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Perform initial server setup
Use the
init_conf
utility with--init
command to provide the
information required for initializing the server. This information
contains:- Plesk Administrator’s personal information,
- New Plesk Administrator’s password instead of the default one
generated during installation, - Full host name (optional).
For the details and examples of how to perform initial server setup
using CLI, see: -
Install product license key
Use the license utility to install a product license key as well as
additional license keys to the server.For details and examples of how to install license keys using CLI,
see:- For Linux: license: License
Keys - For Windows: license.exe: License
Keys
- For Linux: license: License
The following operations are not required for the post-install
configuration of Plesk, but they may be useful to further configure
Plesk for your production environment.
Define Plesk View
Use the poweruser
utility to switch between Plesk interface views.
For details and examples on switching Plesk interface views, see:
- For Linux: poweruser: Power User
Mode - For Windows: poweruser.exe: Power User
View
The purpose and the differences of the Service Provider View and the
Power User View are described here: The Plesk
GUI.
Set Default Locale
Use admin --update -locale
to set a specific language as default for
Plesk GUI.
For details and examples on configuring administrator’s interface
preferences, see:
- For Linux: admin: Administration Panel
Preferences - For Windows: admin.exe: Administration Panel
Preferences
Example 1: Performing initial server setup
The following command:
- sets the default IP address to 192.0.2.14 and sets its type to shared;
- sets the network mask to 255.255.255.0 and the network interface name to eth0 for the default IP address;
- adds shared IP addresses 192.0.2.46 and 192.0.2.47 to Plesk;
- sets the Plesk administrator’s name to “John Doe” and the administrator’s
password to adminpass; - sets the administrator’s phone number to 555-5555, fax number to 333-3333, and email address to [email protected];
- sets the administrator’s company name to “Megacompany Inc.”, street address to “45
Trail street”, city to “New York”, ZIP code to “10292”, and country to “United States”.
plesk bin init_conf --init
-default-ip 192.0.2.14
-netmask 255.255.255.0
-iface eth0
-ip-type shared
-hostname example.com
-shared_ips add:192.0.2.46,192.0.2.47
-name "John Doe"
-passwd adminpass
-phone 555-5555
-fax 333-3333
-email [email protected]
-company "Megacompany Inc."
-address "45 Trail street"
-city "New York"
-zip 10292
-country US
-state NY
Example 2: Installing a license key
The following command installs an additional license key:
plesk bin license -i AB1C23-4DEF56-7GHI89-JK1L23-MNP456 -additional-key true