Configuring and Maintaining Your Server

After you have installed and configured Parallels Plesk Panel software on your server, you need to configure your system and set up all services required for its operation. To configure your Parallels Plesk Panel managed server, follow the instructions provided in this chapter.

In this chapter:

Adding and Removing IP Addresses

Selecting and Configuring Software Components Used on the Server (Windows Hosting)

Configuring DNS Services

Configuring Parallels Plesk Panel to Run Behind a Router with Firewall and Network Address Translation

Configuring Mail Services

Configuring Parallels Plesk Panel for Database Hosting

Configuring the Connection to External Database Management Systems (Windows Hosting)

Enabling Support for Adobe ColdFusion (Linux Hosting)

Enabling Integration with Sitebuilder (Linux Hosting)

Enabling Integration with Google Services for Websites

Enabling Support for Miva E-commerce Applications (Linux Hosting)

Enabling Support for Miva E-commerce Applications (Windows Hosting)

Configuring ASP.NET (Windows Hosting)

Configuring IIS Application Pool (Windows Hosting)

Configuring Shared SSL (Windows Hosting)

Configuring Statistics

Configuring E-mail Notification System

Configuring Help Desk

Adjusting System Date and Time

Starting, Stopping and Restarting Services

Enabling Piped Logs for Web Server to Reduce the Risk of Web Service Disruption (Linux Hosting)

Monitoring Mail Server Message Queue and Troubleshooting Mail Congestion (Linux Hosting)

Scheduling Tasks with Crontab (Linux Hosting)

Scheduling Tasks with Windows Task Scheduler (Windows Hosting)

Extending Parallels Plesk Panel Capabilities with Modules (Linux Hosting)

Delegating Administrative Privileges to Technical Support Engineers (Windows Hosting)