How to Install Plesk Control Panel on Linux


how to install Plesk Control Panel in simple manner without any headache.

Step 1: Getting OS Name with Version and Architecture run the command as
Code:
uname -i
The Above command will show you OS bit version in bellow manner

For 32Bit OS Output will be
Code:
i386

For 64Bit OS Output will be
Code:
x86_64

Now for getting OS Name and Version of CentOS we need to run the command as
Code:
cat /etc/redhat-release

The above command will give you output as
Code:
CentOS release 5.7 (Final)

Step 2: Install Redhat/CentOS Dependency through yum by running the command

Code:
yum -y update

Step 3: Run the following 3 commands, to check if Apache, PHP & MySQL are preinstalled by the OS
Code:
rpm -qa | grep -i http
rpm -qa | grep -i php
rpm -qa | grep -i mysql

Step 4: If above Applocation that is Apache, PHP & MySQL installed then remove them by running the command as
Code:
yum remove http*
yum remove php*
yum remove mysql*

Step 5: Check SELinux status
To Check Run:
Code:
getenforce

The Output will be

Code:
"Disabled" or "Not enforcing"

To Disable ( If Enabled or enforced ) Run:
Code:
setenforce 0

Step 6: Changing the directory for installation of plesk run the command as
Code:
mkdir /root/plesk
cd /root/plesk

Step 7: Install Plesk 10.3 by running bellow command
Code:
wget -O - http://autoinstall.plesk.com/one-click-installer | sh

Now wait till Installation is not completed and in the mean time take a cup of tea and once installation is completed run the bellow command to Open Plesk Port that is 8443 through Iptables firewall

Code:
iptables -A OUTPUT -m state --state NEW -p tcp --dport 8443 -j ACCEPT

Step 8: Reseting of Plesk password as default password is not working after installation

A. Change the Directory by running command
Code:
cd /usr/local/psa/admin/bin/

B. Then assign your new password for user admin by running command
Code:
export PSA_PASSWORD='newpass'
Note: Replace newpass with any strong password example: U12Bn@3jK

C. You can check the password by running command as
Code:
echo $PSA_PASSWORD
Output will be:
Your password here the output will be U12Bn@3jK

D. Now we need to run last command to work the password and the command is

Code:
./ch_admin_passwd

Step 9: Now we will open Plesk with SSL port as
Code:
https://yourip:8443
Now login with your login information as follows:
Code:
Username: admin
Password: newpass
Note: Replace newpass with any strong password example: U12Bn@3jK or yours

In this tutorial we have successfully installed plesk
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