How to Create and Modify Peer Accounts - WSP

A Peer Account in WebsitePanel is just an alias for a parent user account.  Peer Accounts are useful when you have multiple administrators managing the server.

• Create a Peer Account
• Modify a Peer Account
• Delete a Peer Account

Creating a Peer Account

To create a Peer account:

1. Login to the server as serveradmin (https://servername or https://serverip)
2. Click Peers under the Account Menu sidebar.
3. Click Create Peer Account.
4. Provide the following information:
   • User name: Create a username for the Peer Account
   • Password: Create a strong password
   • Role: Use the dropdown menu to select Administrator
   • First Name: Enter the user's First Name
   • Last Name: Enter the user's Last Name
   • E-mail: Enter an email for notifications
   • Secondary e-mail(Optional): 
   • Mail Format: Use the dropdown menu to select if you want email notices sent in plain text or formatted with HTML tags
   • Login Status: Use the dropdown to select Enabled(Enabled should be selected by default)
   • Demo Account: Leave this checkbox unchecked
5. Click Add.

Modifying a Peer Account

To modify a Peer account:

1. Login to the server as serveradmin (https://servername or https://serverip).
2. Click Peers under the Account Menu sidebar.
3. Click the Peer Account you want to modify under the Username column.
4. Modify the following information:
   • Username
   • Password
   • Role
   • First Name
   • Last Name
   • Email
   • Secondary e-mail
   • Mail Format
   • Login Status
   • Demo Account
5. Click Update to save your changes.
    

Deleting a Peer Account

To delete a Peer Account:

1. Login to the server as serveradmin (https://servername or https://serverip).
2. Click Peers under the Account Menu sidebar.
3. Click the Peer Account you want to delete under the Username column.
4. Click Delete.
5. Click OK in the dialog box to confirm the deletion.

Please contact us via Live Support or submit a support ticket in your billing account if you run into any issues with Peer Accounts.