Overview

Developed for professional hosting service providers, Plesk is comprehensive server

management software designed to install and manage all systems and applications for
hosting on a single server. Created to empower growth and allow system administra-
tors to manage up to thousands of virtual hosts on a single machine. Plesk eliminates
constraints to increasing per server protability.
Plesk provides the optimal solution for service providers to increase revenue and cus-
tomize their systems to meet the growing needs for self administration by their custom-
ers. Plesks interface is localized into over a dozen languages, and users at different
levels can view and work in the system in multiple languages simultaneously.
Multi-Level Control
There are four login levels in Plesk with each level having its appropriate roles
and responsibilities:
Innovative Ease of Use
Plesk has an intuitive and attractive
interface which is now task oriented
and fully customizable with the Plesk
Desktop feature. Plesk comes with
many additional skins and even gives
users the ability to design custom
skins and manage them in the
browser-based interface.
Highest Stability
Plesk has been specically designed
to be the most stable and secure con-
trol panel available. Plesk has been
proven under re managing 5 million
plus domains globally and can sup-
port thousands of accounts per server
to maximize protability.
Most Secure
Plesk contains new security measures,
existing security features have been
improved. The softwares redesigned
subsystem improves overall system
security.
Extensive Platform Support
Plesk for UNIX and Windows now
have many common features, skins,
application packs, language packs
and documentation. Operating sys-
tems supported are RedHat, SuSE,
Fedora Core, FreeBSD, Debian, Cen-
tOS, Ubuntu and Windows.
Comprehensive
Plesk users will benet from a new
level of integration with other SWsoft
products, as well as third party appli-
cations. The completely customizable
Application Vault can manage
dozens of integrated applications
including E-commerce, Chat, and
Bulletin Board. Plesk can also deliver
pluggable applications developed by
software vendors with its Application
Packaging Standard (APS) compliant
platform.
Fully Automated
With 100+ recent enhancements the
software delivers automated ease of
management through features like key
auto-update mechanism, auto-com-
ponent updater, migration manager
and a Web-based installation for quick
deployment.
Datasheet
L E A D I N G MU LT I - P L AT F O R M C O N T R O L PA N E L
Administrator The highest individual server level login which enables hosting adminis-
trators to quickly and easily set up and manage all system items. Multiple servers can be
centrally managed with the Master level login of Plesk Expand.
Client/Reseller Second tier login account where the users are given domain creation
rights from the System Administrator. Clients can powerfully administer groups of do-
mains using a single login.
Domain Owner Third tier for individual domain owner accounts with predetermined
permission sets and interfaces for single domain administration.
Mail User Individual mail account level which enables the user to log in to their own
private interface to manage passwords, spam lters, anti-virus settings and more.
Plesk is a comprehensive control panel solution used
by leading hosting providers worldwide for shared,
virtual, and dedicated hosting.
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For Shared Hosting
Plesks tiered self-administration
and uniform multi-platform design
is perfect for the management of a
shared hosting environment. The
software empowers providers to
manage thousands of domains run-
ning reliably on highly scalable ar-
chitecture optimized for the reseller
channel. Plesk is the solution that
meets both simple and complex
hosting system conguration needs
while allowing complete customiza-
tion for differentiation while reduc-
ing costs.
For Virtual Hosting
Plesk delivers management power
in a small footprint making it an
ideal solution for Virtual Private
Server hosting. Using Virtuozzo and
Plesk, users can deploy templates
of Plesk systems in seconds while
offering the complete isolation of
a dedicated server. Drag and Drop
entire systems to new servers in
seconds with little to no down-time.
Plesk and Virtuozzo are unsur-
passed in their ability to increase
ROI and generate revenue for the
professional hosting provider.
For Dedicated Hosting
Plesks RPM installation and modu-
lar design allow Dedicated Hosting
providers to meet the needs of tech
savvy customers. Plesk deploys
in minutes to quickly provide a
high performance solution that is
comprehensive yet inexpensive. A
complete Software Development
Kit (SDK) with multiple backend
utilities delivers to service providers
and their customers more power to
customize their offerings as well as
an avenue for easy up-selling and
additions.
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Plesk for Linux/UNIX Plesk for Windows
Web Servers: Apache
Scripting: Apache ASP, PHP, Python,
SSI, CGI, Mod_Perl, Ruby, FastCGI
More: Suexec, Restart Optimization,
Skeleton Directory, SSL,
ColdFusion
Web Servers: IIS
Scripting: ASP.NET, ASP, Perl, Python,
SSI, CGI, PHP, Miva
More: MS FrontPage, Performance
Management, Skeleton
Directory, SSL, ColdFusion
Web
MTAs: Qmail
Web-based: Horde IMP
AntiSpam: SpamAssassin
AntiVirus: DrWeb, Kaspersky
Mailing List: Mailman Aliasing, Auto-
responses, Groups, User Access
MTAs: Merak Mail, SmarterMail,
MailEnable, MDaemon,
hMailServer, CommuniGate Pro
Web-based: Horde IMP, MailEnable, Ice Warp,
SmarterMail, CommuniGate Pro
AntiSpam: SpamAssassin
AntiVirus: DrWeb, Kaspersky, ClamWin
Mail
Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL
Management: phpMyAdmin,
phpPgMyAdmin, Secure Setup,
Multi-user/Multi-DB
Databases: MySQL, MSSQL, MS Access,
MS Excel
Management: phpMyAdmin, ASP.NET
Enterprise Mgr, myLittleAdmin
DB
Servers: ProFTPD
Features: Anonymous FTP, Upload
Directory, FTP Throttling, File
Manager
Servers: MSFTP, Gene6, Serv-U
Features: Anonymous FTP, Upload
Directory, FTP Throttling, FTP
Subaccounts, File Manager
FTP
Servers: BIND
Features: Master/Slave Management,
Remote DNS, Load Balancing
Support, Automated File
Matching, DNS Recursion,
SOA Settings
Servers: BIND, MSDNS, SimpleDNS
Features: Master/Slave Management,
Remote DNS, Load Balancing
Support, Automated File
Matching, DNS Recursion,
Transfer Restriction, SOA Settings
DNS
Apps: Webalizer, Plesk Traffic Manager,
AWStats
Features: Real Time Bandwidth, Custom
Reports, Graphical User
Breakdowns
Apps: AWStats, SmarterStats, Urchin,
Webalizer, Plesk Traffic Manager
Features: Real Time Bandwidth, Custom
Reports, Graphical User
Breakdowns
Stats
Numerous additional applications and tools supported in the above categories as well as Website
Creation, Backup, Firewall, Java, Migration Utilities, Extensive International Support and more.
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Integrated Application Support