Plesk Control Panel
Plesk is a piece of professional control panel software that is designed to simplify the management and administration of web sites. By automating many of common server tasks Plesk makes managing the server simple and efficient. It offers quick access to the main management features via the Plesk Desktop, allowing non-technical users to manage complex server tasks with point-and-click simplicity.
Plesk supports three main levels of access, administrator, reseller and owner. As the administrator of the Server you will have full control over the entire server, the features enabled and all of the sites hosted on it. You can create reseller accounts that have a reduced set of privileges and can manage sites that have been assigned to them. Individual site owners also get access to a control panel to manage features and settings for that site.
We provide Online Flash Tutorials for all common tasks performed by Plesk.
Server Management
- Start, stop, and Re-install your entire Server with one click
- Quick backup and restore of your Server
- Quick configure and manage applications such as Apache and FTP
- Run, stop or restart services such as Apache, FTP, SMTP, etc.
- Automated installation and upgrade of new Plesk components
Domain Management
- Manage all domains on the system with a single login
- Automatically create a new site with point-and-click ease, based on a domain template or custom requirements. Automatically create appropriate application entries, such as Apache, FTP
- Create sub-domains and domain aliases
- Preview websites before DNS propagation
- Switch entire domain ON/OFF
Site Management
- Automate new site deployment with site templates
- Manage SSL certificates for domains and subdomains
- Create protected directories (SSL and non-SSL), assign users to them
- Manage multiple MySQL databases per site
- Upload and manage site files using File-Manager, WYSIWYG html viewer and graphical file editor
- Automate scheduled tasks with Crontab Manager
Mail Management
- Quick and flexible mail configuration (POP3, SMTP authorization, open and closed relaying, white and black lists, MAPS spam protection, (SPF verification)
- Mail queue viewer with search function and ability to delete problematic messages
- Configure mail boxes, aliases and forwarding.
- Set autoresponders and vacation messages
- Create and manage Mail lists
- Configure and access Web based email (IMAP)
- Configure Dr.Web Anti-Virus filtering
Stats & Reporting
- Automate System Notifications (select notification events, select recipients, personalise the text, set expiration notifications and limits exceeded notifications)
- Track supported applications and allocated resources such as disk space, monthly bandwidth, number of webusers, mail user and other limits
- Monitor bandwidth on a per site basis by traffic type e.g. HTTP / HTTPS, POP3, SMTP, FTP
- Log Rotation Management
- Webalizer is included for traffic statistics. Quick view traffic history
Customisation
- Add and remove skins from the control panel
- Customisable Button creation with hyper linking and interface locale selection
- Control Panel Branding (upload a new logo or change it in a skin)
- Disable any Plesk interface button and assign such customized Interface template to clients
- Assign customised Desktop presets to specific users
The Plesk Control Panel is used in conjunction with Virtuozzo which allows for big savings in hardware and other resources. for further information visit our Virtuozzo section.
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