Ken

Man I have just the client for this!

OnApp

I couldn't tell. I can't wait for you to get it too! It's a good sign when people are this excited for it. Looking forward to it myself, though I'm more excited about 3.3-3.4 based on a particular module planned.

MemoryX2 is ready for that bootstrap/responsive theme isn't he.

I'm in agreement that it should be "displayed" in a way that makes sense to the customer. +1

Yea it was. This is a test environment and I was trying to use the default node group. It works once you add and assign a node group other than default.

Exactly, so that's why I want to see if the SolusVM module can easily be edited to use usernames instead it's current convention.

I haven't submitted it as a bug yet until I look into it more but whenever I select a node group I get "Invalid node or group" when trying to provision. Anyone else having that issue?

Blesta users can't change their username from what I can tell only admin can, unless you mean when email addresses are used as username like Clamhost mentioned. You are right that if usernames are the same they should be changed on both sides or not at all. I really don't like that Blesta lets the user decide which username method to use as I think that should be controlled by admin. That's a feature request that I'd be willing to make if I haven't already. In the mean time is there a module edit that I can do that would provision the account using the username?

I'm thinking he might mean he'd like to have documents that he'd like to not have available to the customer but still have associated with the customer.

That should not matter. If the email address is the username then it should use the email address since it's the username. You can check the users table in the database and see that there's not really any difference between the two methods. The `username` field in the users table displays either 'username' or the 'email address'. Now a valid concern is if the user changes their email address in Blesta, will it change in SolusVM? Which was going to bring me to my next question. But I really could careless about using email addresses at this point. In fact I think I've made the feature request to let us enforce that option across the whole company at one point. Also consider this... the shared login plugin that Cody wrote only works if the username of the control panel you want to integrate with has the same username as Blesta. Which is a big part of why I'm making this request.

Yea it's definitely not ready to go out of the box because it's super minimal. That's the double edge sword but because it's pretty close to a vanilla LAMP server it's very easy to modify. I personally wish there were some options as to which services you want to install. I would prefer not to run email off of it for example.

Is there a quick way to have the SolusVM module provision user account names based on the Blesta username instead of the vmuser# convention?

Ever since the beginning of this post I started running a handful of sites on it and it's pretty awesome. It's just very simple in design and robust. It's not very invasive in comparison to a LAMP server without a panel. So it's easy for sysadmins to deal with since everything is pretty much where you'd expect it to be. It's still young so take that into consideration but it's still very usable and has nice momentum. The Blesta module will be a huge plus and there's a CloudLinux module coming but not sure when. Can't wait for that.

I'm really liking that project.

Sounds like a bunch of WebHosting... .com

That place is childs play.

That's what we're talking about.

Ha! You got me. What Mike said. I've honestly not used it enough yet to say, Paul. But definitely will be. Sounds like it will be a default plugin one day though.

I'm curious how come this didn't get added to 3.2's default plugin library? Will it eventually go into future versions?

Why Outlook.com? I've never used it but from what I read in a quick search they don't support server federation either. Or do they?

I seriously doubt he'll get the death sentence. His life is over though. They usually enforce the death penalty for premeditated or possibly heinous crimes.

Word-of-mouth meaning referral business and not limited to friends, family and social gatherings. One company that recently comes to mind is Rack911. While they're a service company and not hosting (that I know of) I think it's fair to say that people mostly learn of them by word-of-mouth whether it be on WHT or referral. But they've also made their name known by becoming, like Sitrus suggested, an authority of their trade. In particular they've fulfilled a need by securing software that is commonly used among the hosting industry. I can't stress enough the line that the portrayed Bill Gates says in "Pirates of Silicone Valley": We need people to need us. Even the best marketing agencies in the world will tell you "I can bring the leads to your door step but it's still up to you to covert the sale". Find something that your prospects need that others don't generally offer and make it a first impression. The fly-by-nighters occur in all industries and it doesn't usually take long to pick them out. Also I'd recommend attending some conferences if possible. Hang in there and learn as much as you can along the way. You'll find your groove.

It's probably agreed among everyone that their potential customers are looking for this. Here in The States there is very little difference in how you file an LLC or a Corp. The filing is actually only a tiny fragment of the process to do it properly. You'll spend more money in legal fees preparing Bylaws and Minutes Agreements which the customer does not see and is not required to file with the state. As far as filing the corp that's just an online application and a few hundred bucks.

I can't speak on that about the hosting industry but in the past I've done it for local computer/network service. Again you're in that under 5% range which is great in that line of work because the profit margins are bigger than hosting. I find that the business card thing is most effective when you're shaking someone's hand. I've always been a slight hermit and not really go to social events unless they sounded what I considered fun. Now days I force myself to go to almost everything I get invited to, unless there's a clear sign of no potential, and it's rare that I don't get asked for my business card. The only caveat is it does involve being social and not being a wall flower. Something I had to train myself to do. The open bar helps.