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

How to connect and disconnect a network drive in Windows

Connect a drive from My Network Places Click Start, click My Network Places, click Entire Network, and then double-click Microsoft Windows Network. Double-click the domain that you want to open. Double-click the computer that has the shared resource you want to map. All the shared resources for that computer automatically appear in the window. Right-click … Read more

Horde not working after PHP 5.4.33 update

Horde not working after PHP 5.4.33 update Article ID: 123027, created on Sep 29, 2014, last review on Dec 7, 2014 APPLIES TO: Parallels Plesk 12.0 for Linux Parallels Plesk 11.5 for Linux Symptoms Horde webmail is not working after the PHP 5.4.33 update: The login process is slow Emails are not displayed and sometimes … 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

Stop cron email in WHM

Go to cpanel > cron jobs > standard. At the top is an email field Change to an alternate email Or FThe way to change the email account WHMCS sends the daily cron reports to… 1. Log in to WHMCS. 2. Click on Configuration -> Administrators. 3. Click on the little edit-button for the full … Read more

Reset the Mysql password

How to reset the mysql password on a linux server. CentOS First, stop the MySQL service/daemon. On Centos/RHEL you would run: Next, edit the MySQL config file (/etc/my.cnf on CentOS/RHEL) and add the following to the [mysqld] section. Start MySQL back up You will now be able to connect as user root without any password. … Read more