How to fetch Plesk Action Log using the command line?

Connect to the server via SSH

Download the script:

# curl -L https://support.plesk.com/hc/en-us/article_attachments/4415948242834/action_log_115000203794.zip -O

Unpack the script:

# unzip action_log_115000203794.zip

Execute the script:

Note: The following command will return the Action Log records from 1st January 2020 to 30th January 2020 and the output will be saved in the file action_log. For more options run the script with the -h flag: plesk php ./action_log.php -h

# plesk php ./action_log.php -f 01-01-2020 -t 30-01-2020 -o action_log

If the following error is shown:

PHP Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 134217728 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 9437473 bytes) in action_log.php on line 327

Run the command with custom memory_limit parameter, as an example:

# plesk php -d memory_limit=512M ./action_log.php -f 01-01-2020 -t 30-01-2020 -o action_log

Connect to the server via RDP

Start a command prompt as Administrator

Switch to PowerShell:

C:> powershell

Download the script:

PS C:> [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12; Invoke-WebRequest -URI https://support.plesk.com/hc/en-us/article_attachments/4415948242834/action_log_115000203794.zip -OutFile action_log.zip

Unpack the script:

PS C:> Add-Type -Assembly "System.IO.Compression.FileSystem"
PS C:> [System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::ExtractToDirectory(($pwd).path + "action_log.zip", ($pwd).path)

Execute the script:

Note: The following command is valid for PowerShell and CMD. It will return the Action Log records from 1st January 2020 to 30th January 2020 and the output will be saved in the file action_log. For more options run the script with the -h flag: plesk php ./action_log.php -h

PS C:> plesk php .action_log.php -f 01-01-2020 -t 30-01-2020 -o action_log.txt

If the following error is shown:

PHP Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 134217728 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 9437473 bytes) in action_log.php on line 327

Run the command with custom memory_limit parameter, as an example:

PS C:> plesk php -d memory_limit=512M .action_log.php -f 01-01-2020 -t 30-01-2020 -o action_log.txt