Plesk for Windows services logs and configuration files Print

Plesk Management Service

• Logs:
  • Access log: %plesk_dir%admin\logs\W3SVC<IIS site ID>\ex<date>.log
  • PHP errors: %plesk_dir%admin\logs\php_error.log
  • Debug logs: %plesk_dir%admin\logs\plesklog_debugXXXXXXXX.log (create DWORD value Debug=1 in HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\PLESK\PSA Config\Config )
• Service control:
  • Stop: net stop plesksrv /Y
  • Start: net start plesksrv && net start poppassd
  • Restart: net stop plesksrv /Y && net start plesksrv && net start poppassd
• Configuration:
  • %plesk_dir%admin\conf\panel.ini
  • IIS manager > Sites/Application Pools > PleskControlPanel

Plesk SQL Server (MySQL)

• Logs:
  • %plesk_dir%MySQL\Data\*.err
  • Windows Event Viewer
• Service control: 
  • Stop: net stop plesksqlserver
  • Start: net start plesksqlserver
  • Restart: net stop plesksqlserver && net start plesksqlserver
• Configuration:
  • %plesk_dir%MySQL\my.ini

Plesk Installer

• Logs:
  • C:\ParallelsInstaller\autoinstaller3.log
  • C:\ProgramData\Plesk\Installer\autoinstaller3.log

Web Presence Builder

• Logs:
  • Error logs: %plesk_dir%sb\logs\
  • Install/upgrade logs: %plesk_dir%sb\ mp\
• Service log:
•  %plesk_dir%admin\logs\plesklog_sitebuilder.log
• No service control (working on IIS)
• Configuration:
  • %plesk_dir%sb\config

phpMyAdmin (web interface for MySQL management)

• Logs:
  • %plesk_dir%admin\logs\W3SVC<IIS site ID>\ex<date>.log
• No service control (working via the plesksrv service).
• Configuration:
  • For Plesk Onyx and Plesk Obsidian below 18.0.30:%plesk_dir%admin\htdocs\domains\databases\phpMyAdmin\config.inc.php
  • For Plesk Obsidian 18.0.30 and above:  %plesk_dir%phpmyadmin\config.inc.php

myLittleAdmin 2000/2005 (web interface for MSSQL management)

• Configuration:
  • IIS manager > Sites > sqladmin(default) > View Applications > /myLittleAdmin
  • %plesk_dir%MyLittleAdmin
  • %plesk_vhosts%sqladmin\myLittleAdmin\2005\config.xml

MailEnable (mail server)

• Logs:
  • %plesk_dir%Mail Servers\Mail Enable\Logging
• Service control:
  • Stop: net stop meimaps && net stop melcs && net stop memtas && net stop mepops && net stop mepocs && net stop mesptpcs
  • Start: net start meimaps && net start melcs && net start memtas && net start mepops && net start mepocs && net start mesptpcs
  • Restart: net stop meimaps && net stop melcs && net stop memtas && net stop mepops && net stop mepocs && net stop mesptpcs && net start meimaps && net start melcs && net start memtas && net start mepops && net start mepocs && net start mesptpcs
• Configuration:
  • %plesk_dir%Mail Servers\Mail Enable\Bin\MailEnable.msc

Named / BIND

• Logs:
  • Windows Event Viewer
• Service control:
  • Stop: net stop named
  • Start: net start named
  • Restart: net stop named && net start named
• Configuration:
  • %plesk_dir%dns

NodeJS

• Logs:
  • %plesk_vhosts%<domain>\logs\iisnode

MySQL (local)

• Logs:
  • %plesk_dir%Databases\MySQL\Data\*.err
  • Windows Event Viewer
• Service control:
  • Stop: net stop mysqlNN
  • Start: net start mysqlNN

  • Restart: net stop mysqlNN && net start mysqlNN

    Note: NN - is a version of installed MySQL. It can be equal to 51, 55, 56, etc.- Configuration: - %plesk_dir%Databases\MySQL\Data\my.ini

SpamAssassin

• Logs:
  • %plesk_dir%\admin\logs\plesklog_spamstatYYYYMMDD.log
  • Windows Event Viewer (with DWORD value Debug set to 1 in registry in HKLM\SOFTWARE\PLESK\PSA Config\Config)
• Configuration:
  • %plesk_dir%Additional\SpamAssassin\var\spamassassin\3.004001\

Dr.Web antivirus

• Logs:
  • %plesk_dir%\DrWeb\drcom.log
  • %plesk_dir%\admin\logs\plesklog_avstatYYYYMMDD.log
• Service control:
  • Stop: net stop DrWebCom
  • Start: net start DrWebCom
  • Restart: net stop DrWebCom && net start DrWebCom

Kaspersky antivirus

• Logs:
  • %plesk_dir%\admin\logs\plesklog_avstatYYYYMMDD.log
  • Windows Event Viewer
• Service control:
  • Stop: net stop kavsvc
  • Start: net start kavsvc
  • Restart: net stop kavsvc && net start kavsvc
• Configuration:
  • %plesk_dir%kav\settings.xml

FTP

• Logs:
  • %plesk_vhosts%Servers\<ID>\logs
• Service control:
  • Stop: net stop iisadmin
  • Start: net start iisadmin
  • Restart: net stop iisadmin && net start iisadmin
• Configuration:
  • IIS Manager > Sites > <IP_address>

Web server (IIS)

• Logs:
  • Windows Event Viewer
  • Domain logs: %plesk_vhosts%<domain>\logs\iis\W3SVC<SITE ID>
• Service control:
  • Stop: iisreset /stop
  • Start: iisreset /start
  • Restart: iisreset
• Configuration:
  • IIS Manager

AWstats

• Configuration:
  • %plesk_dir%Additional\AWStats\wwwroot\cgi-bin\awstats.<domain>.conf

Webalizer

• Configuration:
  • %plesk_dir%Additional\Webalizer\conf\webalizer.conf

ModSecurity

• Logs:
  • %plesk_dir%\ModSecurity\vhosts\<domain's GUID>\logs

Backup Manager

• Logs
  • Backup logs: %plesk_dir%PMM\logs\backup-<datetime>
  • Restore log: %plesk_dir%PMM\logs\restore-<datetime>
  • Additional logs: %plesk_dir%PMM\logs\pmmcli.log , %plesk_dir%PMM\logs\pmmcli_daemon.log
• Functionality is controlled by Plesk control panel service

Plesk Migrator

• Configuration
  • %plesk_dir%var\modules\panel-migrator\conf\
• Logs
  • %plesk_dir%var\modules\panel-migrator\sessions\xxxxxxxx\

Migration Manager

• Logs
  • %plesk_dir%PMM\logs\migration-<datetime>
• Functionality is controlled by Plesk control panel service

Horde (webmail)

• Logs:
  • %plesk_dir%tmp\horde\horde.log
• Configuration:
  • IIS manager > Sites > webmail(horde)
  • PHP configuration: %plesk_dir%Webmail\horde\conf\php.ini
  • %plesk_dir%webmail\horde\horde\config\conf.php

Health Monitor

• Logs:
  • %plesk_dir%admin\logs\health-alarm.log
  • %plesk_dir%admin\logs\HealthMonitoring.log
• Service control:
  • Stop: net stop ParallelsHealthMonitor
  • Start: net start ParallelsHealthMonitor
  • Restart: net stop ParallelsHealthMonitor && net start ParallelsHealthMonitor
• Configuration:
  • %plesk_dir%admin\conf\custom-health-config.xml
  • %plesk_dir%admin\conf\health-config.xml

Health Monitor Notification Daemon

• Logs:
  • %plesk_dir%admin\logs\HealthNotifier.log
• Service control:
  • Stop: net stop ParallelsHealthNotifier
  • Start: net start ParallelsHealthNotifier
  • Restart: net stop ParallelsHealthNotifier && net start ParallelsHealthNotifier
• Configuration:
  • %plesk_dir%admin\conf\custom-health-config.xml
  • %plesk_dir%admin\conf\health-config.xml

Tomcat

• Logs:
  • C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 7.0\logs\
• Service control:
  • Stop: net stop Tomcat7
  • Start: net start Tomcat7
  • Restart: net stop Tomcat7 && net start Tomcat7
• Configuration:
  • C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 7.0\conf\server.xml

WordPress Toolkit

• Log:
  • %plesk_dir%admin\logs\php_error.log with Debug mode enabled
• User actions logging:
  • Tools & Settings > Action log