Plesk/Odin Services Structure

Control Panel

• Logs
  • Error log: /var/log/sw-cp-server/error_log and /var/log/sw-cp-server/sw-engine.log
  • Access log: /usr/local/psa/admin/logs/httpsd_access_log
  • Panel log: /usr/local/psa/admin/logs/panel.log
• Services
  • Stop: /etc/init.d/psa stop
  • Start: /etc/init.d/psa start
  • Restart: /etc/init.d/psa restart
• Configuration
  • PHP config: /usr/local/psa/admin/conf/php.ini
  • Panel config: /usr/local/psa/admin/conf/panel.ini
  • Web server config: /etc/sw-cp-server/conf.d/plesk.conf

Web Presence Builder

• Logs
  • Error log: /usr/local/psa/admin/logs/sitebuilder.log
  • Install/upgrade logs: /usr/local/sb/tmp/
• No service control (working via sw-cp-server service)
• Configuration
  • /usr/local/sb/config
  • /etc/sw-cp-server/conf.d/plesk.conf
  • /usr/local/psa/admin/conf/php.ini

SSO

• Logs
  • Error log: /var/log/sw-cp-server/error_log
  • SSO log: /var/log/sso/sso.log
• Services
  • No service control (works via sw-cp-server service)
  • Manage settings: /usr/local/psa/bin/sso
• Configuration
  • /etc/sso/sso_config.ini
  • /etc/sw-cp-server/conf.d/sso.inc

Backup Manager

• Logs
  • Backup logs: /usr/local/psa/PMM/logs/backup-<datetime>
  • Restore log: /usr/local/psa/PMM/logs/restore-<datetime>
• Functionality is controlled by the Plesk control panel service
• Configuration
  • /etc/psa/psa.conf

Migration Manager

• Logs
  • /usr/local/psa/PMM/logs/migration-<datetime>
• Functionality is controlled by the Plesk control panel service.

Health Monitor manager

• Logs
  • /usr/local/psa/admin/logs/health-alarm.log
• Services
  • Stop: /etc/init.d/sw-collectd stop
  • Start: /etc/init.d/sw-collectd start
  • Restart: /etc/init.d/sw-collectd restart
• Configuration
  • /usr/local/psa/admin/conf/health-config.xml
  • /usr/local/psa/var/custom-health-config.xml
  • /etc/sw-collectd/collectd.conf

Health Monitor Notification Daemon

• Logs
  • /usr/local/psa/admin/logs/health-alarm.log
• Services
  • Stop: /etc/init.d/psa-health-monitor-notificationd stop
  • Start: /etc/init.d/psa-health-monitor-notificationd start
  • Restart: /etc/init.d/psa-health-monitor-notificationd restart
• Configuration
  • /usr/local/psa/admin/conf/health-config.xml
  • /usr/local/psa/var/custom-health-config.xml

MySQL

• Logs
  • /var/log/mysqld.log
• Services
  • Stop: /etc/init.d/mysqld stop
  • Start: /etc/init.d/mysqld start
  • Restart: /etc/init.d/mysqld restart
• Configuration
  • /etc/my.cnf
  • /etc/mysql/my.cnf (Debian/Ubuntu)

PostgreSQL

• Logs
  • /var/lib/pgsql/pgstartup.log
• Services
  • Stop: /etc/init.d/postgresql stop
  • Start: /etc/init.d/postgresql start
  • Restart: /etc/init.d/postgresql restart
• Configuration
  • /var/lib/pgsql/data/postgresql.conf

Apache

• Logs
  • Global Access and Error logs: /var/log/httpd/
  • Domain logs: /var/www/vhosts/<domain>/logs
• Services
  • Stop: /etc/init.d/httpd stop
  • Start: /etc/init.d/httpd start
  • Restart: /etc/init.d/httpd restart
• Configuration
  • /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
  • /etc/httpd/conf.d/zz010_psa_httpd.conf (includes generated configuration files with the rest of the vhosts and server configuration)
• NOTE: On SuSE, Debian, and Ubuntu, the service is called “apache2”. The path to its logs is /var/log/apache2 and the path to configs is /etc/apache2.

NGINX

• Logs
  • Error log: /var/log/nginx/error.log
  • Access log: /var/log/nginx/access.log
  • Domain logs: /var/www/vhosts/<domain>/logs/proxy_access*_log
• Services
  • Stop: /etc/init.d/nginx stop
  • Start: /etc/init.d/nginx start
  • Restart: /etc/init.d/nginx restart
  • NOTE: To disable nginx, go to “Tools & Settings > Services Management” and stop nginx from there.
• Configuration
  • /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
  • /etc/nginx/conf.d/zz010_psa_nginx.conf (includes generated configuration files with the rest of the vhosts’ and server configuration)

Tomcat

• Logs
  • /var/log/tomcat5/*
• Services
  • Stop: /etc/init.d/tomcat5 stop
  • Start: /etc/init.d/tomcat5 start
  • Restart: /etc/init.d/tomcat5 restart
• Configuration
  • /etc/tomcat5/server.xml

FTP

• Logs
  • /usr/local/psa/var/log/xferlog
  • /var/log/secure
• No service control (works via xinetd service)
• Configuration
  • /etc/xinetd.d/ftp_psa
  • /etc/proftpd.conf
  • /etc/proftpd.include

Xinetd

• Logs
  • /var/log/messages
• Services
  • Stop: /etc/init.d/xinetd stop
  • Start: /etc/init.d/xinetd start
  • Restart: /etc/init.d/xinetd restart
• Configuration
  • /etc/xinetd.conf
  • /etc/xinetd.d/* (files with “.” in the name are ignored)

BIND

• Logs
  • /var/log/messages
• Services
  • Stop: /etc/init.d/named stop
  • Start: /etc/init.d/named start
  • Restart: /etc/init.d/named restart
• Configuration
  • /etc/named.conf
• NOTE: In Debian/Ubuntu, the service is called “bind9.”

Courier-IMAP

• Logs
  • /usr/local/psa/var/log/maillog
• Services
  • Stop: /etc/init.d/courier-imap stop
  • Start: /etc/init.d/courier-imap start
  • Restart: /etc/init.d/courier-imap restart
• Configuration
  • /etc/courier-imap/imapd
  • /etc/courier-imap/imapd-ssl
  • /etc/courier-imap/pop3d
  • /etc/courier-imap/pop3d-ssl

Postfix

• Logs
  • /usr/local/psa/var/log/maillog
• Services
  • Stop: /etc/init.d/postfix stop
  • Start: /etc/init.d/postfix start
  • Restart: /etc/init.d/postfix restart
• Configuration
  • /etc/postfix/master.cf
  • /etc/postfix/main.cf

Qmail

• Logs
  • /usr/local/psa/var/log/maillog
• Services
  • Stop: /etc/init.d/qmail stop
  • Start: /etc/init.d/qmail start
  • Restart: /etc/init.d/qmail restart
• Configuration
  • Control files in /var/qmail/control/
  • /etc/xinetd.d/smtp_psa
  • /etc/xinetd.d/smtps_psa
  • /etc/xinetd.d/submission_psa

Horde

• Logs
  • Error log: /var/log/psa-horde/psa-horde.log
• No service control (works via Apache web-server)
• Configuration
  • /etc/psa-webmail/horde/horde.conf
  • /etc/psa-webmail/horde/horde/conf.php

Roundcube

• Logs
  • Error log: /var/log/plesk-roundcube/errors
• No service control (works via Apache web-server)
• Configuration
  • /etc/psa-webmail/roundcube/*

Mailman

• Logs
  • /var/log/mailman/*
• Services
  • Stop: /etc/init.d/mailman stop
  • Start: /etc/init.d/mailman start
  • Restart: /etc/init.d/mailman restart
• Configuration
  • /etc/httpd/conf.d/mailman.conf
  • /usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/mm_cfg.py
  • /etc/mailman/sitelist.cfg

SpamAssassin

• Logs
  • /usr/local/psa/var/log/maillog
• Services
  • Stop: /etc/init.d/spamassassin stop
  • Start: /etc/init.d/spamassassin start
  • Restart: /etc/init.d/spamassassin restart
• Configuration
  • /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf
  • /var/qmail/mailnames/<domain>/<mailbox>/.spamassassin/user_prefs

Parallels Premium Antivirus

• Logs:
  • /usr/local/psa/var/log/maillog
  • /var/drweb/log/*
• Service control:
  • Stop: /etc/init.d/drwebd stop
  • Start: /etc/init.d/drwebd start
  • Restart: /etc/init.d/drwebd restart
• Configuration:
  • /etc/drweb/*

Kaspersky Antivirus

• Logs:
  • /usr/local/psa/var/log/maillog
• Service control:
  • Stop: /etc/init.d/kavehost stop
  • Start: /etc/init.d/kavehost start
  • Restart: /etc/init.d/kavehost restart
• Configuration:
  • /opt/kav/sdk8l3/etc/kav-handler.cfg
  • /etc/kavehost.xml

phpMyAdmin

• Logs:
  • Error log: /var/log/sw-cp-server/error_log
• No service control (working via sw-cp-server service).
• Configuration:
  • /usr/local/psa/admin/htdocs/domains/databases/phpMyAdmin/libraries/config.default.php

phpPgAdmin

• Logs
  • Error log: /var/log/sw-cp-server/error_log
• No service control (working via sw-cp-server service).
• Configuration:
  • /usr/local/psa/admin/htdocs/domains/databases/phpPgAdmin/conf/config.inc.php

Logrotate

• No service control. Executed by the daily maintenance task: /etc/cron.daily/50plesk-daily
• Configuration
  • /usr/local/psa/etc/logrotate.conf
  • /usr/local/psa/etc/logrotate.d/*

Webalizer

• No service control. Executed by the daily maintenance task: /etc/cron.daily/50plesk-daily
• Configuration
  • /srv/www/vhosts/system/<domain>/conf/webalizer.conf

AWstats

• No service control. Executed by the daily maintenance task: /etc/cron.daily/50plesk-daily
• Configuration
  • /usr/local/psa/etc/awstats/awstats.<domain>-*.conf

Watchdog (monit)

• Logs:
  • /usr/local/psa/var/modules/watchdog/log/wdcollect.log
  • /usr/local/psa/var/modules/watchdog/log/monit.log
• Service control:
  • Stop: /usr/local/psa/admin/bin/modules/watchdog/wd --stop
  • Start: /usr/local/psa/admin/bin/modules/watchdog/wd --start
  • Restart: /usr/local/psa/admin/bin/modules/watchdog/wd --restart
• Configuration:
  • /usr/local/psa/etc/modules/watchdog/monitrc
  • /usr/local/psa/etc/modules/watchdog/wdcollect.inc.php

Watchdog (rkhunter)

• Logs:
  • /var/log/rkhunter.log
• Service control:
  • Start: /usr/local/psa/admin/bin/modules/watchdog/rkhunter
• Configration:
  • /usr/local/psa/etc/modules/watchdog/rkhunter.conf

Plesk Firewall

• Service control:
  • Stop: /etc/init.d/psa-firewall stop
  • Start: /etc/init.d/psa-firewall start
  • Restart: /etc/init.d/psa-firewall restart
• Configuration:
  • /usr/local/psa/var/modules/firewall/firewall-active.sh
  • /usr/local/psa/var/modules/firewall/firewall-emergency.sh
  • /usr/local/psa/var/modules/firewall/firewall-new.sh

Plesk Firewall (IP forwarding)

• Service control:
  • Stop: /etc/init.d/psa-firewall-forward stop
  • Start: /etc/init.d/psa-firewall-forward start
  • Restart: /etc/init.d/psa-firewall-forward restart
• Configuration:
  • /usr/local/psa/var/modules/firewall/ip_forward.active
  • /usr/local/psa/var/modules/firewall/ip_forward.saved

IP Address Banning (Fail2Ban)

• Service control:
  • Stop: /etc/init.d/fail2ban stop
  • Start: /etc/init.d/fail2ban start
  • Restart: /etc/init.d/fail2ban restart
• Configuration: A set of IPTables rules. By default:-
  • iptables -N fail2ban-plesk-login
  • iptables -A fail2ban-plesk-login -j RETURN
  • iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m multiport --dports 8880,8443 -j fail2ban-plesk-login