Migrate Plesk IP’s to New Plesk server

When Migrating from an old dedicated server to a new server, you can ask your hosting provider to migrate the data and the IP’s. Here is the strategy to move them. ssh to the old and new server. One the old server, change the following: Edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 [stextbox id=”info”]* IP and Mac changed to xx. … Read more

Add Wildcard SSL or multi-domain or UC/SAN SSL certificate

What is a multi-domain or UC/SAN SSL certificate? Multi-domain certificates are SSL certificates that allow you to secure multiple, potentially unrelated domains with a single certificate. This includes UCC/SAN certificates and wildcard certificates. Unified Communications/Subject Alternate Name (UC/SAN) Certificates are SSL certificates that allow you to specify a list of hostnames that the same certificate protects. Note: Icon … Read more

Subdomain Creation Error in cPanel

You go to create a subdomain and get the following errors. [stextbox id=”warning”]There was a problem creating the sub-domain: You do not have permission to create subdomains of the server’s hostname[/stextbox] Or [stextbox id=”warning”]The system experienced a problem during the creation of the “example” subdomain.[/stextbox] This was fixed by changing settings in WHM: WHM Home … Read more

DNS server fails to start in plesk

Starting the DNS server fails. restarting named shows the following error: Thats the okay part And then you see this: Resolution: Add an A record for the nameserver ns2.domain4.com in the zone DNS manager in plesk. The restart named.