- Linux VPS Hosting
- Windows Dedicated Hosting
- SSL Certificates
- Managed AWS Cloud
- Microsoft Office 365
- Microsoft Azure
Plesk Installation for Windows server Using Installer GUI
Posted in Plesk Control Panel on Sep 26, 2019
Plesk is a commercial web hosting platform with a control panel that allows a server administrator to set up new websites, reseller accounts, e-mail accounts and DNS entries through a web-based interface. The administrator can create client and site templates, which predetermine resource-allocation parameters for the domains and/or clients.
Plesk offers users the possibility to easily install web applications using the (APS) Application Packaging Standard. APS packages are updated by the packaging vendor when a security update is made available.
For Plesk installation, you require a fresh Win...
[Read more...]How to change the default location for temporary backup files on Linux?
Posted in Plesk Control Panel on Jan 26, 2019
Connect to the server via SSH.
Create a backup of Plesk variables' configuration file:
# cp -a /etc/psa/psa.conf{,.bkp}
Modify DUMP_TMP_D variable value in /etc/psa/psa.conf, so it will point to desired path:
# grep DUMP_TMP_D /etc/psa/psa.conf
DUMP_TMP_D /mnt/backupdrive/tmp
Set 1777/drwxrwxrwt permissions for the new directory:
# chmod 1777 /mnt/backupdrive/tmp
So that the result is as follows:
# ls -ld /mnt/backupdrive/tmp
drwxrwxrwt 53 root root 20480 Feb 8 21:39 /mnt/backupdrive/tmp
[Read more...]
How to change virtual hosts locations in Plesk for Linux
Posted in Plesk Control Panel on Jan 26, 2019
In Plesk for Linux, transvhosts.pl utility can be used to change the location for all virtual hosts:
# /usr/local/psa/bin/transvhosts.pl --help
In the following example, the location is changed to /home directory:
# /usr/local/psa/bin/transvhosts.pl --dest-dir /home --correct-scripts
/home is the new location which you want to set. You can define the location as per your requirement.
Services Cloudtechtiq offers:
How to change the location for Plesk backup files on a Linux server ?
Posted in Plesk Control Panel on Jan 26, 2019
By default, all backup data is stored in the directory /var/lib/psa/dumps.
To change the default backup location, follow these steps:
Connect to a Plesk server via SSH.
Create a new directory for backups. In these example, we are using /plesk_backups:
# mkdir /plesk_backups
Set necessary ownership for the created directory:
# chown psaadm:psaadm /plesk_backups
Modify the backup location in the Plesk configuration file /etc/psa/psa.conf:
Open the file /etc/psa/psa.conf in a text editor (for example, vi editor).
Change the value of DUMP_D to the created directory from step 2
# Backups directory
...
[Read more...]
How to change the default location of mailboxes in Plesk for Linux?
Posted in Plesk Control Panel on Jan 26, 2019
By default, Plesk stores all mailboxes in the /var/qmail/mailnames/ directory. How to change this location?
Connect to the server using SSH
Find what SMTP and IMAP/POP3 servers are in use:
# /usr/local/psa/admin/bin/mailmng --features | egrep 'SMTP_Server|IMAP_POP3_Server'
$features['SMTP_Server'] = "Postfix";
$features['IMAP_POP3_Server'] = "Dovecot";
$features['SMTP_Server_package'] = "postfix";
$features['IMAP_POP3_Server_package'] = "dovecot";
Stop the SMTP service:
# service postfix stop
Open the file /etc/psa/psa.conf and change the PLESK_MAILNAMES_D variable: specify a new location for...
[Read more...]How to remove emails from the queue in Plesk
Posted in Plesk Control Panel on Dec 06, 2018
There are two ways of doing this:
1.Use Plesk interface: Tools & Settings > Mail Server Settings > Mail Queue > Clear
2. Connect to the server via SSH and use command-line utility:
usr/local/psa/admin/sbin/mailqueuemng --clean
[Read more...]