Windows Plesk Procedures

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1. How to Login to my Reseller Web Hosting Control Panel?

Go to browser
https://domainname.com:8443/
Enter the username and password
Click the login Button.

2. How to create a Server plan in plesk?

Login to your Plesk Control Panel [Admin Account]
Switch to Service Provider view
Navigate to Service Plans and select Hosting Plans or Reseller Plans
Click Add a Plan
Perform necessary adjustments in the tabs (Resources, Permissions, Hosting Parameters, etc.)
Click OK to save the Plan

3. How to create a Reseller account in the Plesk Control Panel?

Login to your Plesk Control Panel [Admin Account]
Search for the “Resellers” option from the search bar.
Click on the “Add Reseller” option.
Fill up the required details.
Choose the “Service Plan” which you want
Click on the “OK”

4. How to create a customer account in the Plesk Control Panel?

Login to your Plesk Control Panel [Admin Account]
Under the hosting services,click on Customers
Fill the Contact Information
To give the separate control panel,give the username and password
Give the website information as your domain name
Give the FTP username and password
Choose the service plan
Click create

Use the customer account using the URL to Access your control panel at
https://www.yourdomain.com:8443 [ Example :https://www.exampledomainl.com:8443 ]

5. How to Change the Login Details of customer accounts?

Login to your Plesk Control Panel
Click on Customers
Click on the Customer Account for which you want to change the Login details
Click on Change login info
Change the Login details
Click on Ok

6. How to create a domain name [ or host a domain name ] in my Reseller Account Plesk ?

Login to your Plesk Control Panel
Click on subscriptions
Click on Add New Subscriptions.
Give your Domain name.
Give FTP user name and password for this domain
Choose your Service plan.
Click on ok.

7. How to create a sub domain in the Plesk Control Panel ?

Login to your Plesk Control Panel
Click on subscriptions
Click on subscription name for which you need a subdomain
Click the Websites & Domains tab
Click Add Sub domain
Specify the following:

a. In the Sub domain name box, type the portion of address that will be added to the domain
name of your main site.
b. In the Document root box, type the desired location of the directory where all files and sub
directories of this site will be kept. You can use the default directory of the main site, called
httpdocs, or specify another directory.

Click OK.
Click on finish.

8. How to create an Addon domain in the Plesk Control Panel ?

Login to your Plesk Control Panel
Go to “Websites & Domains”.
Click on “Add Domain”.
Fill out the necessary information and click “OK”

9. How to create a domain alias in the Plesk Control Panel ?

Login to your Plesk Control Panel
Go to Websites & Domains and run the Add Domain Alias wizard.
Specify the domain for which you are creating an alias (the primary domain) and the alias’s domain name, for example alias.in
Synchronization of DNS zone with the primary domain

For example, if you create the CNAME record
like blog.primary_domain.in, the corresponding
blog.alias_domain.in record will be added to the zone of the alias.

10. How to enable web statistics in the Plesk Control Panel?

Login to your Plesk Control Panel
Click on subscriptions
Click on subscription name
Click the Websites & Domains
Click on Hosting Settings
Choose Webalizer or AWStats
Click on ok.

11. How to enable forwarding in the Plesk Control Panel?

Login to your Plesk Control Panel
Click on subscriptions
Click on subscription name
Click the Websites & Domains
Click the Websites & Domains tab.
Click on Hosting type [Change]]
Enable Forwarding
Forwarding :-You will get 2 options if you select forwarding
Click ok

12. How to set a logo in your Plesk Control Panel ?

Login to your Plesk Control Panel
Click on Tools and Utilities
Click Plesk Branding
Choose a new logo file and Enter new URL for the logo.
Click on ok.

13. How to sync the service plan in the Plesk Control Panel?

Login to your Plesk Control Panel
Click on subscriptions
Click on subscription name
Click on sync option.

14. How to Suspend/Unsuspend a Domain under my Reseller Account?

Login to your Plesk Control Panel
Click on subscriptions
Click on subscription name you want to suspend/unsuspend
Click on suspend

15. How to Change ftp password of a particular domain name ?

Login to your Plesk Control Panel
Click on subscriptions
Click on subscription name which you want to change the FTP password
Click on Website & Domains and click on ” Web hosting Access ”
Get the FTP username
Get the FTP password. [Note : You can change the ftp password with help of generate option]
Click on ok

16. How to install WordPress from the Plesk Control Panel ?

Login to your Plesk Control Panel
Click on subscriptions
Click your subscription name
Click on Applications
Under My Apps, You can find the list of applications.
Under WordPress Click on Install

17. How to Change File Permission in my web site via File Manager ?

Login to your Plesk Control Panel
Click on subscriptions
Click on Open in the Control Panel.
Click on website and domains
Click on File Manager
Click on httpdocs
Click on the lock icon in the right side of your file/folder/MSACCESS database.
Click on Plesk IIS User on the left side under Group or user names.
In the right side under Permission,you can give read and write permission.
Click on ok

18. How to Change the ASP.NET version for my domain ?

Login to your Plesk Control Panel
Click on subscriptions
Click on the subscription name for which you want to change the ASP.NET version
Click on Websites and Domains
Click on Hosting Settings
Under “”Web scripting and statistics” you can find the option Microsoft ASP.NET support
Change the ASP.NET Version
Click on Ok

19. How to change php version in plesk ?

Login to your plesk control panel.
Click on Subscriptions
Click on the subscription name for which you want to change the php version
Click on Websites and Domains
Click on Hosting Settings
under PHP support Change the php Version
Click on Ok

20. How to Upload files in my web site via FTP ?

Please download ftp software like Filezilla.
http://filezilla-project.org/download.php

Click on File >> Site Manager
Click on New Site option

Supply the following details
Host : ftp.domainname ( or ) ip
port : 21
Protocol: FTP-File Transfer Protocol
Encryption: Only use plain FTP (inescure).
Logon Type : Normal
User : your ftp username
password : your ftp password

Click on connect
Now you should be able to view the local system in left side and server in the right side
You can now start uploading the contents in your httpdocs directory.

21. How to install wordpress in plesk?

Login to your Plesk Control Panel
Click on subscriptions
Click your subscription name
Click on Applications
Under My Apps, You can find the list of applications.
Under WordPress Click on Install

22. How to Change the FTP password of a particular domain name ?

Login to your Plesk Control Panel
Click on subscriptions
Click on subscription name which you want to change the FTP password
Click on Website & Domains and click on ” Web hosting Access ”
Get the FTP username
Get the FTP password. [Note : You can change the ftp password with help of generate option]
Click on ok.

23. How to Create an email id in a particular domain name ?

Login to your Plesk Control Panel
Click on subscriptions
Click your subscription name
Click on mail tab and click create email address
Enter the all the details
Click on ok

24. How to Access Webmail of my email ids ?

Kindly refer the below url to access the webmail
http://webmail.domainname.com/ [ Example : http://webmail.crmcell.com/ ]
or
http://webmail.servername.com/

25. How to Create an Email Forwarder for a particular email id ?

Login to your Plesk Control Panel
Click on subscriptions
Click your subscription name
Click on the mail tab and Click on the email id which you want to enable email forwarding.
Click on Forwarding
Switch on mail forwarding [ KEEP THIS CHECKED ]
Specify the email addresses to which you want to forward the emails
Click ok

26. How to Create an Autoresponder for a particular email id ?

Log in to your Plesk Panel.
Go to Mail > Select your email address > Auto-Reply tab.
Enter the details to set up your email auto-reply.
Click the OK button.

27. How to Change Email Quota of an Email Account in Plesk ?

Login to Plesk Control panel.
Click on the “Email Addresses” icon to edit the email quota.
Then click on the email address, which you wish to update the size.
From the ‘General’ tab, you can update the quota size of your email account.
Then you would need to click the ‘OK’ button to apply these changes.
You are done; your mail user quota has been changed.

28. How to create a MYSQL Database in a particular domain name ?

Login to your Plesk Control Panel
Click on Subscriptions.
Click on the Domain name for which you want to create the database.
Click on the website and domains tab.
Click on Add New Database.
Give Database name
Give the Type as MYSQL
Click on Add database user name and give password
Click ok

29. How to create a MSSQL Database in a particular domain name ?

Login to your Plesk Control Panel
Click on Subscriptions.
Click on the Domain name for which you want to create the database.
Click on the website and domains tab.
Click on Add New Database.
Give Database name
Give the Type as MSSQL
Click on Add database user name and give password
Click ok

30. How to Upload Data to my MYSQL/MSSQL Database in plesk?

Login to your Plesk Control Panel
Click on Subscriptions.
Go to Database option
Click Import Dump and select the backup in your local system
Upload the database and click ok

31. How to create the Database user in plesk?

Login to your Plesk Control Panel
Click on Subscriptions.
Click on the Domain name for which you want to create the database user name.
Click the user management
Click on Add Database user.
Fill the database username and password
Click ok

32. How to delete a MYSQL/MSSQL Database in a particular domain name ?

Log in to your Plesk Control Panel.
Click on Domains and the [Domain] you want to manage.
Click on Databases.
Check the box next to the database you want to delete.
Click the Remove button.

33. How to change subscription from one customer to another customer

Login to Plesk panel.
Click subscriptions.
Choose a subscription which you want to move.
Click change subscriber option.
Select the new owner.
Click next.
Review the new subscriber’s information and scroll down to the bottom.
Click finish.

34. How to create CSR and Install SSL in plesk ?

Kindly follow the below procedure to generate CSR in Windows Plesk Panel :

Login to Plesk Control panel.
Click On Domains under Home
Click the Domain name which you want to generate the CSR
Click SSL/TLS Certificates
Click Add SSL/TLS Certificate
Enter the below details
Click Request

Now you are able to get the CSR in the name Certificate name which you have given in the
SSL/TLS Certificates option. Click the Certificate name , there you are able to get the CSR. Also
note that you need to give that CSR to your SSL provider and ask them to issue the certificate
and CA bundle and install the SSL certificate at your end.

Kindly follow the below procedure to install the SSL in Plesk:

Login to Plesk Control panel.
Click On Domains under Home
Click the Domain name which you want to install SSL
Click SSL/TLS certificates Under Websites & Domains
Click Chosen file near Certificate (*.crt) *
Select SSL Certificate
Click Upload Certificate, Now the SSL certificate will upload successfully
Click Hosting Settings Under Websites & Domains
Enable SSL/TLS support under SSL/TLS support and Select Certificate by using drop
down Box
Click Ok

35. How to install cubecart and opencart in plesk control panel ?

Login to Plesk Control panel.
Click on Subscriptions.
Click on Subscription name
Click on Applications
Click on All available applications
Click on search
Click on install in which application you want to install

36. How to edit DNS in a particular domain name in plesk ?

Log into Plesk.
Click the Websites & Domains tab, then click the domain
Click DNS Settings
From here you may take the following actions: Click on the name of an existing record
to edit its details
Click OK to save changes

37. How to add new record in DNS settings in plesk ?

Access your control panel at https://www.yourdomain.com:8443
Click on subscriptions
Click on control panel and website and domains
Click on DNS settings.
Add the new record.choose MX,A which you required and give the values.
Click on ok and update the DNS.

38. How to Enable spam filter for your mail address in plesk ?

Login to your plesk control panel.
Click on subscriptions >> subscription name
Click on Mail
Click on Mail Id
Click on Spam Filter

Enable – Switch on spam filtering for this email address
What to do with messages classified as spam – Mark spam messages by adding the following text
to message subject or Delete all spam messages
Spam filter sensitivity * – 5
Black List – You can mention the domain name one per line which you want to block
Trusted Languages – English

Click on ok

39. How to setup SPF records in Plesk ?

Access your control panel at https://www.yourdomain.com:8443
Click on subscriptions
Click on “DNS Settings” in your plesk panel.
Click on “Add Record”.
Select “TXT”
sing step 1. generated SPF record, enter it in “TXT Record” field and leave the
“Domain Name” field blank. Click OK to add the record
Click “Update” to apply changes.

40. How to increase bandwidth in plesk ?

Login to your plesk control panel.
Click on subscriptions.
Click on the domain name.
Click on customize
Increase the Bandwidth

41. How to allocate the proper resources in plesk ?

Login to your plesk control panel.
Click on subscriptions.
Click on the domain name.
Click on customize
Increase the Total mailboxes quota
Click on ok

42. How to Create Virtual Directory ?

Login to your Plesk Control Panel.
Click on Subscriptions
Click on Subscription name
Click on websites and domains
Click on Virtual Directory
Choose the directory where you have uploaded your MVC application
Click on Create Virtual Directory

43. How to White List the particular email id in plesk ?

Login to your Plesk Control Panel.
After logging in, click on the “Mail” tab.
Click on the Email address you want to implement Whitelist / Blacklist SPAM
filtering.
Click on the “Spam Filter” tab.
Next check the box “Switch on spam filtering for this email address”.
Finally,Â scroll down the page to the bottom where you see “White List” and “Black
List”.
This is where you can specify emal addresses to block or allow.
To save your changes, click on the “OK” button.

44. How to set A record in plesk ?

Access your control panel at https://monstercloudapps.com:8443/
Click on subscriptions.
Click on open with the control panel of that subscriptions.
Click DNS Settings
Click Add a record
Enter the sub domain record
Click Ok and Update.

45. How to block-list any Email ids or domains from your Plesk ?

Sign in to your Plesk Control Panel.
Click the “Mail” tab, and then select an email account from the list under “Email
Address.”
Click the “Spam Filter” tab.
Enter the email address that you want blocked into the vacant text box next to “Black
List.”
Click “OK” to save the changes.

46. How to restore the database from the Plesk control panel ?

Login to your Plesk Control Panel.
Click on Subscriptions
Click on Subscription name
Click on Databases
Click on the Database name for which you need to restore
Click on Import Dump
Choose the Path where you need to upload the database backup
Click on Ok

47. How to delete the Subscriptions in plesk ?

Log into your Plesk Panel.
Click on the home icon in the Subscriptions group.
Select the check box next to the subscription you want to remove. The selected row
changes color.
Check the Confirm removal box, then click on OK.

48. How to create subscriptions under the customer control panel ?

Login to your customer control panel
Click on add new subscription button
Fill the details
Click OK

49.How to create Virtual Directories in Plesk ?

Login to your customer control panel
Go to Websites & Domains and find the website’s domain name
Click Virtual Directories. You are in your web site root now
Navigate to the directory in which you want to create a virtual directory
Click Create Virtual Directory
Specify the required parameter
Click OK.

50. How to Remove Virtual Directories in Plesk ?

Login to your customer control panel
Go to Websites & Domains and find the website’s domain name.
Click Virtual Directories.
Select the checkbox corresponding to the directory you want to remove.
Click Remove.
Confirm the removal and click OK.

51. How to Remove Virtual Directories in Plesk ?

Log into your Plesk control panel
Click on “Domains” and then on the domain name you wish to add the web user to
Click on the ‘Web Users’ icon located in the ‘Hosting’ section
Click ‘Add New Web User’
Enter Web User name, a password, and confirm the password
Click ‘OK’

52. How to Disable a Domain under my Reseller Account?

Login to your Plesk Control Panel
Click on subscriptions
Click on subscription name you want to disable
Click on disable

53. How to enable the Let's Encrypt for the domain ?

Log into your Hosting Control Panel.
Click on the Website & Domains tab
Click Let’s Encrypt SSL/TLS Certificate
Enable Secure the wildcard domain (including www and webmail)
Click Ok

54. How to enable the Hotlink for the domain in plesk ?

Log in to Plesk.
Go to Websites & Domains and locate the website’s domain name.
Click Hotlink Protection.
Specify the extensions of files that you want to protect from hotlinking (for example,jpg, bmp, and so on) in the Protected files extensions field. When listing several file extensions,separate them with white spaces.
If you want to allow direct linking to your files from certain sites, type the website addresses into the Addresses of friendly websites field, and click Add.
Click OK

55.How to enable the Web Application Firewall (WAF) in Plesk ?

Log in to Plesk
Navigate to Web Application Firewall (WAF) Settings in the Security section
Change the Operating Mode to Detection Only
To turn on the WAF settings for a specific website

56.How to set session idle time in Plesk ?

Log in to Plesk.
Go to Tools & Settings and click Session Idle Time (under Security).
Adjust the session idle time.
Click OK to apply the changes.

57.How to Add Custom Buttons in plesk panel ?

Log in to Plesk.
Go to Tools & Settings and click custom button under plesk appearance
Click Add Link to service
Enter All the details like URL,Description,priority,Label, Images
Click OK

58.How to put the disable function to your Dedicated Servers ?

Login to plesk
Tools and Settings
Go to PHP Settings
Click any of the php version >> Php.ini >> Disable Functions >> Enter the below Functions >> Click Ok

===
disable_functions = “allow_url_include,show_source,symlink,allow_url_fopen,system,passthru,
exec, popen, pclose, proc_open, proc_terminate, proc_get_status, proc_close, proc_nice,
shell-exec,shell_exec, fpassthru, base64_encodem, escapeshellcmd, escapeshellarg, crack_check,
crack_closedict, crack_getlastmessage, crack_opendict, posix_kill, posix_mkfifo, posix_setpgid,posix_setsid, posix_setuid, dl, escap”

===

59.How to scheduled task in plesk control panel ?

Login to your plesk control panel.
Click on subscriptions.
Click on Subscription name
Click on your domain name
Click scheduled task
Click on Add Task
You can schedule a Task in that option

60.How to add the prohibited domains in plesk ?

Login to plesk
Go to Tools and Settings
Go to prohibited domain option under security
Click add domain name
Enter the domain names which you want to prohibited
Click OK