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Parallels® Plesk Panel Copyright Notice Parallels Holdings, Ltd. c/o Parallels International GmbH Vordergasse 59 CH-Schaffhausen Switzerland Phone: +41-526320-411 Fax: +41-52672-2010 Copyright © 1999-2011 Parallels Holdings, Ltd. and its affiliates. All rights reserved. This product is protected by United States and international copyright laws. The product’s underlying technology, patents, and trademarks are listed at http://www.parallels.com/trademarks. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Server, Windows NT, Windows Vista, and MS-DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. Mac is a registered trademark of Apple, Inc. All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. Contents Preface 8 Typographical Conventions ........................................................................................................... 8 Feedback ....................................................................................................................................... 9 Operating Inside Parallels Containers 10 What's New in Parallels Panel 12 Panel 10.4 ................................................................................................................................... 12 Panel 10.3 ................................................................................................................................... 15 Panel 10.2 ................................................................................................................................... 16 Becoming Familiar with Panel GUI 17 Service Provider View: Server Administration Panel .................................................................. 21 Service Provider View: Control Panel ......................................................................................... 23 Power User View ......................................................................................................................... 24 Simple View ................................................................................................................................. 25 My Account and Webspaces 27 Changing Your Password and Contact Information .................................................................... 28 If Your Panel Works with Customer & Business Manager ................................................ 28 Switching to My Webspaces ....................................................................................................... 29 Server Configuration 30 Obtaining and Installing a License Key ....................................................................................... 31 Upgrading the Trial License Key ....................................................................................... 32 Installing Additional License Keys for Parallels Plesk Panel Add-ons .............................. 33 Upgrading Your License Key ............................................................................................ 34 Rolling Back to Your Previously Used License Key .......................................................... 34 Securing Your Parallels Plesk Panel ........................................................................................... 34 Restricting Administrative Access to Parallels Plesk Panel .............................................. 35 Securing Communication to Server with SSL Encryption ................................................. 36 Hosting Multiple SSL Sites on a Single IP Address (Linux) .............................................. 39 Securing Sites with a Single SSL Certificate (Windows) .................................................. 39 Configuring Server IP Pool .......................................................................................................... 41 About IP Addresses: IPv4 and IPv6 .................................................................................. 41 Requirements for Operating on IPv6 ................................................................................ 41 Allocation to Resellers and Hosting Customers: How This Is Done in Parallels Plesk Panel .......................................................................................................................................... 42 How to Perform Operations on the Server IP Pool ........................................................... 43 Configuring DNS Services ........................................................................................................... 45 Setting Up Websites Preview ...................................................................................................... 50 Configuring Panel in Different Network Environments ................................................................ 50 Configuring the Panel to Run Behind a Firewall ............................................................... 51 Running Panel Behind a Router with NAT ........................................................................ 52 Preface 4 Using the Built-in Firewall (Windows) ............................................................................... 54 Configuring Port Range for Passive FTP Mode (Windows) .............................................. 58 Setting Up Mail Services ............................................................................................................. 59 Setting Up Spam Protection .............................................................................................. 63 Setting Up Virus Protection (Linux) ................................................................................... 72 Setting Up Virus Protection (Windows) ............................................................................. 74 Selecting Webmail Software ............................................................................................. 74 Configuring Mailman Mailing List Software (Linux) ........................................................... 75 Preventing Your Customers From Sending Mass E-mail (Linux) ..................................... 75 Connecting Database Servers .................................................................................................... 76 Adding Database Servers ................................................................................................. 77 Connecting to External Databases (Windows) ................................................................ 79 Activating Third-Party Services ................................................................................................... 80 Adobe ColdFusion (Linux) ................................................................................................. 81 Google Services for Websites ........................................................................................... 82 UNITY Mobile Services for Mobile Sites ........................................................................... 86 Miva E-commerce Applications (Windows) ....................................................................... 87 Miva E-commerce Applications (Linux) ............................................................................. 87 Modules and Add-ons (Linux) ........................................................................................... 89 Configuring ASP.NET (Windows) ................................................................................................ 91 Configuring IIS Application Pool (Windows) ................................................................................ 93 Configuring E-mail Notifications .................................................................................................. 94 Setting Up Help Desk .................................................................................................................. 97 Optimizing Apache Web Server (Linux) ...................................................................................... 98 Configuring Customer Acquisition Scenarios ............................................................................ 101 Customizing Web Presence Builder Trial Mode Notifications ......................................... 102 Server Administration 105 Appearance and Branding ......................................................................................................... 106 Appearance ..................................................................................................................... 106 Branding .......................................................................................................................... 112 Web Server ................................................................................................................................ 112 Adjusting Session Preferences ....................................................................................... 113 Statistics and Monitoring ........................................................................................................... 113 Configuring Statistics ...................................................................................................... 114 Logging Actions Performed by Your Customers in the Panel ......................................... 115 Viewing Statistics ............................................................................................................ 118 Tracking Server Health with Health Monitor ................................................................... 121 Monitoring Connections to the Panel and FTP