The Plesk Control Panel is a powerful server control panel with tons of personalization options. But, as your needs change, your Plesk Control Panel can change, too. Plesk has two different versions to meet specific needs: Plesk Web Pro Edition for agencies (This is the default for Plesk servers at Liquid Web) and Plesk Web Host Edition for web resellers.)
When you are using the Cloud Sites platform, a third-party vendor might require an outbound IP address in order to add your domain to their safe list. Because sites do not get a dedicated IP address by default, you must provide the vendor with a list of potential outbound IP addresses. The outbound IP addresses you provide depend on the data center where your site data is stored. To determine which data center your site is in, view the test URL for your site in your Cloud Sites control panel.
Protect your site data. Learn how to download a Softaculous backup to your local computer for offline storage and emergency restoration.
When you set up your backups in Softaculous, you have the option to have them automatically delete on a rotating basis, but deleting them manually takes just a few steps.
Let’s take a look at how to delete files and directories within the File Manager in Plesk. Deleting them takes just a few clicks.
File permissions define access to files and folders on a server or website. Plesk provides permissions functionality within the File Manager, allowing you to adjust permissions without using the command line.
Learn to permanently delete files and folders using cPanel’s File Manager. We’ll show you how and remind you to back up your important data first.
Changing the password in your cPanel account is a simple process and only takes a few moments. This tutorial covers only the main password, any other users created will still have the same passwords and access.
Cleaning up your server and getting rid of old cPanel accounts? What happens if you accidentally delete an account? You can restore cPanel accounts from WHM. Restoring cPanel accounts in WHM only works if you have backups enabled in WHM.
cPanel often releases new features and upgrades for WHM and cPanel. Keeping your control panel updated means you will always have access to the newest features. Keeping your control panel up to date will also help protect your from security vulnerabilities that have been identified in earlier releases of the software.
Remote database access may be needed for third-party apps but is disabled by default due to security risks. Learn when and how to enable it safely.
Changing MySQL passwords to something new and secure is easy via the command line.