Linux Plesk

LinuxPlesk backend files


Plesk root directory  ------------------------->    /usr/local/psa
Version   -------------------------------------> /usr/local/psa/version  (# cat /usr/local/psa/version) OR rpm -q psa
Admin password is stored -------------------->  /etc/psa/.psa.shadow
Plesk configuration file ------------------------>  /etc/psa/psa.conf
Restart plesk---------------------------------->  /etc/rc.d/init.d/plesk   restart
Plesk httpd------------------------------------> /etc/httpd/conf.d/zz010.psa_httpd.conf
Include conf files ------------------------------> /etc/httpd/conf.d   ( depends on the location specified in main httpd )
Start up script for Plesk apache ---------------> /usr/local/psa/admin/bin/httpdctl start
Apache main log file ---------------------------> /var/log/httpd
Home directory --------------------------------> /var/www/vhosts/domain.com
Httpd conf file of a domain ---------------------> /var/www/vhosts/domain/conf/httpd.include
Document root directory -----------------------> /var/www/vhosts/domain.com/httpdocs
Document root directory of secure website -----> /var/www/vhosts/domain.com/httpsdocs
Subdomains are created under ------------------> /var/www/vhosts/domain.com/subdomain
Domain specific logs are under ------------------> /var/www/vhosts/domain.com/statistics/logs
   

PHP :-
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 Configuration file ------------------------------->  /etc/php.ini
 Php extension modules are taken from  ----------> /etc/php.d

  Named :-
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 Configuration files --------------------------------> /var/named/run-root/etc/named.conf
DB record  ---------------------------------------> /var/named/run-root/var/domain.com
Log file -------------------------------------------> /var/log/messages
service to restart ---------------------------------->/etc/init.d/named restart
FTP:-
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Configuration file ---------------------------------> /etc/proftpd.conf
Log file -------------------------------------------> /var/log/messages
Mysql :-
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Database location ---------------------------------> /var/lib/mysql
Configuration file -----------------------------------> /etc/my.cnf
Mysql log ------------------------------------------> /var/log/mysqld.log
 Mail server :-
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Location of qmail directory --------------------------> /var/qmail
Mail directory of a domain ---------------------------> /var/qmail/mailnames/domain.com
Mail log ----------------------------------------------> /var/log/maillog  or
                                                                                      /usr/local/psa/var/log/maillog
                                                                             /var/qmail/mailnames/domain.com/email_account/Maildir/                        
                                                                                       
 Plesk Logs
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Error log: /var/log/sw-cp-server/error_log and /var/log/sw-cp-server/sw-engine.log
Access log: /usr/local/psa/admin/logs/httpsd_access_log
Panel log: /usr/local/psa/admin/logs/panel.log
Services
Stop: /etc/init.d/psa stop
Start: /etc/init.d/psa start
Restart: /etc/init.d/psa restart

Configuration
PHP config: /usr/local/psa/admin/conf/php.ini
Panel config: /usr/local/psa/admin/conf/panel.ini
Web server config: /etc/sw-cp-server/conf.d/plesk.conf
                                                                                   
                                                                                     
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 Recovering Your Parallels Plesk Panel Password on a Linux Server

 cat /etc/psa/.psa.shadow ==> Parallels Plesk Panel 10.1 and older Password on a Linux Server

 /usr/local/psa/bin/admin --show-password ==> Parallels Plesk Panel 10.2, however, encrypts this file,to view the encrypted file.

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Plesk password
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 /usr/local/psa/bin/admin --show-password