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# Extend a virtual server You can enhance your existing virtual servers to add FrontPage Server Extensions 2002 functionality such as security, usage analysis, and server health features, and so on. This process is called extending a virtual server. If the virtual server you want to extend is in the configuration file for your administration port, you can extend it by clicking Extend in the list of virtual servers. If the virtual server you want to extend is not in the list, you can still extend it by clicking the Extend a virtual server link.
| To extend a virtual server listed in the administration port's configuration file
On the Server Administration page for the server, under Virtual Servers, locate the virtual server that you want to extend. In the row for that virtual server, click Extend. In the Server Configuration File Path box, type the path to the configuration file that includes the virtual server. In the Port box, type the port number for the virtual server. In the Host name box, type the host name for the virtual server. In the Administrator user name box, type the administrator name for the virtual server. In the Administrator Account Password box, type the password for the administrator account. In the UNIX User Account Username box, type the username that will own the content on the file system. In the UNIX Group Account Name box, type the group name that will own the content on the file system. Click Submit.
| To extend a virtual server that is not listed in the administration port's configuration file
On the Server Administration page for the server, click Extend a virtual server. In the Server Configuration File Path box, type the path to the configuration file that includes the virtual server. In the Port box, type the port number for the virtual server. In the Host name box, type the host name for the virtual server. In the Administrator user name box, type the administrator name for the virtual server. In the Administrator Account Password box, type the password for the administrator account. In the UNIX User Account Username box, type the username that will own the content on the file system. In the UNIX Group Account Name box, type the group name that will own the content on the file system. Click Submit.
| Tip
If you want to extend a new virtual server, you must create the virtual server by using the Apache tools for UNIX.