A scheduled task, also commonly referred to as a cronjob, is a task the server will perform regularly, by command in a pre-defined period. Let’s give an example with creating a cronjob to generate backups on a Linux server. Log in your Plesk control panel. Navigate to the horizontal menu…

Different web applications may require different configuration of modules switched on/off. To tinker those settings, please follow the steps below. Log in your Plesk control panel. Navigate to the horizontal menu at the top. Click on ‘Websites & Domains’. Find the domain name you are looking to change the PHP…

The alias is a domain name you add to your hosting account. Instead of having its own content, it will redirect to another domain of your choice. You can use that for example if you add an alias domain Myoldwebsitedomainname.com and chose for it to forward to Mynewwebsitedomainname.com To do…

A subdomain is often used for different sections of a website. For example you can have site1.yourdomain.com and site2.yourdomain.com. To create a subdomain, you need to have added the domain name first. To then create the different sections, follow the steps: Log in your Plesk control panel. Navigate to the…

To change your hosting settings – the hosting settings of a particular webspace, follow the steps below: Log in your Plesk control panel. Navigate to the horizontal menu at the top. Click on the ‘Websites & Domains’ section. Find the user you would like to change the settings for –…

Log in your Plesk control panel. Navigate to the horizontal menu at the top. Click on ‘Server’. Click on ‘Services Management’ under the ‘Server Management’ section. Here you see a list of all installed services and their status. You can start, stop, or restart the services as you please.

There are several ways to find your Plesk control panel: You should have received a VPS activation email address, with the Plesk details included . Alternative way: click on the your Parallels container controller link, log in there and navigate to the left – click on the ‘Control Panels’ link…

Web spaces, or also called subscriptions, are very handy for resellers or corporate users – when more than one person needs the account and you need different access. A certain webspace is tied to a certain domain name and they can access the hosting via SSH, RDP or FTP. To…

To view your VPS statistics for disk space and traffic, follow the steps below: Log in your Plesk control panel. Navigate to the horizontal menu at the top. Click on ‘Statistics’.