Tips and tricks and fixes for the server control panel software from SWSoft.
I’ve setup a more resilient web service for a good client of mine.. http://www.practicalaction.org/ By using 2 servers and ‘pound’ they now have some load balancing but most importantly some resilience.. so if one server Read more…
I’ve been using the mysql console tip for years from this blog post by Brian Resig (maintaining a few legacy sites), and struggled to find it this time. In fear of losing it entirely, I’m Read more…
Biggest headache! I’ve spent hours trying to get the Maildir storage of a Postfix install working on a Virtualmin box that had been migrated from Plesk. There a few critical steps to get everything working. Read more…
During a domain transfer, while DNS was still propogating I needed to retrieve mail from the old server to the new. I did so thusly… # yum install fetchmail $ touch .fetchmailrc $ chmod 600 Read more…
I had to enable quota support to my hard disk mounts on one of my new Plesk boxes today. This lets Plesk manage how much space is given to whomever… very necessary for a virtual Read more…
Part 1 Retrieve the full license key from Plesk using the web control panel License Manager. Backup and download the key. # cp /etc/psa/psa.key /var/www/vhosts/<domain>/httpdocs/ Visit http://<domain>/psa.key Part 2 Then run the offline installer script… Read more…
I’m currently building a new server for a client and am finding great success using the top notch tools from atomic rocket turtle. (Atomic Corp) By using Scott’s AOOI script I have managed to install Read more…
I found myself wanting to create an extra FTP user for one of my Plesk machines that would only have access to a subdirectory of one of the machine’s domains. It turns out this isn’t Read more…
The reason for this upgrade script failing for Plesk machines is due to Plesk changing the mysql ‘root’ account into ‘admin’. To get the script to run successfully, you can simply open up the file Read more…
I’ve come across this a couple of times and thought it worth adding here, so I’m more likely to remember next time. You need to comment out or delete the default Virtualhost config in this Read more…
