Most common applications such as CMS, Blog, Gallery etc. require installation via a web browser. First, of course, you must transfer all the installation and program files for the application onto the web server, in the vhost directory where it will run.

For example, let’s say you want to install an application that runs on the vhost called “myblog.example.com”. First you would add that vhost to the instance by adding a “web site” called myblog.example.com to the control panel for your instance.

Next, you would transfer the application files to the instance using SFTP, placing them in: /lamp0/web/vhosts/myblog.example.com/htdocs/

Depending on the application, it may be necessary to change the level of access rights to one or more of the files and folders you transferred. To do this, go to the admin page for your instance. You can find it on the control panel for this instance in the Access section:

You end up with your browser pointing to an address like: http://123456.admin.dc0.gpaas.net/ Under the Apache section, you will find a link named “Vhost access” which will display a page listing the contents of the vhosts directory. Click the link for the vhost to which you transferred your installation files, then click htdocs/ show them.

At this point in our example, your web browser should be pointing at: http://123456.admin.dc0.gpaas.net/vhosts/myblog.example.com/htdocs/

You can now follow the installation through the browser as if you had gotten there directly, with the important difference that the installations you run here will be run as user sFTP. This user has sufficient rights to install software in this directory.