1. Installing Plesk
2. Upgrading Plesk
2.1. Upgrading Plesk from the Control Panel
2.2. Upgrading Plesk through the Auto-installer Console Utility
3. Installing Plesk Manually from rpm Packages
4.1. build80060713.16
4.1.1. Changelog
4.2. build80060613.20
4.2.1. Changelog
4.2.2. Detailed description
5.1. build80060425.19
5.1.1. Changelog
5.2. build80060331.13
5.2.1. Changelog
5.2.2. Detailed description
6. Known Problems
7. Contact Information
Prior to installing or upgrading Plesk, be sure to backup your server.
Refer to the Plesk Installation Guide available at http://download1.swsoft.com/Plesk/Plesk8.0/Doc/Plesk-8.0.1r-installation-guide.pdf
to obtain instructions on installing and upgrading Plesk.
Other documentation on Plesk 8.0 is available at http://www.swsoft.com/en/products/plesk80/docs/
Plesk 8.0 FAQ is available at http://faq.swsoft.com
Important:
1. Before installing Plesk 8, switch SELinux off by running command 'setenforce 0' in shell. After you have installed Plesk, switch SELinux on by running command 'setenforce 1'.
2.Before installing Plesk on a Virtuozzo-created VPS by means of a Plesk autoinstaller, install mod_ssl compatible with the Apache server version installed on your machine.
3. Before installing Plesk on Debian 3.1 - Sarge, remove the libboost-filesystem1.33.1 package. Plesk will not install if libboost-filesystem1.33.1 is included with other packages.
4. Before installing Plesk, make sure that gtar is installed. With FreeBSD versions of Plesk the gtar application must be used instead of tar.
To install Plesk software on a server,
1. Download the Auto-installer utility that suits your operating system from http://www.swsoft.com/en/download/plesk80/ and
save it on your server's hard drive.
2. Change your working directory to the directory where the Auto-installer utility resides, for instance # cd /root/plesk
3. Set the execution permission for Auto-installer:
# chmod +x plesk_auto_installer_file_name
4. Run the Auto-installer:
# ./plesk_auto_installer_file_name
5. Follow the instructions presented on the screen to complete the installation.
6. When the installation is finished, Plesk will start automatically. Now, to complete the initial configuration, log in to the Plesk control panel running on your host at https://machine.domain.name:8443/ or https://IP-address:8443/. Use the username "admin" and password "setup" (both are case sensitive). For security reasons, be sure to change the password upon initial login.
Note: If you plan to use mailing lists provided by the Mailman software, you should install the mailman package by means of Plesk Auto-installer and install support for Mailman mailing lists.
Important notes for Virtuozzo users:
Prior to upgrading Plesk on virtual private servers, you need to download the latest distribution of Auto-installer utility that suits your operating system from http://www.swsoft.com/en/download/plesk75reloaded/. You will need to use it for upgrading Plesk.
If you had Plesk 7.5.4 upgraded by the Auto-installer utility, but still wish to upgrade Plesk by upgrading Virtuozzo templates, use the "Jump Mode" option.
If Plesk upgrade fails, try running the "killall -9 safe_mysqld mysqld" command and then restart the upgrade procedure.
After upgrading Plesk from version 7.x to 8.0.1, the Plesk Updater function in the control panel will be accessible. For subsequent upgrades, Virtuozzo users will need to either use the consol Auto-installer utility or unlock the control panel's Updater function. To do this, log in to Plesk's MySQL database server, type "use psa", and then run the query "update misc set val='false' where param='disable_updater';".
If you have installed tomcat4 and you want to upgrade it to tomcat5 by VZ template, you should remove tomcat4 at first. Remember, that installed applications for tomcat4 will not work with tomcat5.
There are five new applications in Application Vault. If you want to install them on VE with Plesk, installed by EZ templates, you should execute the following command:
$sudo vzpkg install -p
Notes on upgrading:
After upgrading to Plesk 8.0.1, all custom (third-party) skins become unregistered. If you wish to restore the custom skins that you used before the upgrade, run the command "$PRODUCT_ROOT_D/tmp/restore-custom-skins.sh", where $PRODUCT_ROOT_D is your Plesk installation directory (for example, /usr/local/psa.) You can remove this file after restoring your skins.
To update or upgrade your Plesk software from the control panel
Note: If you want to update/upgrade from a locally stored Plesk distribution or Plesk update server mirror inside your network, click Preferences, select the "Network storage" source type, specify the URL and click OK.
To update or upgrade your Plesk software by means of the Auto-installer utility
Note: When upgrading Plesk from 7.5.x to 8.0.1 using Auto-installer, be sure to upgrade the Tomcat component, otherwise, Java applications will not be supported on your server.
You can check whether a particular package is already installed by entering the following command:
sh# rpm -q
For example:
sh# rpm -q psa
Install the packages of indicated versions or higher from the SuSE 9.3 x86_64 disc:
update-rpm-SuSE-9.3-x86_64/
ImageMagick-6.1.8-6.2.x86_64.rpm
plesk-8.0.1-suse9.3-x86_64.hdr.gz
ImageMagick-Magick++-6.1.8-6.2.x86_64.rpm
aaa_base-9.3-9.2.x86_64.rpm
aaa_skel-2005.2.1-3.x86_64.rpm
alsa-1.0.9-9.1.x86_64.rpm
ant-1.6.2-4.noarch.rpm
ant-trax-1.6.2-6.noarch.rpm
apache2-2.0.53-9.10.x86_64.rpm
cron-4.1-20.2.x86_64.rpm
apache2-mod_perl-2.0.0-4.x86_64.rpm
freetype2-2.1.9-4.2.x86_64.rpm
apache2-mod_python-3.1.3-42.x86_64.rpm
apache2-prefork-2.0.53-9.10.x86_64.rpm
apache2-worker-2.0.53-9.10.x86_64.rpm
ash-1.6.1-2.x86_64.rpm
atk-1.9.1-4.x86_64.rpm
bash-3.0-15.x86_64.rpm
bind-9.3.1-3.x86_64.rpm
bind-chrootenv-9.3.1-3.x86_64.rpm
bind-libs-9.3.1-3.2.x86_64.rpm
bind-utils-9.3.1-3.x86_64.rpm
binutils-2.15.94.0.2.2-3.3.x86_64.rpm
boehm-gc-3.3.5-5.x86_64.rpm
boost-1.32.0-3.x86_64.rpm
bzip2-1.0.2-348.3.x86_64.rpm
cifs-mount-3.0.13-1.1.x86_64.rpm
cjk-latex-4.5.2-208.x86_64.rpm
compat-32bit-9.3-7.x86_64.rpm
coreutils-5.3.0-10.2.x86_64.rpm
cpp-3.3.5-5.x86_64.rpm
cracklib-2.7-1010.x86_64.rpm
gcc-3.3.5-5.x86_64.rpm
cups-libs-1.1.23-7.x86_64.rpm
curl-7.13.0-5.4.x86_64.rpm
cyrus-sasl-2.1.20-7.x86_64.rpm
db-4.3.27-3.x86_64.rpm
devs-9.3-2.x86_64.rpm
dialog-0.9b-192.x86_64.rpm
diffutils-2.8.7-4.x86_64.rpm
e2fsprogs-1.36-5.x86_64.rpm
ed-0.2-869.x86_64.rpm
expat-1.95.8-4.x86_64.rpm
expat-32bit-9.3-7.x86_64.rpm
file-4.13-5.x86_64.rpm
filesystem-9.3-2.x86_64.rpm
fillup-1.42-101.x86_64.rpm
findutils-4.2.19-3.x86_64.rpm
fontconfig-2.2.99.20050218-8.x86_64.rpm
fontconfig-32bit-9.3-7.x86_64.rpm
freetype-1.3.1-1160.x86_64.rpm
freetype-tools-1.3.1-1160.x86_64.rpm
gawk-3.1.4-7.x86_64.rpm
horde-3.0.2-3.10.x86_64.rpm
gd-2.0.32-6.2.x86_64.rpm
gpg-1.4.0-4.6.x86_64.rpm
gdbm-1.8.3-230.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-fonts-std-8.15rc1-16.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-library-8.15rc1-16.2.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-x11-8.15rc1-16.x86_64.rpm
glib2-2.6.3-4.x86_64.rpm
glibc-2.3.4-23.4.x86_64.rpm
glibc-32bit-9.3-7.2.x86_64.rpm
mysql-4.1.10a-3.6.x86_64.rpm
glibc-locale-2.3.4-23.4.x86_64.rpm
gnome-filesystem-0.1-211.4.x86_64.rpm
gpm-1.20.1-305.x86_64.rpm
grep-2.5.1a-4.x86_64.rpm
gtk2-2.6.4-6.3.x86_64.rpm
info-4.8-7.x86_64.rpm
gzip-1.3.5-140.x86_64.rpm
insserv-1.00.8-4.x86_64.rpm
libxslt-1.1.12-5.x86_64.rpm
hplip-hpijs-0.8.8-10.x86_64.rpm
imap-lib-2004c-3.2.x86_64.rpm
jaf-1.0.2-4.noarch.rpm
libnscd-1.1-4.x86_64.rpm
jakarta-commons-beanutils-1.7.0-3.noarch.rpm
jakarta-commons-collections-3.1-3.noarch.rpm
jakarta-commons-daemon-1.0-4.noarch.rpm
jakarta-commons-dbcp-1.2.1-3.noarch.rpm
jakarta-commons-digester-1.6-4.noarch.rpm
jakarta-commons-el-1.0-4.noarch.rpm
jakarta-commons-fileupload-1.0-4.noarch.rpm
jakarta-commons-launcher-0.9-4.noarch.rpm
jakarta-commons-logging-1.0.4-4.noarch.rpm
jakarta-commons-modeler-1.1-3.noarch.rpm
jakarta-commons-pool-1.2-4.noarch.rpm
jakarta-commons-validator-1.1.3-3.noarch.rpm
jakarta-taglibs-standard-1.1.1-4.noarch.rpm
java-1_4_2-sun-1.4.2.06-4.i586.rpm
java-1_4_2-sun-devel-1.4.2.06-4.i586.rpm
javamail-1.3.1-6.noarch.rpm
postgresql-8.0.8-0.2.x86_64.rpm
php-ioncube-loader-1.1-suse93.build060607.15.x86_64.rpm
jpackage-utils-1.6.3-5.x86_64.rpm
jta-1.0.1-4.noarch.rpm
krb5-1.4-16.4.x86_64.rpm
latex-ucs-20040703-3.noarch.rpm
libacl-2.2.30-3.x86_64.rpm
libapr0-2.0.53-9.10.x86_64.rpm
libattr-2.4.22-3.x86_64.rpm
libcap-1.92-483.x86_64.rpm
libgcc-3.3.5-5.x86_64.rpm
libgcrypt-1.2.1-3.x86_64.rpm
libgimpprint-4.2.7-28.x86_64.rpm
libgpg-error-1.0-3.x86_64.rpm
libidn-0.5.9-3.x86_64.rpm
libjasper-1.701.0-3.x86_64.rpm
libjpeg-6.2.0-738.x86_64.rpm
liblcms-1.14-3.x86_64.rpm
libmcrypt-2.5.7-124.x86_64.rpm
libpng-1.2.8-3.x86_64.rpm
libselinux-1.21.7-3.x86_64.rpm
libstdc++-3.3.5-5.x86_64.rpm
libtiff-3.7.1-7.4.x86_64.rpm
libzio-0.1-5.x86_64.rpm
libtool-1.5.14-3.x86_64.rpm
libusb-0.1.8-36.x86_64.rpm
libwmf-0.2.8.2-92.x86_64.rpm
libxcrypt-2.2-3.x86_64.rpm
libxml2-2.6.17-4.x86_64.rpm
mailx-11.4-3.x86_64.rpm
php5-5.0.3-14.23.x86_64.rpm
mm-1.3.0-124.x86_64.rpm
logrotate-3.7-35.2.x86_64.rpm
mailman-2.1.5-16.6.x86_64.rpm
mx4j-1.1.1-4.noarch.rpm
mediawiki-1.4rc1-4.17.x86_64.rpm
mktemp-1.5-732.x86_64.rpm
mod_jk-ap20-4.1.30-3.x86_64.rpm
pam-0.78-8.x86_64.rpm
oro-2.0.8-3.noarch.rpm
php5-ftp-5.0.3-14.x86_64.rpm
mysql-client-4.1.10a-3.x86_64.rpm
mysql-shared-4.1.10a-3.x86_64.rpm
ncurses-5.4-68.x86_64.rpm
net-tools-1.60-556.3.x86_64.rpm
openct-0.6.2-4.x86_64.rpm
openldap2-client-2.2.23-6.2.x86_64.rpm
opensc-0.9.4-4.x86_64.rpm
openslp-1.2.0-3.x86_64.rpm
openssh-3.9p1-12.4.x86_64.rpm
openssl-0.9.7e-3.2.x86_64.rpm
pam-modules-9.3-4.x86_64.rpm
pango-1.8.1-4.x86_64.rpm
popt-1.7-207.x86_64.rpm
pciutils-2.1.11-201.x86_64.rpm
pcsc-lite-1.2.9-6.x86_64.rpm
perl-5.8.6-5.3.x86_64.rpm
perl-DBD-mysql-2.9004-3.x86_64.rpm
perl-DBI-1.47-3.x86_64.rpm
perl-Data-ShowTable-3.3-572.x86_64.rpm
perl-Digest-HMAC-1.01-495.x86_64.rpm
perl-Digest-SHA1-2.10-3.x86_64.rpm
perl-Font-AFM-1.19-48.x86_64.rpm
perl-FreezeThaw-0.43-4.x86_64.rpm
perl-HTML-Format-2.04-3.x86_64.rpm
perl-HTML-Parser-3.45-3.x86_64.rpm
perl-HTML-Tagset-3.04-3.x86_64.rpm
perl-HTML-Tree-3.18-56.x86_64.rpm
perl-MLDBM-2.01-250.x86_64.rpm
perl-MLDBM-Sync-0.30-246.x86_64.rpm
perl-Net-DNS-0.48-3.x86_64.rpm
perl-Text-Iconv-1.2-186.x86_64.rpm
perl-Tie-Cache-0.17-243.x86_64.rpm
perl-Tie-IxHash-1.21-587.x86_64.rpm
perl-TimeDate-1.16-124.x86_64.rpm
perl-URI-1.35-3.x86_64.rpm
perl-libwww-perl-5.803-3.x86_64.rpm
perl-spamassassin-3.0.4-1.3.x86_64.rpm
permissions-2005.10.20-0.1.x86_64.rpm
apache2-devel-2.0.53-9.10.x86_64.rpm
python-2.4-14.x86_64.rpm
freetype2-32bit-9.3-7.1.x86_64.rpm
php4-ctype-4.3.10-14.x86_64.rpm
php4-curl-4.3.10-14.x86_64.rpm
php4-domxml-4.3.10-14.x86_64.rpm
php4-ftp-4.3.10-14.x86_64.rpm
php4-4.3.10-14.25.x86_64.rpm
php4-gettext-4.3.10-14.x86_64.rpm
php4-iconv-4.3.10-14.x86_64.rpm
php4-imap-4.3.10-14.x86_64.rpm
php4-gd-4.3.10-14.25.x86_64.rpm
php4-mcrypt-4.3.10-14.x86_64.rpm
php4-mysql-4.3.10-14.x86_64.rpm
php4-session-4.3.10-14.25.x86_64.rpm
php4-sockets-4.3.10-14.x86_64.rpm
php4-zlib-4.3.10-14.x86_64.rpm
php5-ctype-5.0.3-14.x86_64.rpm
php5-curl-5.0.3-14.x86_64.rpm
python-xml-2.4-14.x86_64.rpm
php5-dom-5.0.3-14.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-libs-8.0.8-0.2.x86_64.rpm
readline-5.0-7.2.x86_64.rpm
php4-mbstring-4.3.10-14.25.x86_64.rpm
php5-gettext-5.0.3-14.x86_64.rpm
php5-iconv-5.0.3-14.x86_64.rpm
php5-imap-5.0.3-14.x86_64.rpm
glibc-devel-2.3.4-23.4.x86_64.rpm
java-1_5_0-sun-1.5.0_07-1.1.x86_64.rpm
php5-mcrypt-5.0.3-14.x86_64.rpm
php5-mysql-5.0.3-14.x86_64.rpm
php5-zlib-5.0.3-14.x86_64.rpm
php5-fastcgi-5.0.3-14.23.x86_64.rpm
php5-ioncube-loader-1.1-suse93.build060607.14.x86_64.rpm
sed-4.1.4-3.x86_64.rpm
sitebuilder-core-php5-1.0-suse93.build060607.14.x86_64.rpm
java-1_5_0-sun-alsa-1.5.0_07-1.1.x86_64.rpm
java-1_5_0-sun-demo-1.5.0_07-1.1.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-pl-8.0.8-0.2.x86_64.rpm
pwdutils-2.6.96-4.2.x86_64.rpm
php5-gd-5.0.3-14.23.x86_64.rpm
readline-devel-5.0-7.2.x86_64.rpm
regexp-1.3-1jpp.noarch.rpm
resmgr-0.9.8-65.4.x86_64.rpm
rpm-4.1.1-208.2.x86_64.rpm
samba-3.0.13-1.1.x86_64.rpm
samba-client-3.0.13-1.1.x86_64.rpm
samba-vscan-0.3.5-37.2.x86_64.rpm
samba-winbind-3.0.13-1.1.x86_64.rpm
struts-1.2.4-4.noarch.rpm
tcpd-7.6-715.x86_64.rpm
servletapi3-3.3.1-4.noarch.rpm
servletapi4-4.0.4-4.noarch.rpm
servletapi5-5.0.18-4.noarch.rpm
sharutils-4.3.78-3.x86_64.rpm
sitebuilder-core-php4-1.0-suse93.build060316.18.x86_64.rpm
java-1_5_0-sun-devel-1.5.0_07-1.1.x86_64.rpm
spamassassin-3.0.4-1.3.x86_64.rpm
suse-build-key-1.0-665.noarch.rpm
suse-release-9.3-4.x86_64.rpm
t1lib-1.3.1-572.x86_64.rpm
tar-1.15.1-5.2.x86_64.rpm
tcl-8.4.9-7.x86_64.rpm
te_latex-3.0-13.x86_64.rpm
unzip-5.51-3.x86_64.rpm
tetex-3.0-13.x86_64.rpm
tomcat5-5.0.30-4.noarch.rpm
tomcat5-admin-webapps-5.0.30-4.noarch.rpm
tomcat5-webapps-5.0.30-4.noarch.rpm
unixODBC-2.2.10-3.x86_64.rpm
w3m-0.5.1-4.x86_64.rpm
update-alternatives-1.8.3-3.noarch.rpm
webalizer-2.01-728.2.x86_64.rpm
xalan-j2-2.6.0-4.noarch.rpm
xaw3d-1.5E-224.x86_64.rpm
xerces-j2-2.6.2-4.noarch.rpm
xinetd-2.3.13-45.2.x86_64.rpm
xml-commons-1.0-4.noarch.rpm
xml-commons-apis-1.0-4.noarch.rpm
xml-commons-resolver-1.1-4.noarch.rpm
xntp-4.2.0a-35.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-libs-32bit-9.3-7.2.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-libs-6.8.2-30.3.x86_64.rpm
zlib-1.2.2-5.4.x86_64.rpm
zlib-32bit-9.3-7.2.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-contrib-8.0.8-0.2.x86_64.rpm
java-1_5_0-sun-jdbc-1.5.0_07-1.1.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-devel-8.0.8-0.2.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-server-8.0.8-0.2.x86_64.rpm
php5-mbstring-5.0.3-14.23.x86_64.rpm
wget-1.10-1.5.x86_64.rpm
Aside from these packages, you should install PHP modules for use with virual hosts:
to use PHP5, install the apache2-mod_php5-5.0.3-14.23.x86_64.rpm package,
to use PHP4, install the apache2-mod_php4-4.3.10-14.25.x86_64.rpm package.
If prior to installing Plesk package you have already installed and configured MySQL, you need to do the following:
set the empty password for the MySQL 'root' user or create the user 'admin' with password 'setup' and 'root' privileges.
3. Install the following essential packages from the following directories of your Plesk distribution package:
dist-rpm-SuSE-9.3-x86_64/base/
psa-courier-imap-3.0.8-suse9.3.build80060614.16.x86_64.rpm
psa-courier-imap-add-8.0.1-suse9.3.build80060614.16.x86_64.rpm
psa-8.0.1-suse9.3.build80060614.16.x86_64.rpm
psa-locale-base-en-US-8.0.1-suse9.3.build80060614.16.noarch.rpm
psa-logrotate-3.7-suse9.3.build80060614.16.x86_64.rpm
psa-proftpd-1.3.0-suse9.3.build80060614.16.x86_64.rpm
psa-proftpd-xinetd-1.3.0-suse9.3.build80060614.16.x86_64.rpm
psa-qmail-1.03-suse9.3.build80060614.16.x86_64.rpm
psa-api-8.0.1-suse9.3.build80060713.16.noarch.rpm
psa-horde-3.1.2-suse9.3.build80060713.16.noarch.rpm
psa-imp-4.1.1-suse9.3.build80060614.16.noarch.rpm
psa-libpam-plesk-8.0.1-suse9.3.build80060614.16.x86_64.rpm
psa-pylibplesk-8.0.1-suse9.3.build80060614.16.x86_64.rpm
psa-hotfix1-8.0.1-suse9.3.build80060618.11.x86_64.rpm
psa-hotfix2-8.0.1-suse9.3.build80060713.16.x86_64.rpm
dist-rpm-SuSE-9.3-x86_64/opt/updater/
psa-autoinstaller-3.0.2-build060704.16.x86_64.rpm
thirdparty-rpm-SuSE-9.3-x86_64
Depending on the version of PHP module for Apache you have installed, install psa-php4-configurator or psa-php5-configurator respectively:
psa-php4-configurator-1.0.0-suse9.3.build80060614.16.noarch.rpm
psa-php5-configurator-1.0.0-suse9.3.build80060614.16.noarch.rpm
For installation use the command:
rpm -i
4. Install the optional packages to enable additional features of your control panel:
If you plan to use Plesk Professional Web Site Editor, you should install the following packages from the 'dist-rpm-SuSE-9.3-x86_64/opt/ppwse' directory of your Plesk distribution:
PPWSE-1.1-suse9.3.build80060614.16.x86_64.rpm
If you plan to use Backup utilities, you should install the following packages from the 'dist-rpm-SuSE-9.3-x86_64/opt/bu' directory of your Plesk distribution:
psa-backup-manager-8.0.1-suse9.3.build80060713.16.x86_64.rpm
If you plan to use the Counter-Strike game server module for Plesk, you should install the following package from the 'dist-rpm-SuSE-9.3-x86_64/opt/modules/csgs' directory of your Plesk distribution:
cs-gs-2.0.0-suse9.3.build80060713.16.x86_64.rpm
If you plan to support Microsoft Frontpage 2002, you should install the following package from the 'dist-rpm-SuSE-9.3-x86_64/opt/fp' directory of your Plesk distribution:
frontpage-5.0-72psa.suse9.3.x86_64.rpm
If you plan to use Plesk Firewall module, you should install the following packages from the 'dist-rpm-SuSE-9.3-x86_64/opt/modules/firewall' directory of your Plesk distribution:
psa-firewall-1.0.1-suse9.3.build80060713.16.x86_64.rpm
If you plan to use the Dr. Web anti-virus software, you should install the following packages from the 'dist-rpm-SuSE-9.3-x86_64/opt/drweb' directory of your Plesk distribution:
drweb-qmail-4.33-suse9.3.build80060614.16.x86_64.rpm
drweb-base-4.33-suse5_psa.i586.rpm
drweb-daemon-4.33-suse5_psa.i586.rpm
drweb-updater-4.33-suse3_psa.i586.rpm
If you plan to use the Plesk Migration Manager, you should install the following package from the 'dist-rpm-SuSE-9.3-x86_64/opt/migration' directory of your Plesk distribution:
psa-migration-manager-8.0.1-suse9.3.build80060713.16.x86_64.rpm
log4cpp-plesk-0.3.5rc2-suse9.3.build80060614.16.x86_64.rpm
If you plan to use Plesk API, you should install the following packages from the 'dist-rpm-SuSE-9.3-x86_64/opt/api' directory of your Plesk distribution:
psa-api-rpc-8.0.1-suse9.3.build80060713.16.noarch.rpm
psa-agent-1.4.1-80060614.16.noarch.rpm
If you plan to use the Plesk VPN module, you should install the following package from the 'dist-rpm-SuSE-9.3-x86_64/opt/modules/vpn' directory of your Plesk distribution:
psa-vpn-2.0.1-suse9.3.build80060614.16.x86_64.rpm
If you plan to use MAPS spam protection or SpamAssassin support, you should install the following packages from the 'dist-rpm-SuSE-9.3-x86_64/opt/mail' directory of your Plesk distribution:
psa-qmail-rblsmtpd-0.70-suse9.3.build80060614.16.x86_64.rpm
psa-spamassassin-8.0.1-suse9.3.build80060714.11.x86_64.rpm
If you plan to use the Battlefield 1942 game server module for Plesk, you should install the following package from the 'dist-rpm-SuSE-9.3-x86_64/opt/modules/bf1942' directory of your Plesk distribution:
psa-bf1942-1.0.0-suse9.3.build80060614.16.x86_64.rpm
If you plan to use the Fileserver module for Plesk, you should install the following package from the 'dist-rpm-SuSE-9.3-x86_64/opt/modules/fileserver' directory of your Plesk distribution:
psa-fileserver-1.0.0-suse9.3.build80060614.16.x86_64.rpm
If you plan to use Additional Horde (webmail) components for Plesk, you should install the following packages from the 'dist-rpm-SuSE-9.3-x86_64/opt/horde' directory of your Plesk distribution:
psa-kronolith-2.1.1-suse9.3.build80060614.16.noarch.rpm
psa-turba-2.1.1-suse9.3.build80060614.16.noarch.rpm
psa-ingo-1.1.1-suse9.3.build80060614.16.noarch.rpm
psa-mnemo-2.1-suse9.3.build80060614.16.noarch.rpm
psa-passwd-3.0-suse9.3.build80060614.16.noarch.rpm
If you plan to use site applications, you should install the following packages from the 'dist-rpm-SuSE-9.3-x86_64/opt/vault' directory of your Plesk distribution:
AdvancedPoll-2.03-80014.noarch.rpm
AutoIndex-1.5.3-80013.noarch.rpm
b2evolution-0.9.0.12-80012.noarch.rpm
bbclone-0.48-80012.noarch.rpm
CSLH-2.12.2-80012.noarch.rpm
DocFAQ-1.71-80017.noarch.rpm
gtchat-0.93-80014.noarch.rpm
openbiblio-0.5-80027.noarch.rpm
osCommerce-2.2ms2-80020.noarch.rpm
Owl-0.80-80015.noarch.rpm
phpAds-2.0.7-80007.noarch.rpm
phpBB-2.0.19-80005.noarch.rpm
phpBook-1.50-80013.noarch.rpm
phpBugTracker-1.19-80014.noarch.rpm
phpDig-1.85-80010.noarch.rpm
phpMoney-1.3-80021.noarch.rpm
phpMyFamily-1.4.1-80014.noarch.rpm
phpsurveyor-0.98-80021.noarch.rpm
phpWiki-1.3.11-80019.noarch.rpm
pLog-1.0-80015.noarch.rpm
PostNuke-0.761a-80010.noarch.rpm
Tellme-1.2-80011.noarch.rpm
TUTOS-1.88-80011.noarch.rpm
typo-3.8.0-80011.noarch.rpm
UebiMiau-2.7.8-80018.noarch.rpm
WebCalendar-1.0-80012.noarch.rpm
WebShopmanager-2.0-80010.noarch.rpm
WordPress-2.0-80006.noarch.rpm
xrms-1.19-80010.noarch.rpm
Coppermine-1.3.3-80028.noarch.rpm
gallery-2.0-80034.noarch.rpm
Mambo-4.5.2.3-80005.noarch.rpm
Siteframe-3.2.2-80005.noarch.rpm
eGroupWare-1.0.0.009-80026.noarch.rpm
geeklog-1.3.11-80028.noarch.rpm
phpwebsite-0.10.2-80004.noarch.rpm
pmachinefree-2.4-80016.noarch.rpm
If you plan to use Watchdog (System monitoring module), you should install the following packages from the 'dist-rpm-SuSE-9.3-x86_64/opt/modules/watchdog' directory of your Plesk distribution:
psa-watchdog-2.0.1-suse9.3.build80060614.16.x86_64.rpm
If you plan to use SSHTerm - SSH Terminal java applet, you should install the following packages from the 'dist-rpm-SuSE-9.3-x86_64/opt/sshterm' directory of your Plesk distribution:
SSHTerm-0.2.2-suse9.3.build80060614.16.noarch.rpm
If you would like to unpack and install the reference on designing and deploying custom skins for Plesk, you should install the following package from the 'dist-rpm-SuSE-9.3-x86_64/opt/docs' directory of your Plesk distribution:
psa-manual-custom-skin-guide-8.0.1-suse9.3.build80060614.16.noarch.rpm
If you plan to use SiteBuilder and Sitebuilder module for Plesk, you should install the following packages from the 'dist-rpm-SuSE-9.3-x86_64/opt/sitebuilder' directory of your Plesk distribution:
Sitebuilder-2.1.3-suse93.build060607.15.x86_64.rpm
sitebuilder_module-blogger-2.1.3-suse93.build060607.15.noarch.rpm
sitebuilder_module-counter-2.1.3-suse93.build060607.15.noarch.rpm
sitebuilder_module-feedback-2.1.3-suse93.build060607.15.noarch.rpm
sitebuilder_module-forum-2.1.3-suse93.build060607.15.noarch.rpm
sitebuilder_module-guestbook-2.1.3-suse93.build060607.15.noarch.rpm
sitebuilder_module-photo-2.1.3-suse93.build060607.15.noarch.rpm
sitebuilder_module-rssreader-2.1.3-suse93.build060607.15.noarch.rpm
sitebuilder_module-script-2.1.3-suse93.build060607.15.noarch.rpm
sitebuilder_module-sesubmission-2.1.3-suse93.build060607.15.noarch.rpm
sitebuilder_module-shop-2.1.3-suse93.build060607.15.noarch.rpm
sitebuilder_module-statistics-2.1.3-suse93.build060607.15.noarch.rpm
sitebuilder_module-votes-2.1.3-suse93.build060607.15.noarch.rpm
sitebuilder_remote-admin-2.1.3-suse93.build060607.15.noarch.rpm
sitebuilder-core-1.0-suse93.build060607.15.x86_64.rpm
psa-sbm2-1.1-21.noarch.rpm
If you plan to use Tomcat Java Servlets support, you should install the following packages from the 'thirdparty-rpm-SuSE-9.3-x86_64' directory of your Plesk distribution:
j2sdk-1_4_2-linux-i586.rpm
tomcat4-4.1.24-full.2jpp.noarch.rpm
tomcat4-admin-webapps-4.1.24-full.2jpp.noarch.rpm
tomcat4-webapps-4.1.24-full.2jpp.noarch.rpm
If you plan to use mailing lists provided by the Mailman software, you should install the mailman package by means of Plesk Auto-installer and install support for Mailman mailing lists.
When the installation is finished, Plesk will start automatically.
In order to complete the Plesk initial configuration, you need to log in to Plesk
on your host at https://machine.domain.name:8443/ or https://IP-Address:8443/
The default username is "admin" and the default password is "setup", both are case sensitive.
For security reasons, this password should be changed upon initial login.
NOTES:
Plesk enables PHP safe_mode during installation (the directive 'safe_mode-On'
in php.ini). However, you can disable the safe_mode for individual domains if required.
To do this, you should use the vhost.conf (vhost_ssl.conf) features.
See http://download1.swsoft.com/Plesk/Plesk8.0/Doc/plesk-8.0r-admins-guide-html/apas02.html
for details.
In order to use multiple interface languages in the Webmail application, you may need to run the 'dpkg-reconfigure locales' command and choose the locales to install.
Plesk cannot enable user quotas on XFS partition during installation
because such operation requires remount of XFS partition. In order to enable
hard disk quotas on XFS partition you should manually remount it with usrquota
option (additional information can be found on 'quotaon' man page).
We recommend that you install the Turba contact management application, if you wish to have access to the contact list entries you had in your Horde 2 application before upgrade. To install Horde applications, use the command
rpm -i
For managing the SiteBuilder system through Plesk, the 'remote_admin' user account with administrator's privileges is created in the SiteBuilder. To ensure the proper work of the SiteBuilder Remote Administration module, you should not remove or block this user account.
however, if you do not use the SiteBuilder Remote Administration Module, you can remove this user account.
To make operating the SiteBuilder API (remote_admin) more secure, the
/usr/local/sitebuilder/remote_admin directory is password protected, and the following default user name and password are stored in the .htpasswd file: radmin/sbradmin. For security reasons you must change the default password. To do this, run the command 'htpasswd /usr/local/sitebuilder/remote_admin/.htpasswd radmin', and then enter the new password and confirm it.
1. [*] Horde 3.1.2 upgrade
2. [+] Top News newsfeeds are now available in Webmail interface
3. [+] Backup to remote FTP server
4. [*] Security improvements
5. [-] Several API, Backup, Migration bugs fixed
6. [-] CS Game Server installation issue resolved
7. [-] Statistics issues resolved
8. [-] mchk loose drweb settings on domain aliases issue resolved
1. [+] DNS recursion management
2. [*] ProFTD 1.3.0 upgrade
3. [*] IMP 4.1.1 upgrade
4. [*] mod_perl 2.0.2 upgrade for FreeBSD
5. [+] new applications in Application Vault
6. [-] A lot of API, PMM, Backup issues resolved
7. [-] Several Webmail, mail, spamAssassin issues resolved
8. [-] Problem with "coldfusion support" component detection resolved
9. [-] Problem with bind as slave DNS server on FreeBSD 6 resolved
10. [-] SOA records issue resolved
You can specify whether your DNS server should provide recursive domain name service for queries. After your install Plesk, the built-in DNS server defaults to serving recursive queries only from your own server and from other servers located in your network. This is the optimal setting. If your upgraded from earlier versions of Plesk, your DNS server defaults to serving recursive queries from any host.
This ProFTD version contains a lot of bugfixes.
The latest IMP version.
There are new applications:
eGroupWare is a very flexible pluggable framework capable of hosting applications.
Geeklog is a weblog powered by PHP and MySQL. It allows you within minutes to set up a fully functioning dynamic website, and has many features to get you started.
phpwebsite complete web site content management system.
pMachine is online publishing's most flexible and creative software.
Siteframe is a lightweight content-management system designed for the rapid deployment of community-based websites.
1. [-] The bug that prevented qmail from delivering to local aliases is resolved.
2. [*] Hostname checking is not performed on Virtuozzo.
3. [-] Several bugs in Mailman configuration resolved.
4. [-] Several bugs that caused incorrect operation of network interfaces on SuSe were resolved.
1. [+] Plesk News
2. [+] Desktop interface
3. [+] Interface customization on per-client basis. Templates.
4. [+] Initial configuration screen redesign
5. [+] Next generation of Backup Utilities on PMM engine
6. [*] MySQL 4.1 and localization
7. [*] PostgreSQL 7.3 and higher
8. [+] Autoinstaller 3.0
9. [+] Watchdog 2
10. [+] Domain Aliases
11. [+] Qmail queue management interface
12. [+] Remote databases (Centralized Databases)
13. [+] [PMM] Multisession migration
14. [+] [PMM] Site applications and Application Vaults migration
15. [+] [PMM] PostgreSQL databases migration
16. [+] Using PAM for Authentication
17. [*] mod_jk instead of mod_webapp
18. [+] APOP support
19. [+] SPF support for Qmail
20. [*] Dr.Web 4.33 upgrade issue
21. [+] SpamAssassin 3 for FreeBSD
22. [*] PHP 4.4.2 upgrade for FreeBSD
23. [+] DB WebAdmin administrative login
24. [+] Retrieve password feature for administrator
25. [+] Protected directories improvement
26. [+] CSR wildcard certificate support
27. [+] SSL support for subdomains
28. [+] Hostname validation upon Plesk setup
29. [+] Acronis True Image Module
30. [+] [PMM] IP Mapping correction
31. [+] [API] MD5 authentication in XMLRPC
32. [+] [API] Support for SpamAssassin and Dr.Web
33. [*] Chroot shell supporting improvement
34. [+] SOA records management
35. [*] DNS Zone internal presentation redesign
36. [*] CLI interface utilities reorganization
37. [*] Mambo CMS and reorganization
Information about new features - When you log in to Plesk 8 for the first time, an information box appears at the top of the screen. It contains brief information about the new features and improvements that have been added since the last version of Plesk, as well as links to more information about the features and direct links to screens where the the features can be used. Each user sees only those features that he or she can use.
Brand-new desktop interface option - Plesk 8 boasts quick and efficient task-oriented desktop, while retaining the ability to use old, traditional interface, and offering the options of switching between old and new interfaces, and even using both at the same time. Now administrators have quick access to major management functions and they have immediate access to mission critical information and statistics. The task-oriented design also allows administrators to create "favorites" and "shortcuts".
Interface Control Management - This feature introduced in Plesk 7.5.3 enables Plesk administrators to easily and efficiently manage the visibility of the control panel buttons. Plesk administrators have the flexibility to maintain a simpler, cleaner interface for end-users by hiding the controls for features that are not installed from Plesk users. Plesk 8 introduces the concept of client interface templates, which eliminates the need to adjust interface settings on a per-client basis. This can considerably speed up your client interface management.
Initial configuration improvement - Plesk 8 allows you to configure default IP addresses at the first startup, making the process of initial Plesk configuration quicker and easier.
New generation of Backup Utilities - The improved backup/restore utilities based on Plesk Migration Manager engine let
administrators backup and restore client accounts, selecting which client's domains to backup/restore and whether the client's information should be backed up/restored. The improved domain restoration brings now a domain to the very state the domain had during the backup. Backup files are no more digitally signed, which lets domain administrators to migrate their domains from server to server by themselves. This generation of Backup Utilities also allows to backup/restore Site Applications and Application Vaults.
MySQL 4.1 support - This release adds full MySQL 4.1 support, eliminating all possible problems with local characters in MySQL databases.
Support of PostgreSQL 7.3 and higher - Plesk 8 supports now all versions of PostgreSQL starting from v. 7.3.
Autoinstaller V3.0 - This improved feature lets administrators deploy and upgrade multiple servers in an efficient, cost effective manner. The new architecture allows for improved dependencies tracking and increased speed during installation and upgrade. All of this makes the support of new OSes simpler and easier.
Watchdog 2.0 - The second generation of Watchdog utilities, Watchdog 2 tremendously improves its predecessor capabilities.
In addition to previously available features Watchdog 2 now monitors your hard disks, scans your server for security vulnerabilities such as rootkits, backdoors and local exploits, and displays CPU and RAM usage statistics.
Domain Aliases support - This new feature lets domain administrators set up alternative domain names which act as nicknames for websites and e-mail addresses, and modify their DNS records.
Qmail Queue Management through Control Panel - This feature allows administrators to manage the Qmail message queue directly through Plesk Control Panel. With this feature, you can manually delete spam and other unwanted mail from the queue, using quick and intuitive sorting options.
Multiple Remote Databases support - Plesk 8 allows you to use remote database servers for storing client databases. Moreover, you can easily employ and manage multiple external MySQL and PostgreSQL database servers at once!
Simultaneous migration support - Plesk Migration Manager now allows simultaneous (a.k.a. multisession) migrations. This new feature is a definite time-saver, especially for Expand migrations. Simultaneous migration is easy and convenient way to migrate data from several servers at once.
Site Applications and Application Vaults migration - the ability to migrate SiteApps and Application Vault is a great new functionality for Plesk Migration Manager. This feature is another big step towards perfect migration brought to you by Plesk team.
PostgreSQL databases migration - Plesk Migration Manager now can migrate PostgreSQL databases from one Plesk server to another, further increasing the functionality and flexibility of migration.
Pluggable Authentication Modules authentication support - In this release the support for Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) authentication was added. PAM authentication is flexible mechanism for authenticating system users, further improving Plesk server security.
Using mod_jk module instead of mod_webapp module - Plesk 8 now uses mod_jk module instead of outdated mod_webapp module for its Java-related needs.
APOP authentication support - In this release encrypted APOP authentication for POP3 protocol is added. Your mailbox passwords will never be transmitted in plain text again - APOP is using MD5 hash, providing quality encryption and secure authentication of transmitted e-mail credentials.
Sender Policy Framework (SPF) support - Plesk 8 adds the support of popular and very effective SPF (Sender Policy Framework) spam prevention system. SPF is based on using special DNS records that specify which machines are authorized to transmit e-mail for a specific domain, thus making it easy to distinguish genuine e-mails from those forged by spammers. For more information about Sender Policy Framework system, refer to http://spf.pobox.com/howworks.html.
Dr.Web 4.33 updated - Dr.Web anti-virus is upgraded to new 4.33 version in Plesk 8. Additionally, brand-new Plesk Autoinstaller V3 can successfully update all Dr.Web components, thus making previous Dr.Web autoupgrade problems obsolete.
SpamAssassin 3 upgrade for FreeBSD - FreeBSD versions of Plesk 8 come with SpamAssassin 3 included. This new SpamAssassin version further improves the quality of spam filtering, while fine-tuning SpamAssassin's already outstanding performance.
PHP 4.4.2 upgrade for FreeBSD - FreeBSD versions of Plesk 8 come with PHP upgraded to 4.4.2 version. PHP 4.2.2 offers increased performance and security among other improvements.
Improved databases administration - This release offers extended database administration capabilities and improved PhpMyAdmin and PhpPgAdmin integration. Plesk server administrators now have the full-fledged database administration ability via PhpMyAdmin and PhpPgAdmin, being able to create database users, manage their access rights and remove users, if necessary. Improved database administration capabilities now allow you to choose the default user for DB WebAdmin feature.
Secure administrator password retrieval - This new feature allows Plesk server administrator to retrieve and change the administrator's password without logging in to Plesk and without compromising the Plesk server security.
Protection of cgi-bin directory - Due to numerous requests, Plesk 8 adds the ability to protect your cgi-bin directory, securing the access to it. You can also create protected directories in cgi-bin directory, increasing the flexibility of your secure content structure. This means that you can now restrict access to your dynamic web pages that use CGI scripts.
Wildcard SSL certificate support - By popular demand, in this release you can use SSL certificates with wildcards as domain names (a.k.a. wildcard SSL certificates). This feature also supports the creation of self-signed wildcard SSL certificates and generation of Certificate Signing Requests (CSRs) for wildcard SSL certificates.
SSL support for subdomains - This feature provides SSL support for subdomains, enabling you to create and use subdomains that use Secure Sockets Layer protocol for authentication and security.
Host name validation during install - Plesk 8 now validates the host name during the installation process, checking the compliance of host name with IP address. This eliminates several possible problems during the installation, improving Apache and MySQL operation consistency.
New and improved Acronis True Image Module - Plesk (except for the FreeBSD and MacOS versions) now comes with a new ATIS module. Using this module, administrators can create server disk backup images without interrupting server operations and perform easy and fast recovery of the entire system. The module enables scheduling backup tasks, launching manually backup tasks, selecting the compression level for backup images, setting up passwords to protect backup images, and other useful features.
Simplified IP mapping during migration - Simplification of IP mapping in Plesk Migration Manager makes migration even quicker and easier than it was before. All excessive IP mapping is removed, as you only need to map those IPs that are actually used by migration objects.
MD5 authentication in XML RPC - Plesk 8 gives you the option to use MD5 authentication in Plesk XML RPC. This vastly improves Plesk Control Panel security when using Plesk API, enabling you to encrypt the passwords and protect Plesk from potential hacker attacks.
Improved SpamAssassin and Dr.Web API management - With Plesk 8 you can manage SpamAssassin and Dr.Web through Plesk API much more effectively than before, utilizing a wide range of commands and options previously unavailable for API management.
Improved support of Chroot Shell Environment - Plesk 8 vastly improves disk space usage for Chroot shell environment in vhost. Now disk space usage for chroot shell environment in vhost is minimized, saving your precious free HDD space.
DNS SOA records management - In this version you can manage DNS Start of Authority (SOA) records through Plesk Control Panel. With added support for DNS SOA records management, Plesk offers you more DNS fine-tuning options than ever before.
Improved usability of DNS records management - Plesk 8 drastically improves the security and usability of DNS records management, employing dynamic DNS records generation forms. With new simplified DNS management interface and dynamic forms the possibility of making a mistake when managing your DNS records is close to none.
CLI interface utilities update - Beginning with Plesk 8, CLI interface utilities do not use .sh name suffix anymore. We recommend all Plesk 8 users to use the new, more convenient syntax. While the old syntax will be supported for a while, it is outdated and its support will eventually cease.
Mambo CMS and osCommerce applications have been moved to Application Vault.
If you wish to install package using PHP CLI v.5, create the following link: "/usr/bin/php -> /usr/bin/php5".
Note: Old syntax is still supported, but the compatibilty wrappers will be removed in the next major release.
"# To disable tunneled clear text passwords, change to no here!
PasswordAuthentication no
#PermitEmptyPasswords no".
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[+] new feature
[-] bug fixed or removed
[*] bug fixed and improvement made
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