Pleask backend files in linux machine:<\/p>\n
Plesk root directory : \/usr\/local\/psa<\/p>\n
Version : \/usr\/local\/psa\/version<\/p>\n
Admin password is stored : \/etc\/psa\/.psa.shadow<\/p>\n
Plesk configuration file : \/etc\/psa\/psa.conf<\/p>\n
Restart Plesk : \/etc\/rc.d\/init.d\/plesk restart<\/p>\n
Apache<\/p>\n
Main httpd configuration file : \/etc\/httpd\/conf\/httpd.conf<\/p>\n
Plesk httpd : \/etc\/httpd\/conf.d\/zz010_psa_httpd.conf<\/p>\n
Include conf files are under : \/etc\/httpd\/conf.d (depends on the location specified in main httpd)<\/p>\n
Startup script for plesk apache : \/usr\/local\/psa\/admin\/bin\/httpsdctl start<\/p>\n
Apache main log files under : \/var\/log\/httpd<\/p>\n
PHP<\/p>\n
Php configuration file : \/etc\/php.ini<\/p>\n
Php extension modules are taken from : \/etc\/php.d<\/p>\n
Named<\/p>\n
Conf file located : \/var\/named\/run-root\/etc\/named.conf<\/p>\n
DB record : \/var\/named\/run-root\/var\/domain.com<\/p>\n
Log file : \/var\/log\/messages<\/p>\n
Service to restart : \/etc\/init.d\/named restart<\/p>\n
FTP<\/p>\n
Conf file : \/etc\/proftpd.conf<\/p>\n
Log file : \/var\/log\/messages<\/p>\n
Mysql<\/p>\n
Databases are located at : \/var\/lib\/mysql<\/p>\n
Configuration file : \/etc\/my.cnf<\/p>\n
Mysql log : \/var\/log\/mysqld.log<\/p>\n
Mail Server<\/p>\n
Location of qmail directory : \/var\/qmail<\/p>\n
Mail directory of a domain : \/var\/qmail\/mailnames\/domain.com<\/p>\n
Mail log : \/var\/log\/maillog or \/usr\/local\/psa\/var\/log\/maillog<\/p>\n
Home directory of a domain<\/p>\n
Home directory : \/var\/www\/vhosts\/domain.com<\/p>\n
Httpd conf file of a domain : \/var\/www\/vhosts\/domain.com\/conf\/httpd.include<\/p>\n
document root directory : \/var\/www\/vhosts\/domain.com\/httpdocs<\/p>\n
Document root directory of secure website : \/var\/www\/vhosts\/domain.com\/httpdsdocs<\/p>\n
Subdomains are created under : \/var\/www\/vhosts\/domain.com\/subdomains<\/p>\n
Domain specific logs are under : \/var\/www\/vhosts\/domain.com\/statistics\/ logs<\/p>\n
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To log in to plesk use
https: :8443<\/p>\n
There are four login levels for plesk
They are
1) Administrator
2)Client\/Reseller
3) Domain owner
4) Email user<\/p>\n
Each level has got its own functions<\/p>\n
Administrator<\/p>\n
This login is used to by hosting administators to manage the server items . Client\/reseller,Domain owner,Email user creation can be done by using this account.
Note : We cannot use the root password for login to this account as in Cpanel. To login to this account use
Username : admin
Password : (will be stored in fiel \/etc\/psa\/.psa.shadow )<\/p>\n
Client\/Reseller<\/p>\n
This is the second tier account . Domain owner accounts and Email user accounts can be managed from this account.<\/p>\n
Domain owner<\/p>\n
Everything related to one domain can be managed by using this account. usually client\/reseller creates a Domain owner account.<\/p>\n
mail user<\/p>\n
This is the fourth tier account. Here users are allowed to manage their mail account. Only mail related functions are allowed here such as sending mails ,seting spam filters etc.
Software componets of plesk.<\/p>\n
The following software components are used with plesk.<\/p>\n
DNS server : bind
Webserver : Apache
FTP server : proftpd
Mail server : Mysql,mssql,postgresql
IMAP\/POP : courier-IMAP
Mailing list: Mailman
Statistical softwares : Webalizer, AWstats<\/p>\n
Types of hosting<\/p>\n
In plesk, 3 modes of hosting are avaliable
They are
Physical hosting
The domain is actually hosted on that server.
Standard Hosting
Here url is redirected such that browser url will be changed to destination url
Frame forward
Here also redirection takes place. But browser url doesnot change<\/p>\n
PSA DATABASE
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Plesk has a database called psa. We can use the administrator username(admin) and password to login to psa database.
>Tables in psa database are
1. Domains
2. Clients
3. db_users
4.db_bases
5. disk_spaces
6.mail
7.lockout
8. web_users<\/p>\n
Backup<\/p>\n
> To back up all data
\/plesk_installation_directory\/bin\/pleskbackup all
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> To back up all user accounts with all users\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 sites,
\/plesk_installation_directory\/bin\/pleskbackup clients<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"