Plesk for Linux services logs and configuration files Print

Plesk For Linux

• Logs
  • Error log: /var/log/sw-cp-server/error_log and /var/log/sw-cp-server/sw-engine.log
  • Access log: /var/log/plesk/httpsd_access_log
  • Panel log: /var/log/plesk/panel.log
• Services
  • Stop: service psa stop
  • Start: service psa start
  • Restart: service psa restart
• Configuration
  • PHP config on RHEL-based: /usr/local/psa/admin/conf/php.ini
  • PHP config on Debian-based: /opt/psa/admin/conf/php.ini
  • Panel config on RHEL-based: /usr/local/psa/admin/conf/panel.ini
  • Panel config on Debian-based: /opt/psa/admin/conf/panel.ini
  • Web server config: /etc/sw-cp-server/conf.d/plesk.conf
• User actions logging:
  • Tools & Settings > Action log

Plesk Installer

• Logs
  • /var/log/plesk/install/autoinstaller3.log
  • /tmp/autoinstaller3.log

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 the sw-cp-server service)
• Configuration
  • /usr/local/sb/config
  • /etc/sw-cp-server/conf.d/plesk.conf
  • /usr/local/psa/admin/conf/php.ini

Backup Manager

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

Plesk Migrator

• Configuration
  • /usr/local/psa/var/modules/panel-migrator/conf/
  • /usr/local/psa/admin/plib/modules/panel-migrator/backend/conf/
• Logs
  • /usr/local/psa/var/modules/panel-migrator/logs/
  • /usr/local/psa/var/modules/panel-migrator/sessions/

Migration Manager

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

Website & Mail Import

• Logs
  • /usr/local/psa/var/modules/site-import/sessions/

Health Monitor Manager

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

MySQL

• Logs

  Note: Log file location specified in my.cnf file:

  Debian/Ubuntu

• cat /etc/mysql/my.cnf | grep log_error
• log_error = /var/log/mysql/error.log

CentOS/RHEL

• cat /etc/my.cnf | grep log-error

• og-error=/var/log/mariadb/mariadb.log
  /var/log/mysqld.log

• Services

• Stop: service mysqld stop
• Start: service mysqld start
• Restart: service mysqld restart

Note: Service name differs on different Linux distributives:

• mysqld on CentOS/RHEL 5 and 6
• mariadb on CentOS/RHEL 7
• mysql on Debian/Ubuntu

• Configuration

  • /etc/my.cnf
  • /etc/mysql/my.cnf (Debian/Ubuntu)

PostgreSQL

• Logs
  • /var/lib/pgsql/pgstartup.log
  • /var/log/postgresql/postgresql-x.x-main.log
• Services
  • Stop: service postgresql stop
  • Start: service postgresql start
  • Restart: service postgresql restart
• Configuration
  • /var/lib/pgsql/data/postgresql.conf
• CentOS/CloudLinux
  /var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_hba.conf
• Ubuntu/Debian
  /etc/postgresql/x.x/main/pg_hba.conf

Apache

RHEL/CentOS

• Logs
  • Global logs:
    • Access log: /var/log/httpd/access_log
    • Error log: /var/log/httpd/error_log
  • Domain logs:
    • Access logs:
      • HTTP log: /var/www/vhosts/system/<domain_name>/logs/access_log
      • HTTPS log: /var/www/vhosts/system/<domain_name>/access_ssl_log
    • Error log: /var/www/vhosts/system/<domain_name>/error_log
• Services
  • Stop: service httpd stop
  • Start: service httpd start
  • Restart: service 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 the server configuration)
  • /etc/httpd/conf/plesk.conf.d/

Debian/Ubuntu

• Logs
  • Global logs:
    • Access log: /var/log/apache2/access.log
    • Error log: /var/log/apache2/error.log
  • Domain logs:
    • Access logs:
      • HTTP log: /var/www/vhosts/system/<domain_name>/logs/access_log
      • HTTPS log: /var/www/vhosts/system/<domain_name>/access_ssl_log
    • Error log: /var/www/vhosts/system/<domain_name>/error_log
• Services
  • Stop: service apache2 stop
  • Start: service apache2 start
  • Restart: service apache2 restart
• Configuration
  • /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
  • /etc/apache2/conf-enabled/zz010_psa_httpd.conf(includes generated configuration files with the rest of the vhosts and the server configuration)
  • /etc/apache2/plesk.conf.d/

nginx

• Logs
  • Global logs:
    • Access log: /var/log/nginx/access.log
    • Error log: /var/log/nginx/error.log
  • Domain logs:
    • Access logs:
      • HTTP log: /var/www/vhosts/system/<domain_name>/logs/proxy_access_log
      • HTTPS log: /var/www/vhosts/system/<domain_name>/proxy_access_ssl_log
    • Error log: /var/www/vhosts/system/<domain_name>/proxy_error_log
• Services
  • nginx
    • Stop: service nginx stop
    • Start: service nginx start
    • Restart: service nginx restart
  • nginx as a reverse-proxy
    • Stop: /usr/local/psa/admin/bin/nginxmng --disable
    • Start: /usr/local/psa/admin/bin/nginxmng --enable
    • Status: /usr/local/psa/admin/bin/nginxmng --status
• 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/tomcat/*
• Services
  • Stop: service tomcat stop
  • Start: service tomcat start
  • Restart: service tomcat restart
• Configuration
  • /etc/tomcat/server.xml
  • /etc/tomcat/tomcat.conf
• Application configuration
  • /var/lib/tomcat/application_name/

FTP

• Logs
  • /var/log/plesk/xferlog (or /var/log/xferlog)
  • /var/log/plesk/ftp_tls.log
• Authentication logs
  • /var/log/secure - CentOS/RHEL-based distributions
  • /var/log/auth.log - Debian/Ubuntu-based distributions
• No service control (works via the Xinetd service)
• Configuration
  • /etc/xinetd.d/ftp_psa
  • /etc/proftpd.conf
  • /etc/proftpd.include

xinetd

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

BIND

• Logs
  • /var/log/messages
  • /var/log/syslog
• Services
  • Stop: service named stop
  • Start: service named start
  • Restart: service named restart
• Configuration
  • /etc/named.conf

Note: The service is called bind9 on Debian/Ubuntu and named-chroot on CentOS 7.

Courier-IMAP

• Logs
  • /var/log/maillog
• Services
  • Stop: service courier-imap stop
  • Start: service courier-imap start
  • Restart: service courier-imap restart
• Configuration
  • /etc/courier-imap/imapd
  • /etc/courier-imap/imapd-ssl
  • /etc/courier-imap/pop3d
  • /etc/courier-imap/pop3d-ssl

Dovecot

• Logs
  • Logs can be found using the /usr/sbin/dovecot log find command
• Services
  • Stop: service dovecot stop
  • Start: service dovecot start
  • Restart: service dovecot restart
• Configuration
  • /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
  • /etc/sysconfig/dovecot (CentOS/RHEL)
  • /etc/dovecot/conf.d/11-plesk-security-ssl.conf

Postfix

• Logs
  • /var/log/maillog
• Services
  • Stop: service postfix stop
  • Start: service postfix start
  • Restart: service postfix restart
• Configuration
  • /etc/postfix/master.cf
  • /etc/postfix/main.cf

Qmail

• Logs
  • /var/log/maillog
• Services
  • Stop: service qmail stop
  • Start: service qmail start
  • Restart: service 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 the 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 the Apache web-server)
• Configuration
  • /etc/psa-webmail/roundcube/*
  • /usr/share/psa-roundcube/config/defaults.inc.php
  • Customizations: /usr/share/psa-roundcube/config/config.inc.php

Mail forwarding

• Configuration
  • /var/qmail/mailnames/<domain_name>/<user_name>/.qmail

Mailman

• Logs
  • /var/log/mailman/*
• Services
  • Stop: service mailman stop
  • Start: service mailman start
  • Restart: service mailman restart
• Configuration
  
  • /usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/mm_cfg.py
  • /etc/mailman/sitelist.cfg
  • /etc/httpd/conf/plesk.conf.d/server.conf - web config for Mailman on RHEL/CentOS
  • /etc/apache2/plesk.conf.d/server.conf - web config for Mailman on Debian/Ubuntu

SpamAssassin

• Logs
  • /var/log/maillog
• Services
  • Stop: service spamassassin stop
  • Start: service spamassassin start
  • Restart: service spamassassin restart
• Configuration
  • /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf
  • /var/qmail/mailnames/<domain_name>/<mailbox>/.spamassassin/user_prefs

 Premium Antivirus

• Logs
  • /var/log/maillog
  • /var/drweb/log/*
• Service control
  • Stop: service drwebd stop
  • Start: service drwebd start
  • Restart: service drwebd restart
• Configuration
  • /etc/drweb/*

Kaspersky Antivirus

• Logs
  • /var/log/maillog
• Service control
  • Stop: service kavehost stop
  • Start: service kavehost start
  • Restart: service kavehost restart
• Configuration
  • /opt/kav/sdk8l3/etc/kav-handler.cfg
  • /etc/kavehost.xml
• Anti-virus database directory:
  
  • /opt/kav/sdk8l3/bases/

phpMyAdmin

• Logs
  • Error log: /var/log/sw-cp-server/error_log
• No service control (working via the sw-cp-server service).
• Configuration
  • /usr/local/psa/admin/htdocs/domains/databases/phpMyAdmin/libraries/config.default.php
  • Starting from Plesk 18.0.30: /usr/local/psa/phpMyAdmin/libraries/vendor_config.php

phpPgAdmin

• Logs
  • Error log: /var/log/sw-cp-server/error_log
• No service control (working via the 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/*
  • /etc/logrotate.conf
  • /etc/logrotate.d/*

Webalizer

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

Watchdog (monit)

• Logs
  • /usr/local/psa/var/modules/watchdog/log/wdcollect.log
  • /var/log/wdcollect.log
  • /usr/local/psa/var/modules/watchdog/log/monit.log
  • /var/log/plesk/modules/wdcollect.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: service psa-firewall stop
  • Start: service psa-firewall start
  • Restart: service 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: service psa-firewall-forward stop
  • Start: service psa-firewall-forward start
  • Restart: service psa-firewall-forward restart
• Configuration
  • /usr/local/psa/var/modules/firewall/*

IP Address Banning (Fail2Ban)

• Logs:
  • /var/log/fail2ban.log
• Service control
  • Stop: service fail2ban stop
  • Start: service fail2ban start
  • Restart: service 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

ModSecurity

• Logs
  • /var/log/modsec_audit.log
  • /var/www/vhosts/<domain_name>/logs/error_log
• Services
  • Disable: /usr/local/psa/admin/bin/modsecurity_ctl -d
  • Enable: /usr/local/psa/admin/bin/modsecurity_ctl -e

Let's Encrypt

• Logs
  • /usr/local/psa/admin/logs/panel.log

Plesk-PHP

• php.ini
  • /opt/plesk/php/7.x/etc/php.ini
• .ini files:
  • /opt/plesk/php/7.x/etc/php.d/
• Modules:
  • /opt/plesk/php/7.x/lib64/php/modules/
• Logs:
  • /var/log/plesk-php7x-fpm/

Acronis Backup

• Service Control
  • acronis_mms: Acronis Managed Machine Service is responsible for backup and recovery operations.
  • /usr/local/psa/var/modules/acronis-backup/python/python -m acronis_backup_srv.app_daemon --config=/usr/local/psa/var/modules/acronis-backup/srv/config.ini: Extension frontend is implemented with a separate persistent process, running in the background.
  • /opt/plesk/php/7.x/etc/php.ini
• Logs:
  • /var/log/plesk/panel.log
  • /var/log/trueimage-setup.log
  • /usr/local/psa/var/modules/acronis-backup/srv/log/

Node.js

• Logs:
  • Global log
    • /var/log/httpd/error_log CentOS/RHEL-based distributions
    • /var/log/apache/error_log Debian/Ubuntu-based distributions
    • /var/log/nginx/error.log On nginx-only hosting
  • Domain's log
    • /var/www/vhosts/system/example.com/logs/

WordPress Toolkit

• Log:
  • /var/log/plesk/panel.log with Debug mode enabled
• User actions logging:
  • Tools & Settings > Action log