About Plesk

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Hi!
What kind of The software components are used in plesk to mangane the
services ?

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DNS server : bind
Webserver : Apache
FTP server : proftpd
Mail server : Mysql,mssql,postgresql
IMAP/POP : courier-IMAP
Mailing list: Mailman
Statistical softwares : Webalizer, Awstats

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I want to more about PSA config. Please give me some comments or suggestion about
it.

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Plesk root directory : /usr/local/psa
Version : /usr/local/psa/version
Admin password is stored : /etc/psa/.psa.shadow
Plesk configuration file : /etc/psa/psa.conf
Restart Plesk : /etc/rc.d/init.d/plesk restart

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I want to know more about Apache configurations used with plesk. The
configuration file names used for apache. Please give me some comments or
suggestion about it.

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Main httpd configuration file : /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
Plesk httpd : /etc/httpd/conf.d/zz010_psa_httpd.conf
Include conf files are under : /etc/httpd/conf.d (depends on the location
specified in main httpd)
Startup script for plesk apache : /usr/local/psa/admin/bin/httpsdctl start
Apache main log files under : /var/log/httpd

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How to backup my data from a server with Plesk installed in it. What
script I can run for it?

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To back up all data
/plesk_installation_directory/bin/pleskbackup all

To back up all user accounts with all users’ sites,
/plesk_installation_directory/bin/pleskbackup clients

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Is PSA DATABASE is very important component of plesk ?

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Plesk utilizes the 'psa' database. To login to this database, you can use your Admin username and password.
Tables in psa database are :
a. Domains
b. Clients
c. db_users
d. db_bases
e. disk_spaces
f. mail
g. lockout
h. web_users

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I want to know more about php configurations used with plesk. Please give me some comments or suggestion about it.

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Php configuration file : /etc/php.ini
Php extension modules are taken from : /etc/php.d Fire1

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I want to know more about maned configurations used with plesk. Please give me some comments or suggestion about it.

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Conf file located : /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

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Please give me some comments about FTP configuration.

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Conf file : /etc/proftpd.conf
Log file : /var/log/messages

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Please give me some comments about MYSQL configuration.

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Databases are located at : /var/lib/mysql
Configuration file : /etc/my.cnf
Mysql log : /var/log/mysqld.log

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Please give me some suggestion about 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