Plesk Management

[Bodhost-Andy]

Some Plesk control panel activities
How to Change User Passwords of the Database in Plesk ?

To change password for a database user:

1) Click the domain name you need on your Home page.

2) In the Services group click Databases.

3) Click the required database name. A list of database users will open.

4) Click the database user's name.

5) Now Type a new password and click OK.


How to Change Settings Of Existing ODBC Connections in Plesk?

You can change settings of an existing ODBC connection by following these steps:

1) Click the domain name you need on your Home page.

2) Click ODBC Data Sources in the Services group.

3) Click the required connection name in the list.

4) Change the settings as needed.

5) Click Test to check whether the connection will function properly with new settings.

6) Click Finish to save changes.


How to Create a Database User Accounts in Plesk?

If you wish to give others access to the database, you should create different user accounts for them.

To create a database user account follow these simple steps:

1) Click the domain name you need on your Home page.

2) Click Databases in the Services group.

3) Click the required database name. A list of database users will open.

4) Click Add New Database User.

5) Now type a user name and a password that will be used for accessing the contents of the database and Click OK.


How to create Connections to External Databases by Installing New ODBC Drivers in Plesk ?

To let your web applications use external databases for storing the data, you need to create connections to these external databases by installing appropriate ODBC drivers.

To install a new ODBC driver, creating a connection to an external database:

1) Click the domain name you need On your Home page.

2) Click ODBC Data Sources in the Services group.

3) Click Add New ODBC DSN.

4) Specify the ODBC connection name and description in the corresponding fields.

5) Select the required driver in the Driver field.

6) Click OK.

7) Choose the appropriate options on the driver configuration screen. Typically, you should specify the path to the database, user credentials and other connection options, depending on the selected driver.

8) Click Test to check whether the connection will function properly with provided settings.

9) Click Finish to complete the creation.

[Danny Lawson]

Thanks Andy for those wonderful tips on Plesk Management.They are very good.

[carl owen]

Thank you Andy for such wonderful tips on Plesk control panel. These tips will allow us to manage our hosting package and Plesk control panel on our own and also help us to be more familiar with Plesk control panel.