:

Press the "Template" button to template the install.

(Summary)

read only information

The website being detached from Installatron is summarized.

Press the "Detach" button to detach Installatron from the website.

(Summary)

read only information

The website being uninstalled is summarized.

Press the "Uninstall" button to uninstall the website.

My Backups: Toolbar

Tools to filter and configure the display.



Limit the types of backups that are listed on this page. This pops up a list of checkboxes.

Filter Options

View All¹⁶⁵

Catalogs

My Account⁰ Owned Accounts¹⁶⁵

Type

Permanent³⁹ Automatic¹¹⁵ Temporary¹¹

Status

No Issues¹⁶⁵ With Errors⁰

A list of checkboxes that allow you to limit the types of backups that are shown on this page. The numbers to the right of each row show the number of entries found in that group.

• View All

  Check this to view all entries.

• Permanent

  Check this to view backups marked as permanent (they will not be automatically deleted).

• Automatic

  Check this to view backups marked as automatic (they will be automatically deleted when they are replaced with a new backup by their schedule).

• Temporary

  Check this to view backups marked as temporary (they were created during an update and will be automatically deleted after a set period of time: 12 days by default).

• No Issues

  Check this to view backups that have no known issues.

• With Issues

  Check this to view backups that have known issues.

A text search of your backups.

My Backups: The List

Tools to manage your website backups.

Backups are grouped under the domain that they were taken from (eg. myexampledomain.com), and then by the website's title at the time of the backup (eg. My example blog).

Under the website's title is a link (eg.  myexampledomain.com/blog/) to the website as it was when the backup was created (it may or may not exist now). A  indicates that Installatron accesses the site, that this backup came from, with a "http" protocol while  indicates the "https" protocol.

Backups are created by the auto-backups system, or from your "My Applications" tab, or during an update.

The backups are then listed:

Date

Date the backup was created.

Expiry

When the backup will expire (ie. be automatically deleted).

Example values include "Today", "8 days", and "Never".

Edit the backup to change its expiration behavior.

Version

The version of the application was backed up.

Size

The file size of this backup archive.

Tip: if the backup's Location is "My Account" then the backup is using this amount of your account's disk space quota.

Location

The title of the backup location where this backup is stored.

A value of "My Account" means the backup is stored in ~/application_backups/.

Any other value refers to a custom backup location owned by either your webhosting provider or yourself.

20%

Your webhosting provider can place various types of limits and quotas on backup locations.

If a quota is active then this bubble with a % value shows how full your quota is. Touch, click, or mouse-over this value to see details about the quota limitations.

Label

When backups are manually created they can be given an optional label to help you identify them or to remind you why the backup was created.

≡ 

Actions to take on this backup. Clicking this pops up a list of actions.

Edit

Download

Restore

---

×Delete

A list of checkboxes that allow you to limit the types of backups that are shown on this page. The numbers to the right of each row show the number of entries found in that group.

• Edit

  Edit the backup's information (see the next section for more information).

• Download

  Download this backup to your home computer.

• Restore

  Restore this backup.

  This will restore the backup's files and database to a URL within your webhosting account. You can then access the restored website through that URL, assuming its domain is functional.

• ×Delete

  Delete this backup.

  Tip: if the backup's Location is not " My Account", meaning that the backup is stored at a remote location, then delete will only work if Installatron is able to connect to the remote server.

Check to select this backup (for use with the buttons at the bottom of the list).

select: All • None

Click these to quickly check all or none of the backups.

Delete

Click to delete all selected backups.

Edit Backup

The backup edit page.

Source Application

Information about the application from which this backup was taken from.

This application may still exist or might have been uninstalled.

Title

The name of the source website that was displayed in Installatron.
this is a read-only field

Version

The version of the application that was backed up.
this is a read-only field

Location

The URL of the source application's website.
And the path to the source application's files.
this is a read-only field

Database Name

The name of the database used by the source application.
this is a read-only field

Table Prefix

The table prefix used by the source application's database tables.
this is a read-only field

Backup

Information about the backup.

Label (Optional)

An optional description for this backup which can be useful to remind you why the backup was created or at what state the website was in when the backup was made.

Location

Shows the physical location and filename of this backup file.
this is a read-only field

If your webhosting provider enforces limits or quotas on the backup location used by this backup you will see information about the current quota usage and details of the limitations.

Expiry

If the backup was created by auto-backups or as part of an update you will see information about the schedule that created the backup, and then additional field which allows you to:

• 🔘 Allow expiration as scheduled

  Select to have the backup automatically expire (and be deleted) based on its original expiration schedule.

• 🔘 Stop expiration and retain as a permanent backup

  Select to switch this to a backup that will never expire. It will only be deleted if you manually delete it.

CancelSave All ▶

Press the "Save All" button to save any changes you've made.

Restore Backup

Restore to original location

Press to restore the backup to where it came from. This means that it will be restored to its original URL, files locations, and if the original database still exists the backup's database will be restored to the original database too.

If the original domain is no longer associated with this account Installatron will give an error.

If the original folder or database no longer exist Installatron will recreate them.

Restore to a new location

Press to restore the backup to a new location. This means that it will be restored to a new URL (which also means a new files location), and a new database will be created for the restored website.

The new location must use a domain that is associated with your webhosting account.

This page summarizes the files and database tables that already exist in the destination location. This is your last chance to confirm that you want to go ahead with this action.

Path

read only value

The destination location's file path.

Files

read only values

A list of files that already exist in the destination folder.

• • files and folders in black will not be overwritten by files from the backup.
• • files and folders in red will be overwritten by files from the backup.

Database

read only value

The name of the destination website's database name.

Tables

read only values

A list of tables that already exist in the destination table.

• • tables in black will not be overwritten by tables from the backup.
• • tables in red will be overwritten by tables from the backup.

Press the "Restore" button to restore the backup to its original location.

Location

This page asks for the details of the destination location.

Domain

Select the domain, from the dropdown field, where you wish to restore the backup.

Tip: only domains associated with your webhosting account (as the main domain, addon domains, or subdomains) will be found in this list.

Folder (Optional)

optional

You may also enter a folder, or series of sub-folders, if you don't wish to restore the backup to the domain's "root" folder.

Installatron will create these folder(s) if they don't exist.

(eg. "blog")
(eg. "2025/calendar")

Tip: with this type of backup restore, Installatron will not allow you to restore to a location or folder where it recognizes that an application (of either the same or different type) already exists.

Database Management

• 🔘 Automatically create a new database for the installed application (Recommended)

  Select if you want Installatron to handle database creation and configuration. This requires that your web hosting account has at least one more database available.

• 🔘 Let me choose an existing database

  Select if you wish to control the database usage yourself. You will use this option if you want to make use of database sharing (where one database is used for more than one installation), or if you want to use a specific name for the database. This option is for advanced users.

When "Let me choose an existing database" is selected:

Database Name

Select the database that you want to use for this application. The list contains all databases associated with your webhosting account.

Tip: To add a database to the list, use the "MySQL Wizard", "Database Management" or "MySQL Management" tool from your webhosting control panel.

Database Username

Enter the username for the database-user. This database-user must already exist in your webhosting account and it must have FULL PRIVILEGED access to the database.

Database Password

Enter the password for the database you have selected.

Table Prefix

Enter a table prefix that will be used by tables associated with this install. This should be 1-5 characters in length, and it's always recommended to use a prefix when the option is available.

Tip: An underscore ("_") is not required as Installatron will add it automatically.

Tip: Don't combine shared database usage with applications that don't support custom table-prefix values. Only custom prefixes should be used with database sharing and each application must have a unique prefix.

Settings Management

• 🔘 Automatically clone these settings from the source installed application

  Select for the clone to keep the configuration of the original application.

• 🔘 Let me manage these settings

  Select if you wish to customize the configuration of the clone.

When "Let me manage these settings" is selected:

Language (example)

where supported by the application

Select the language used by the new application.

Administrator Username (example)

where supported by the application

The username of the new application's administrative user.

Administrator Password (example)

where supported by the application

The password of the new application's administrative user.

Website Title (example)

where supported by the application

The new application website's title.

Website Tagline (example)

where supported by the application

The new application website's tagline.

Some applications may have custom plugin fields too:

Two-Factor Authentication (example)

An example plugin offered by the WordPress installer.

Limit Login Attempts (example)

An example plugin offered by the WordPress installer.

Then there are the automated updating options:

Automatic Update

For the new application, have Installatron perform: no automatic updates; automatic updates only to minor and security releases; or automatic updates to all new release.

WordPress Plugin Automatic Update

WordPress only

If the new application is WordPress then select whether you want Installatron to automatically update the application's plugins (recommended because WordPress plugins are a common point of hacking and exploit attack), or not.

WordPress Theme Automatic Update

WordPress only

If the new application is WordPress then select whether you want Installatron to automatically update the application's themes (recommended because WordPress themes are a common point of hacking and exploit attack), or not.

Automatic Update Backup

Provides the option for Installatron to create a backup of the application prior to any future update attempt (recommended because if the update process fails you will want a backup to restore).

And finally there are the email settings:

Email Notification

Choose to receive the server's default email notifications from the application or customize its notifications.

Press the "Restore" button to restore the backup the new location.

Delete Backup

(Summary)

read only information

The backup(s) being deleted are summarized.

Press the "Delete" button to delete the listed backup(s).

General

Settings and preferences for the current user.

Email Address

Enter the email address that Installatron's email notifications will be sent to.

Multiple email addresses can be entered, comma-separated.

default is the user's control panel email address

Theme

Select the Installatron theme used by this user.

default is "Control Panel"

Language

Select the language that Installatron will be presented in (where possible).

Choose "Automatically Detect" to have Installatron choose a language that matches your webhosting control panel's language setting.

default is "Automatically Detect"

Available Backup Locations (the list)

Tools to manage your personal backup locations.

+Backup Location

Create a new backup location (see below).

★

Select the backup location that will be pre-selected as the default value for this field.

default is "My Account" (the user's webhosting account)

Name/Location

The title or URI of the backup location.

A value of "Local Server" refers to your own webhosting account -- this default backup location cannot be deleted but it can be disabled if no backups are currently using this location.

Size

The amount of disk space used by this backup at the backup location.

Used By

Shows the number of applications that use this backup location as their Default Backup Location, and the number of backups currently stored at that location.

 

your backup locations only

Edit this backup location (see below).

× 

your backup locations only

Delete this backup location.

Note that you cannot delete a backup location that holds existing backups.

Add Backup Location
Edit Backup Location

Protocol

Tip: if you find that one protocol doesn't work then try another. Not all protocols will work on all servers.

🔘 FTP with TLS/SSL
🔘 FTP
🔘 SFTP
🔘 WebDAV

These remote connection systems/protocols all use the same values, described here.

Note that SSH is the ideal protocol to use, though unfortunately not all webhosting services have it enabled for users to make use of. The various FTP options can be hit-and-miss depending on the webhosting service.

Server (IP Address or Hostname)

The address of the server where backups will be stored.

If you don't know the IP address of the web hosting account try entering the domain in the form domain.com (without www. or http://)

Port

The port used to connect to the server for the selected protocol.

Typical values are: 21 for FTP and FTP with TLS/SSL, 22 for SFTP, or 443 for WebDAV.

Username

The FTP or WebDAV account's login name.

Password

The FTP or WebDAV account's login password.

Path

The folder to store backups. Default is the top level folder.

The path value is difficult to describe because it depends on a combination of the Protocol that you have selected and how the source application's server is configured.

If you don't already know the correct path for your source application's server then start by creating a file named "showpath.php" in the source application's main directory and give the file this content:

<?php getcwd(); ?>

You can then view that script from:

http://{YOUR_DOMAIN}/{POSSIBLE_SUB_DIRECTORY}/showpath.php

That will show you the full server path to the location of the source application's files. It might look like one of these examples:

/home/myaccount/domains/mydomain.com/public_html             (typical DirectAdmin example)
/home/myaccount/public_html                                  (typical cPanel main domain example)
/home/myaccount/public_html/myaddondomain.com                (typical cPanel addon domain example)
/home/myaccount/myaddondomain.com                            (typical cPanel addon domain example)
/var/www/vhosts/mydomain.com/httpdocs                        (typical Plesk domain example)
/var/www/vhosts/sub.mydomain.com/httpdocs                    (typical Plesk sub-domain example)
/home/myaccount/domains/mydomain.com/public_html/subdir      (typical example subdirectory)
/home/myaccount/public_html/subdir                           (typical example subdirectory)
/home/myaccount/public_html/myaddondomain.com/subdir         (typical example subdirectory)
/home/myaccount/myaddondomain.com/subdir                     (typical example subdirectory)
/var/www/vhosts/mydomain.com/httpdocs/subdir                 (typical example subdirectory)

The next step is to identify where your SSH or FTP login logs in -- it needs to be somewhere along that path to be usable.

The value of "Path" is then the the remainder of the path from where the login logs in to the end of the path.

For example, if an SSH login on a DirectAdmin server logs into the "/" (server root) then the Path value for the example above will be the full "/home/myaccount/domains/mydomain.com/public_html" or "/home/myaccount/domains/mydomain.com/public_html/subdir" path.

Or if an FTP/S login on a cPanel server logs into the above example addon domain's home directory then the Path value will be "/myaddondomain.com" or "/myaddondomain.com/subdir".

Or if a WebDAV login (on any server type) logs in directly to the application's directory then the Path value will be just "/".

🔘 Dropbox
🔘 Google Drive

You will be prompted to authorize Dropbox or Google Drive access upon saving this form.

🔘 Rackspace Cloud

Rackspace Region

(3-letter)
You can find information about Rackspace Region at https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/s3.html

Rackspace Container

The name of the container where backups are to be stored.

Rackspace Username

The username utilized to authenticated the Rackspace Container.

Rackspace API Key

The API key utilized to authenticated the Rackspace Container.

Rackspace Container Directory (Optional)

Optional directory under the container which backups are to be stored.

🔘 Amazon S3 (Or any S3-compatible service. eg. OVH Object Storage, Hetzner OBJECT STORAGE)

S3 Endpoint

e.g., "s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com"
You can find information about S3 endpoints at https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/s3.html

S3 Region

e.g., "us-west-1"
You can find information about S3 regions at https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/s3.html

S3 Bucket

The name of the bucket where backups are to be stored.

AWS Access Key

The access key utilized to authenticate the S3 Bucket.

AWS Secret Key

The secret key utilized to authenticate the S3 Bucket.

S3 Bucket Directory (Optional)

Optional directory under the bucket which backups are to be stored.

CancelSave All ▶

Press the "Save All" button to save any changes you've made.

Available Templates (the list)

Tools to manage your personal templates.

+Application Template

Takes you to your My Applications tab where you can create new templates.

Example Template Title

The template's title.

example template description

The template's optional description, used to describe what installing this content option will add to the base application.

+ 

Initiate an install of the application this template was created for. This template will be available as a new Content option.

 

Edit the template (see below).

× 

Delete the template.

Icon of the type of application this template was created for. Click the icon to go to that application in Applications Browser.

Minimum Version

The minimum version, of the application, that can be installed in accompaniment with this template.

Size

The amount of disk space used when this template is installed along with the application.

Date

The date this template was create.

Edit Template

ID

Internal ID of this Installatron template.

Title

A short title for this template.

This title appears in the above templates list and during the install process when the user is selecting the Content option.

Description

A longer description for this template.

This description appears in the above templates list and during the install process when the user is selecting the Content option.

Preview Image

An image associated with this template.

This description appears in the above templates list and during the install process when the user is selecting the Content option.

The default image is a screenshot of the website that the template was taken from at the time the template was created.

CancelSave All ▶

Press the "Save All" button to save any changes you've made.

Active Tasks (the list)

Tools to view and cancel both current and recent tasks.

TITLE

The application's internal title.

URL

The application's URL.

TASK

The type of task.

STATUS

The current status of the task as a progress bar and text description.

If the task is complete the entry will also be tinted green.

Note that the percentages and descriptions are only approximate.

EPAPSED

The time taken so far.

× 

Click to cancel the task.

Check to select this task (for use with the buttons at the bottom of the list).

select: All • None

Click these to quickly check all or none of the tasks.

Cancel

Click to cancel all selected tasks.

The Toolbar



"1D" to view the last day's log entries.

"1W" to view the last week's log entries.

"1M" to view the last month's log entries.

 to select a range of days to view.



Limit the types of log entries that are listed on this page. This pops up a list of checkboxes.

Filter Options

View All

SEVERITY

INFO

NOTICE

ERROR

A list of checkboxes that allow you to limit the types of log entries that are shown on this page.

• View All

  Check this to view all entries.

• INFO

  Check this to view log entries that show information.

• NOTICE

  Check this to view log entries that show a notice.

• ERROR

  Check this to view log entries that show an error.

A text search of your logs.

The List

Date

Date and time the log entry was created.

Severity

• NOTICE

  Identifies new versions of applications, plugins, or themes.

• INFO

  Identifies successful actions and changes to the server's configuration.

• ERROR

  Identifies actions that produced an error. The error is shown in the last column along with a link to a full error log associated with the error.

Event

Type of action or information that initiated this log entry.

App

Small icon for the type of application associated with this log entry.

Click the icon to view the application in Applications Browser.

Title

Title of application that initiated this log entry.

Click the title to edit the install in Installatron.



Click the title to view the website in another browser tab.

This icon will not be shown if the website no longer exists.

 

Indicates whether Installatron uses the "https" or "http" protocol to make HTTP calls to this website.

Actor

Server username of user whose action created this log entry.

Message

Description of the action.

If this log entry is an error there will be a link to its associated error-report at the end of the error message.

The Footer

Select the page to view and the number of entries per page.

Groups (the list)

Tools to manage your custom Installatron Groups.

+add group

Click to add a group.

admin▼

'admin' in this example is the username of the user who owns these groups.

Each entry in this column, directly under this username, is a group that is owned by this user.

Members

Lists the members assigned to this group. Single users (eg. "user1" and "user2" in this example) are displayed in plain text while webhosting packages (eg "#packageC" in this example) begin with the "#" character -- all users that are assigned to the #package are also part of this group.

Tools

The 'Tools' column are actions for each group.

 

Click to edit the group's configuration (see the next section for more information).

Check to select this group (for use with the buttons at the bottom of the list).

select: All • None

Click these to quickly check All or None of the groups.

Delete

Click to delete all selected groups.

Add Group
Edit Group

Group Title

A name for this Installatron group (eg "My Group 1" in the example above). This is for easy identification.

Owner

The user who created (or is creating) this group.
this is a read-only field

Members

The list of members for this group: one user, reseller, or package per line.

Note: Control panel packages must be prefixed with a hashtag (#). Individual users/resellers require no prefix.
Note: Control panel packages and individual users/resellers must be directly owned by the Owner above.
Note: A wildcard * can be entered to target all users and resellers not targeted by other groups.

CancelSave All ▶

Press the "Save All" button to save any changes you've made.

Active Tasks (the list)

Tools to view and cancel both current and recent tasks.

localhost▼

The internal task ID, the user who initiated the task, and the URL of the application the task is performed on.

Task

The type of task.

Status

The current status of the task as a progress bar and text description.

If the task is complete the entry will also be tinted green.

Note that the percentages and descriptions are only approximate.

Elapsed

The time taken so far.

CPU#

The ID of the CPU performing this task.

× 

Click to cancel the task.

Check to select this task (for use with the buttons at the bottom of the list).

select: All • None

Click these to quickly check all or none of the tasks.

Cancel

Click to cancel all selected tasks.



"1D" to view the last day's log entries.

"1W" to view the last week's log entries.

"1M" to view the last month's log entries.

 to select a range of days to view.



Limit the types of log entries that are listed on this page. This pops up a list of checkboxes.

Filter Options

View All

SEVERITY

INFO

NOTICE

ERROR

A list of checkboxes that allow you to limit the types of log entries that are shown on this page.

• View All

  Check this to view all entries.

• INFO

  Check this to view log entries that show information.

• NOTICE

  Check this to view log entries that show a notice.

• ERROR

  Check this to view log entries that show an error.

A text search of your logs.

Date

Date and time the log entry was created.

Severity

• NOTICE

  Identifies new versions of applications, plugins, or themes.

• INFO

  Identifies successful actions and changes to the server's configuration.

• ERROR

  Identifies actions that produced an error. The error is shown in the last column along with a link to a full error log associated with the error.

Event

Type of action or information that initiated this log entry.

App

Small icon for the type of application associated with this log entry.

Click the icon to view the application in Applications Browser.

Title

Title of application that initiated this log entry.

Click the title to edit the install in Installatron.



Click the title to view the website in another browser tab.

This icon will not be shown if the website no longer exists.

 

Indicates whether Installatron uses the "https" or "http" protocol to make HTTP calls to this website.

Actor

Server username of user whose action created this log entry.

Message

Description of the action.

If this log entry is an error there will be a link to its associated error-report at the end of the error message.

Select the page to view and the number of entries per page.

Catalogs (the list)

Tools to manage the Installatron installer sources.

+add catalog

Add a new catalog (see below).

URL▼

The HTTP addresses to the catalogs.

There is a single default Installatron catalog with a URL of:

http://data.installatron.com/catalog.xml

Statistics

Displays the number of applications and versions managed by the catalogs.

Status

Shows if the catalog is "active" or "disabled".

Check to select this group (for use with the buttons at the bottom of the list).

select: All • None

Click these to quickly check all or none of the groups.

Delete

Click to delete all selected catalogs.

Add Catalog

Catalog URL

Enter the URL to a new Installatron installer catalog. This is expected to be a .xml file in the format described by the Installatron Installer SDK.

CancelSave All ▶

Press the "Save All" button to save any changes you've made.

Access Control (the list)

Precise management of the applications (and their branches), including which applications to highlight on the control panel dashboard and a message to display to the user when a particular application they're interested in is disabled.

Check to make this application (or branch of the application) available to users of the selected group.
Unselect to hide this application/branch.

default is checked

★

Select this as a featured application. Featured applications are shown on the user's webhosting control panel dashboard (when enabled) and are listed first in the Applications Browser.

⊘

When checked, it disables this application/branch. This application/branch will still be displayed but cannot be installed.

⊕

When checked, only the most recent version of this application/branch can be installed. Import, migration, and other Installatron tasks are not affected by this limitation.

APPS FOR COMMUNITY BUILDING▼

Applications are grouped by Installatron-category under these headers (there are multiple headers down the page).

Each entry shows the application's icon, title, and type.

VERSION

Shows the newest version of this application or the latest version in this branch of the application.

 means this application can be auto-updated, by Installatron, to the latest major version.

 means this application can be auto-updated, by Installatron, to the latest minor version of its current branch.

UPDATED

How recent was the last update of this installer.

Applications that have not been updated for more than 2 years are shown in red.

SIZE

Shows the combined disk space and database size of the latest version of this application/branch.

PHP

Shows the major PHP versions supported by the latest version this application/branch. Note that some sub-versions of PHP, within each major version, may not be supported.

GREEN versions are supported, GREY versions are not supported.

A value of "n/a" means that the application does not use PHP.

MYSQL/MARIADB

Shows the major MySQL or MariaDB versions supported by the latest version this application/branch. Note that some sub-versions of MySQL or MariaDB, within each major version, may not be supported.

Click the "MYSQL/MARIADB" column header to toggle between showing the MYSQL versions and MARIADB versions.

GREEN versions are supported, GREY versions are not supported.

A value of "n/a" means that the application does not use a database.

Note: An entry marked with 1 do not support database table prefixes and are therefore limited to one install per database.

(future additions to this category)

The last entry in each category defines how new applications and new branches will be automatically configured when added to this category.

Disabled Message

Enter the message that users will see when they try to install an installer or branch that is disabled.

default is:

This application requires an account upgrade. Please <a href='http://yourcompay.com' target='_blank'>click here</a> to upgrade your account.

Cancel

Press the "Cancel" button to cancel any changes you've made.

Customization PHP Code

Enter the custom code into this text area.

This is expected to be in the format described by the Installer Customization Guide.

CancelSave All ▶

Press the "Save All" button to save any changes you've made.

Enable Live Demo

Check to enable this feature.

default is checked

Live Demo

The the URL to the live demo service.

Note that Installatron will automatically mask this URL so that it appears to be hosted on your server.

default is "https://livedemo.installatron.com"

CancelSave All ▶

Press the "Save All" button to save any changes you've made.

CancelSave All ▶

Press the "Save All" button to save any changes you've made.

Edit Template

ID

Internal ID of this Installatron template.

Title

Enter a short name for this template.

This title appears in the above templates list and during the install process when the user is selecting the Content option.

Description

Enter a longer description for this template.

This description appears during the install process when the user is selecting the Content option.

Availability

• 🔘 Make this template available to the website owner

  Select to make this template a new Content option only to the user/account that created this template.

• 🔘 Make this template available as a new content option for this application

  Select to make this available as a Content option for the type of application this template is created from.

• 🔘 Make this template available as a new application

  only for admin and reseller users

  Select to convert this template into a new installer, installed from the Applications Browser tab.

default is "Make this template available as a new content option for this application"

When "Make this template available to everyone" is selected:

Preview Image

Attach an image representing this theme.

The image should be 1024x640 PNG or 2048x1280 HiDPI PNG, less than 1MB.

This image appears during the install process when the user is selecting the Content option.

When "Make this template available to everyone as a new application" is selected:

Icon

An icon representing this template as a new application in the Applications Browser tab.

512x512 PNG, less than 300KB

Category

The Installatron application category this template-as-application will be added to.

default is "Content Management"

Type

The Installatron application type this template-as-application is best described as.

default is "blog"

Screenshot #1-#4

Screenshots of the template-as-application. Up to 4 screenshots can be added.

These appear on the Overview tab when the application is viewed in the Applications Browser tab.

Long Description

Enter a long description of the template-as-application, including a description of it's features, benefits, and history.

This long description appears at the bottom of the application's information when viewed in the Applications Browser tab.

App URL

Enter an optional link to a webpage with more information about this template-as-application.

Docs URL

Enter an optional link to documentation for this template-as-application.

FAQ URL

Enter an optional link to a FAQ for this template-as-application.

Support URL

Enter an optional link to a support page for this template-as-application.