After you have installed Plesk software on your server and configured the control
panel, you need to configure your system and set up all services required for its
operation. To configure your Plesk managed server through the control panel, follow
the instructions provided in this chapter.
In this chapter:
Adding and Removing IP Addresses ................................................................. 55
Configuring DNS Services ................................................................................. 58
Configuring Mail Services .................................................................................. 62
Configuring Plesk for Database Hosting ............................................................ 73
Enabling Support for Adobe ColdFusion ............................................................ 80
Enabling Integration with Sitebuilder ................................................................. 81
Enabling Support for Miva E-commerce Applications ........................................ 84
Configuring Statistics ......................................................................................... 86
Configuring E-mail Notification System .............................................................. 86
Configuring Help Desk ...................................................................................... 90
Adjusting System Date and Time ...................................................................... 92
Starting, Stopping and Restarting Services ....................................................... 93
Enabling Piped Logs for Web Server to Reduce the Risk of Web Service Disruption
.......................................................................................................................... 94
Monitoring Mail Server Message Queue and Troubleshooting Mail Congestion 94
Scheduling Tasks .............................................................................................. 96
Extending Plesk Capabilities with Modules ........................................................ 98