Network Address Translation (NAT)

Parallels H-Sphere supports NAT (Network Address Translation) which allows you to use internal IPs in your local area network. When configuring Parallels H-Sphere, use internal IPs in all instances, and Parallels H-Sphere will convert them into external IPs for the DNS settings and control panel web interface.

To enable NAT support in Parallels H-Sphere:

1. Log into Control Panel server as cpanel user:
   1. Log in as root first:

      $ su -

   2. Log in as the cpanel user:

      # su -l cpanel

2. Create the ips-map.xml file in the ~cpanel/shiva/psoft_config/ directory in the following format:

   <ips>
      <ip ext="external_ip" int="internal_ip"/>
      . . .
   </ips>

   Example:

   <ips>

   <ip ext="65.219.197.236" int="192.168.1.27"/>

   <ip ext="65.219.197.237" int="192.168.1.28"/>

   <ip ext="65.219.197.238" int="192.168.1.29"/>

   <ip ext="65.219.197.239" int="192.168.1.30"/>

   <ip ext="65.219.197.242" int="192.168.1.31"/>

   <ip ext="65.219.197.243" int="192.168.1.32"/>

   <ip ext="65.219.197.244" int="192.168.1.33"/>

   </ips>

3. Set the following record in ~cpanel/shiva/psoft_config/hsphere.properties:

   IPS-XML-FILENAME = /hsphere/local/home/cpanel/shiva/psoft_config/ips-map.xml

4. Restart Parallels H-Sphere to apply changes. To do this, run under root:

   For Linux:

   /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpdcp stop

   killall -9 java

   sleep 10

   /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpdcp start

   For FreeBSD:

   /usr/local/etc/rc.d/apachecp.sh stop

   killall -9 java

   sleep 10

   /usr/local/etc/rc.d/apachecp.sh start

To disable NAT support

1. Remove the line mentioned in step 3 above from hsphere.properties.
2. Restart Parallels H-Sphere.

See below for particular cases of configuring NAT in your Parallels H-Sphere cluster.