Plesk

Plesk Obsidian can be controlled almost entirely from the command line. Here are the commands for domains, subscriptions, repairs, updates and the Plesk database that would take several clicks in the panel.

48 one-liners: 35 harmless, 13 caution, 0 destructive

plesk 48 domain 6 database 6 mail 5 repair 5 subscription 5 installer 4 inventory 4 php 3 logs 3 disk-space 3 nginx 3 password 2 network 2

Back up a single domain with Plesk tools

#plesk bin pleskbackup --domains-name example.com --output-file=/root/backup-example.com.tar

Change the password of a Plesk mailbox

#plesk bin mail --update info@example.com -passwd 'NewSecurePassword'

Change the PHP version of a domain from the command line

#plesk bin domain --update example.com -php_handler_id plesk-php83-fpm

Check if Plesk is listening on ports 8443 and 8880

#ss -tlnp | grep -E ':(8443|8880)\b'

Check the mail configuration in Plesk without changes

#plesk repair mail -n

Check the Plesk database for inconsistencies

#plesk repair db -n

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Check the Plesk installation for errors without changes

#plesk repair all -n

Check the Plesk installer log after a failed update

#tail -n 100 /var/log/plesk/install/autoinstaller3.log

Check the status of the Plesk core services

#systemctl status sw-engine sw-cp-server psa --no-pager

Create a domain alias in Plesk from the command line

#plesk bin domalias --create example.de -domain example.com

Create an email mailbox in Plesk from the command line

#plesk bin mail --create info@example.com -mailbox true -passwd 'NewSecurePassword'

Disk usage of all webspaces under /var/www/vhosts

#du -sh /var/www/vhosts/*/ 2>/dev/null | sort -rh | head -20

Find the system user of each domain in Plesk

#plesk db "SELECT d.name, s.login FROM domains d JOIN hosting h ON h.dom_id = d.id JOIN sys_users s ON s.id = h.sys_user_id ORDER BY d.name"

Fix file permissions and ownership with plesk repair

#plesk repair fs example.com -y

Follow the Plesk panel log in real time

#tail -f /var/log/plesk/panel.log

Generate a one-time login link for Plesk

Install a Plesk component from the command line

#plesk installer --select-product-id plesk --select-release-current --install-component php8.3

Install Plesk updates from the command line

#plesk installer update

List all customers in Plesk

#plesk bin customer --list

List all databases with their domain in Plesk

#plesk db "SELECT d.name AS domain, db.name AS datenbank, db.type FROM data_bases db JOIN domains d ON d.id = db.dom_id ORDER BY d.name, db.name"

List all domains of a Plesk subscription

#plesk db "SELECT d.name FROM domains d LEFT JOIN domains p ON p.id = d.webspace_id WHERE d.name = 'example.com' OR p.name = 'example.com' ORDER BY d.name"

List all domains on a Plesk server

#plesk bin domain --list

List all email addresses on a Plesk server

#plesk db "SELECT CONCAT(m.mail_name, '@', d.name) AS adresse, m.postbox FROM mail m JOIN domains d ON d.id = m.dom_id ORDER BY d.name, m.mail_name"

List all service plans in Plesk

#plesk bin service_plan --list

List all subscriptions in Plesk

#plesk bin subscription --list

List all WordPress installations in WP Toolkit

#plesk ext wp-toolkit --list

List available PHP handlers in Plesk

#plesk bin php_handler --list

List database servers registered in Plesk

#plesk db "SELECT id, host, port, type, admin_login FROM DatabaseServers"

List installed Plesk extensions

#plesk bin extension --list

List IP addresses registered in Plesk

#plesk bin ipmanage --ip_list

List the SSL certificates of a domain in Plesk

#plesk bin certificate --list -domain example.com

Mailbox disk usage per domain in Plesk

#du -sh /var/qmail/mailnames/*/ 2>/dev/null | sort -rh | head -20

Read hosting type and status of all domains from the Plesk database

#plesk db "SELECT name, htype, status FROM domains ORDER BY name"

Regenerate the web server configuration of a domain

#plesk sbin httpdmng --reconfigure-domain example.com

Repair a domain's web server configuration with plesk repair

#plesk repair web example.com -y

Reset the Plesk admin password from the command line

#plesk bin admin --set-admin-password -passwd 'NewSecurePassword'

Restart the Plesk panel when the interface does not load

#systemctl restart sw-engine sw-cp-server

Show custom Plesk settings in panel.ini

#cat /usr/local/psa/admin/conf/panel.ini

Show details and disk usage of a Plesk subscription

#plesk bin subscription --info example.com

Show details of a domain in Plesk

#plesk bin domain --info example.com

Show installed and available Plesk components

#plesk installer --select-product-id plesk --select-release-current --show-components

Show nginx errors of a Plesk domain (502, 504)

#tail -n 50 /var/www/vhosts/system/example.com/logs/proxy_error_log

Show the document root of all domains in Plesk

#plesk db "SELECT d.name, h.www_root FROM domains d JOIN hosting h ON h.dom_id = d.id ORDER BY d.name"

Show the error log of the Plesk panel web server sw-cp-server

#tail -n 50 /var/log/sw-cp-server/error_log

Show the installed Plesk version

Show the Plesk license and expiration date

#plesk bin keyinfo --list

Show the Web Application Firewall (ModSecurity) status in Plesk

#plesk bin server_pref --show-web-app-firewall

Suspend a subscription in Plesk

#plesk bin subscription --suspend example.com