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Introduction To CWatch Partner Portal > Domain Overview
  • Introduction To CWatch Partner Portal
    • Login To Your Account
    • Add Admin Users
    • Add And Manage Customers
    • Distribute And Manage Licenses
    • Configure Customer Websites
    • Manage Notifications
    • The Customer And License Management Interface
      • View Customer Details And Licenses
    • Domain Overview
      • View Domain Details Of A Website
    • View CWatch Reports
    • Configure Additional Settings
      • Customer Portal Settings
        • Set Customer Portal Access URL
        • Customize Name Server And CDN Zone
        • Configure Hosting Access Link
      • Configure Remote Access
      • License And SSL Purchase Settings
        • Set License Upgrade/Renewal Links
        • Set SSL Certificate Purchase Link
        • Set Domain & Hosting Transfer Links
        • Set New License Purchase Link
        • Configure Upgrade Notification Messages
      • Customer Portal White Labeling And Appearance Settings
        • Configure Brand Logos
        • Configure Trust Seal Images For Your Customers Websites
        • Configure Legal Information
        • Configure Customer Portal Languages
        • Customize License Names
        • Configure Online Chat
        • Set Customer Portal Browser Tab Title
        • Select Customer Portal Options
    • Add And Manage Sub-Resellers
      • Add A Sub-Reseller
      • View Sub-Reseller Details And Licenses
      • Edit A Sub-Reseller Profile
    • Membership Plans
    • Manage Your CAM Account

Domain Overview


  • Click 'Domain Overview' in the top-menu
  • The domain overview is a single pane of glass through which you can monitor the health of all customer websites.
  • It shows the security status of managed sites, and provides a launchpad from which you can investigate and configure each site's protection
  • You can login to a customer's cWatch account from here, without needing their username and password. This is useful for troubleshooting and configuration.
  • You can also remove customer sites that no longer need cWatch protection.


 

Websites - Column Descriptions

Column Header

Descriptions

Site

The URL of the website.

Customer Login

The customer account with which the website is associated.Security License


The type of cWatch security license associated with the domain.

  • See Membership Plans to view the features covered by each license type.

Backup License

The type of cWatch backup license associated with the domain. Storage space and backup/recovery options depend on the license type.

  • See Membership Plans to view the features covered by each license type.

Malware

Whether or not threats were found on the site by the most recent virus scan

OWASP

Whether or not any vulnerabilities in the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) top-ten were found by the most recent scan.

CMS

Whether or not any vulnerabilities specific to the content management system (CMS) were found.

Blacklisted

Whether or not the site is present on any lists of dangerous websites.


Monitored blackists include Google Safe Browsing, Phishtank and Comodo Valkyrie.

DNS

Whether or not Comodo DNS is enabled on the site.

Comodo DNS is required if you want to take advantage of the CDN and WAF services.

Protection

Whether or not CDN protection is enabled.

CDN

The method by which the content delivery network is activated on the site.



There are two methods:

  • CNAME - By changing the domain's authoritative DNS servers to Comodo DNS (CNAME)
  • CNAME/A Record - By entering 'CNAME' and 'A' records generated for the domain by cWatch, to the site's DNS management page
     

File Backup

Whether or not the website’s files and folders are backed up by the cWatch backup service.

DB Backup

Whether or the website’s database is backed up by the cWatch backup service.

Actions

Controls to login to the customer portal, configure site malware scans, and remove the site from protection.


See the following sections for help with these actions:

  • Login to Customer's Account
  • Configure Website for cWatch protection
  • Remove a Website


See the following sections for more help with the interface:

  • Export websites to CSV file
  • View Domain Details of a Website
    • Login to a customer account and manage their websites
    • Configure a website for cWatch protection
    • Remove a website


    Filtering Options:

    • The fields at top-right let you create custom filters:



    • Select your filter category from the 'Type' drop-down
    • Enter / select your search criteria in the 'Value' filed
    • Click the '+' icon to add more filter conditions
    • Click the magnifying glass icon to filter the websites based on your search criteria
    • Click the eraser icon to clear the filters and view the complete list of websites

    Export websites to CSV file

    • Click the 'Domain Overview' link in the top-menu

    The interface shows managed websites along with license and scan details.

    • Apply any filters you require. See Filtering Options above if you need help with this.
    • Click the 'Download' arrow at the top-left of the list
    • This will generate a CSV file of the sites you requested.


    Login to a Customer Account and Manage their Websites

    • Click the 'Domain Overview' link in the top-menu

    The interface shows managed websites along with license and scan details.

    • Identify the website you want to manage.
    • Click the chain link button  in the 'Actions' column

    • This opens the dashboard of the customer to whom the site is registered.
    • You can perform all management actions on customer sites from this interface. This includes malware scans, malware removal requests, custom firewall rules configuring backups and more. See the cWatch admin guide at https://help.comodo.com/topic-285-1-848-11000-Introduction-to-Comodo-cWatch-Web-Security.html for detailed information on the products capabilities.
       

    Configure Customer Website for cWatch Protection

    • Click the 'Domain Overview' link in the top-menu

    The interface shows managed websites along with license and scan details.

    • Identify the website you want to manage
    • Click the gear wheel button  in the 'Actions' column
    • This opens the domain settings screen for the site:



    The settings screen contains three tabs:

    • Malware Scanner - Activate virus scan on the website.
    • CDN - Configure CDN cache management settings for the site.
    • SSL Certificate - Upload the SSL certificate used to secure the site if it is using HTTPS

    Activate Malware Scanner for a Website

    • You need to upload the cWatch agent to the site to activate malware scans.
    • You need to provide access details to the site if you want cWatch to automatically upload the file.
    • Alternatively, you can simply download the agent and copy it to the site manually.

    Activate the malware scanner

    • Click the 'Domain Overview' link in the top-menu
    The interface shows managed websites along with license and scan details.
    • Identify the website on which you want to activate malware scans
    • Click the gear wheel in the 'Actions' column
    • Click the 'Malware Scanner' tab on the top-right if it is not already open



    • Click 'Activate'

    The activation wizard starts:

    • Complete the all fields in 'Step 1 - Enter FTP Credentials and click 'Enable Scanner'



    • Connection Type - Select 'FTP' or 'SFTP' depending on the server type used by the website
    • SFTP uses an encrypted connection
    • Hostname - The IP address or hostname of the server
    • Username / Password - Login credentials to the server
    • Directory - Location to which cWatch should upload the scanner agent. This must be publicly accessible
    • Port - The server port to which cWatch should connect to upload the agent
    • Click 'Enable Scanner'
    • cWatch will upload the agent and activate the malware scanner.



    • Once done, cWatch will run scheduled scans on all files hosted on the website. The site admin can also start scans on the site from the 'Malware Scans' page of the customer portal. See http://help.comodo.com/topic-285-1-848-11011-Malware-Scans.html for more details on this.

    Configure CDN Cache Management Settings for a site

    • The Content Delivery Network (CDN) improves performance and security of client websites.
    • You have to configure the site to use Comodo DNS if you want to use the CDN. This can be done in the customer portal. See http://help.comodo.com/topic-285-1-848-12463-Domain-Configuration-Instructions.html for help to do this.

    Once configured, the CDN service will:

    • Accelerate performance by serving site content from data centers closest to your visitor's location.
    • Forward event logs to the Comodo CSOC team who will monitor your traffic to identify anomalous behavior and threats.
    • Implement Comodo web application firewall protection on your domains. The CSOC team constantly improves the Mod Security rules in the firewall to provide cutting edge protection for your customers.


    Configure CDN Settings

    • Click the 'Domain Overview' link in the top-menu

    The interface shows managed websites along with license and scan details.

    • Identify the website you want to manage.
    • Click the gear wheel in the 'Actions' column
    • Click the 'CDN' tab at top-right



    • Cache Settings – Configure how website content is rendered
    • Purge Files – Clear the files on the edge servers

    Cache Settings:

    • Select 'Cache Settings' in the drop-down at the top-left
    • Configure the following:

    Cache Settings - Table of Parameters

    Parameter

    Description

    Set Default Cache Time

    How long the CDN should store content fetched from the origin web server. Cached content is delivered to website visitors until this time period expires. After this, the CDN will reconnect to the site and refresh the content.


    This is useful if your site's cache control headers (CCH) are not used or ignored by the browser on your visitors computer.


    Background Note: Cache control headers are used to specify how long content fetched from site should remain in the browser cache. The local cache is used by the browser to render the site when it is re-visited by the user, avoiding the need to fetch the content again from the server.

    Cache Control Header

     The validity period of the CCH on the end-user's web browser. See 'Background Note' above.


    This setting lets you control how long cached content should be stored visitor's web browsers.

    Serve Expired Content

    CDN to delivers expired content when:

    • The CDN is currently checking the website for updated content
    • The website is down
    Use the switch to enable or disable this option.

    Treat as separate cacheable item

    Web-pages with query string parameters (e.g. '?q=something') will be cached as separate files.


    This will instruct the CDN to update cached files whenever the original pages are updated.

    • Use the switch to enable or disable this option

    Ignore Cache Control

    Visitor's browsers will disregard the time to live (TTL) and header expiry settings of the web-pages.


    Web browsers will use the 'Set default cache time' setting for the cache time.

    • Use the switch to enable or disable this option
    • Click 'Update' for our settings to take effect


    Purge Files:


    You can manually clear cached content from edge servers if you want to immediately push fresh content.

    • Select 'Purge Files' from the drop-down at top-left



    Purge CDN Cache on Edge Servers

    Purge All Files

    Remove all files from the cache. The CDN is forced to reload the website the next time the files are requested.

    • Click 'Purge'

    Purge Individual Files

    Remove specific files from the cache. CDN will reload only those files the next time same files are requested.

    • Enter the URI of the file in the File Path field
    • Click the 'Add Path' button to add more file paths
    • Click 'Purge'


    Upload an SSL certificate for a Website

    • An SSL/TLS certificate is placed on a website to authenticate the domain owner and encrypt all data that passes between the site visitor and the web server.
    • Sites that use an SSL certificate have a URL that begins with HTTPS. For example, https://www.example.com

    cWatch lets you to upload an SSL certificate which is already in use on a website. This will encrypt traffic between the CDN and the origin website.

    • Encrypts traffic between the origin server and cWatch CDN servers
    • Eliminates privacy risks & vulnerabilities such as eavesdropping and man-in-the-middle attacks

    Prerequisite - You should have the certificate and keys ready.


    Upload an SSL certificate to a website

    • Click the 'Domain Overview' link in the top-menu

    The interface shows managed websites along with license and scan details.

    • Identify the website you want to manage
    • Click the gear icon  in the 'Actions' column
    • Click the 'SSL Certificate' tab at top-right



    SSL Certificate Settings - Table of Parameters

    Parameter

    Description

    Certificate

    Paste the content of your certificate. For example, the content you are looking for is something like this:


    -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
    MIICUTCCAfugAwIBAgIBADANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQQFADBXMQswCQYDVQQGEwJDTjEL
    MAkGA1UECBMCUE4xCzAJBgNVBAcTAkNOMQswCQYDVQQKEwJPTjELMAkGA1UECxMC
    VU4xFDASBgNVBAMTC0hlcm9uZyBZYW5nMB4XDTA1MDcxNTIxMTk0N1oXDTA1MDgx
    NDIxMTk0N1owVzELMAkGA1UEBhMCQ04xCzAJBgNVBAgTAlBOMQswCQYDVQQHEwJD
    TjELMAkGA1UEChMCT04xCzAJBgNVBAsTAlVOMRQwEgYDVQQDEwtIZXJvbmcgWWFu
    ZzBcMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA0sAMEgCQQCp5hnG7ogBhtlynpOS21cBewKE/B7j
    V14qeyslnr26xZUsSVko36ZnhiaO/zbMOoRcKK9vEcgMtcLFuQTWDl3RAgMBAAGj
    gbEwga4wHQYDVR0OBBYEFFXI70krXeQDxZgbaCQoR4jUDncEMH8GA1UdIwR4MHaA
    FFXI70krXeQDxZgbaCQoR4jUDncEoVukWTBXMQswCQYDVQQGEwJDTjELMAkGA1UE
    CBMCUE4xCzAJBgNVBAcTAkNOMQswCQYDVQQKEwJPTjELMAkGA1UECxMCVU4xFDAS
    BgNVBAMTC0hlcm9uZyBZYW5nggEAMAwGA1UdEwQFMAMBAf8wDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEE
    BQADQQA/ugzBrjjK9jcWnDVfGHlk3icNRq0oV7Ri32z/+HQX67aRfgZu7KWdI+Ju
    Wm7DCfrPNGVwFWUQOmsPue9rZBgO
    -----END CERTIFICATE-----

    SSL Chain Certificate

    If your certificate contains an intermediate certificate then paste it here. If not, leave this field blank.

    Certificate Key

    Private key of your certificate.

     

    The certificate will be uploaded to the CDN servers to encrypt traffic between the CDN and the origin website.


    Remove a website


    Note. Removing a website will also invalidate any licenses associated with the site.

    • Click the 'Domain Overview' link in the top-menu

    The interface shows managed websites along with license and scan details.

    • Identify the website you want to manage
    • Click the trash can button  in the 'Actions' column
    • A confirmation screen appears:



    • Enter the domain name of the website in the 'Enter Site Name' field for confirmation
    • Click 'Delete'.
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