PLesk and Windows HTTP Error 503. The service is unavailable

You get this error: Service Unavailable HTTP Error 503. The service is unavailable. The application pools were failing to start as they were not able to login using the proper account. Here is the error: Application pool plesk(default)(2.0)(pool) has been disabled. Windows Process Activation Service (WAS) did not create a worker process to serve the … Read more

SQL Server Firewall Rule in Plesk on Windows server

Enable the firewall within Plesk then add the needed rules to Windows Firewall (set the IP’s can connect on tcp/1433). Plesk does not have the ability to set the IP’s or IP range. Resources http://www.rackspace.com/knowledge_center/article/configuring-ms-sql-server-for-remote-access http://www.rackspace.com/knowledge_center/article/creating-an-inbound-custom-allow-rule-for-windows-firewall-windows-2008

SSL for Mail Server Plesk

Normally, checking mail may produce an SSL error for plesk mail services. All clients Outlook, Mac mail, thunderbird, show a a message for ssl certificate. How to fix it. You would need to purchase a SSL certificate for your servers hostname and set it up so it gets used for the mail service on the … Read more

Plesk Logs Linux

Services Control Panel Logs Error log: and Access log: Panel log: Services Stop: Start: Restart: Configuration PHP config: Panel config: Web server config: Web Presence Builder Logs Error log: Install/upgrade logs: No service control (working via sw-cp-server service) Configuration SSO Logs Error log: SSO log: Services No service control (works via sw-cp-server service) Manage settings: … Read more

Mysql Remote access on plesk

edit /etc/my.cnf to show the following… Where, * bind-address : local IP address to bind to. If you wish mysql listen on all IPs, don’t use this option. * skip-networking : Don’t listen for TCP/IP connections at all. All interaction with mysqld must be made via Unix sockets. This option is highly recommended for systems … Read more

Nginx error

nginx: [emerg] bind() to 68.168.98.181:443 failed (99: Cannot assign requested address) nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test failed You can disable nginx which should force the configuration to rebuild: /usr/local/psa/admin/bin/nginxmgr -d You can also try the steps below: http://kb.sp.parallels.com/en/114245 If you get the error: Apache config (14180811290.93120100) generation failed: Template_Exception: nginx: [emerg] bind() to 68.168.98.181:80 failed … Read more

Plesk Mail – warning: connect to Milter service

Plesk Mail not working. Loogs show: The Postfix config ‘/etc/postfix/main.cf’ contains entries with extra commas: smtpd_milters = ,, inet:127.0.0.1:12768 became smtpd_milters = inet:127.0.0.1:12768 Then restart postfix, Other sources: http://kb.sp.parallels.com/en/121170 http://kb.sp.parallels.com/en/116748

Plesk install Fails on Windows

The update of Parallels Panel has failed: “Syntax error in file panel.inf3: Error parsing Element” Cause The issue is temporary and caused by network connectivity issue to one of the autoinstaller mirrors. Resolution As a workaround use another autoinstaller mirror, add the following IP addresses for autoinstall-win.pp.parallels.com to the hosts file: 93.184.221.133 US, Kansas 68.232.34.73 … Read more