Plesk

How to avoid emails from Dr. Web

Dr. Web is a Russian anti-virus utility that comes bundles with Plesk. It’s good and it tries to keep the bad guys out. To keep up with all the mutations out there it tries to update itself frequently but usually doesn’t succeed because the Dr. Web server is busy or down or somehow now working [...]

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How to setup Plesk on new server

The other day I got myself a brand new server – so barebones that I had to do everything myself, including picking a Linux distribution. Sadly the one I wanted (CentOS 6) did not come bundled with Plesk so I had to install it manually. I thought I’d better take some notes so I can [...]

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How to amend an Application Vault Repository in Plesk

I’m currently building a WordPress Hosting Service where customers get hosting with WordPress pre-installed. I also want to offer several pre-installed Themes and Plugins that I’ll deploy from the Plesk Back End using Application Vault. WordPress is already available as a free repository, however it does take some time for new versions to be made [...]

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When Plesk fails to upgrade

I’ve had this issue before: you get a new server, the image is a few revisions behind the current release and your first line of business is to upgrade the system. A few minutes later you check and instead and Plesk refuses to start. Bugger. Now what? My Customer Support Gurus always know what to [...]

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