How do I install Plesk on my Red Hat 7.3 Dedicated Server?

Answer by: Taylor Giddens, Aplus.Net Technical Support

This document assumes that Red Hat® Linux 7.3 is already installed on your system.

1.Log in

Log in as root to your system.

2.Prerequisites

Make sure that all the required libraries are installed. Please refer to the Plesk requirements article.

You can check whether a particular rpm is already installed by entering the following command: rpm -q 'rpmname'. For example:

bash$ rpm -q pam

pam-0.74-22

1.If some rpm’s are missing, you can install the rpm's of indicated versions or higher from the RedHat 7.3 disc or you can obtain them at ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/. For installation use the following command: rpm -Uvh 'rpm_name'.rpm

NOTE

You can use Plesk Autoinstaller to simplify installation of Plesk and all required RPMs.

IMPORTANT

Pay attention to the options used. Utilizing -U instead of -i will help you avoid some problems during Plesk installation.

2.If prior to installing Plesk you have already installed and configured MySQL, you need to perform one of the following:

·         set the empty password for the MySQL root user, or

·         create the user admin with password setup and 'root' privileges

3.Base installation

Install the following base Plesk rpm's from the directory 'base' in your Plesk archive or from the "Downloads" section at http://www.plesk.com/

1.courier-imap-1.7.0-30psa.rh7.3.i586.rpm

2.psa-6.0.0-rh7.3.build030422.02.i586.rpm

3.psa-courier-imap-add-6.0.0-rh7.3.build030422.02.i586.rpm

4.psa-locale-6.0.0-rh7.3.build030422.02.noarch.rpm

5.psa-logrotate-3.6.6-1.rh7.3.i586.rpm

6.psa-proftpd-1.2.7rel-rh7.3.build030422.02.i586.rpm

7.psa-proftpd-xinetd-1.2.7rel-rh7.3.build030422.02.i586.rpm

8.psa-qmail-1.03-rh7.3.build030422.02.i586.rpm

For installation use the following command: rpm -Uvh 'rpm_name'.rpm

4.Additional

In order to enable Plesk to provide additional functionality you can install a number of additional packages.

NOTE

These packages are not required for Plesk to function properly.

1.If you plan to use server-wide SPAM protection, you should install following rpm from the 'opt/mail' directory

psa-qmail-rblsmtpd-0.70-rh7.3.build030422.02.i586.rpm

2.In order for your Apache to support FrontPage extensions and Apache::ASP it is necessary to install rpm's from the directories 'opt/fp' and 'opt/perl' respectively in your Plesk archive, or from the "Downloads" section at http://www.plesk.com/

3.In order for your server to support JSP and Java Servlet it is necessary to install following rpms from the 'opt/java' and 'Third_Party' directories

·         mod_webapp-4.1.18-1psa.rh7.3.i586.rpm

·         psa-tomcat-configurator-6.0.0-rh7.3.build030422.02.noarch.rpm

·         j2sdk-1_4_1_01-fcs-linux-i586.rpm

·         tomcat4-4.1.18-full.1jpp.noarch.rpm

·         tomcat4-admin-webapps-4.1.18-full.1jpp.noarch.rpm

·         tomcat4-webapps-4.1.18-full.1jpp.noarch.rpm

4.If you plan to use PostgreSQL RDBMS, you should install the rpm's of indicated versions or higher from the RedHat 7.3 disc or you can obtain them at ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/.

·         postgresql-7.2.1-5.i386.rpm

·         postgresql-server-7.2.1-5.i386.rpm

·         postgresql-libs-7.2.1-5.i386.rpm

5.Completion

When the installation is finished, Plesk 6.0 will have started automatically. In order to complete the Plesk initial configuration, you need to login to Plesk on your host at https://machine.domain.name:8443/ or https://IP-Address:8443/

IMPORTANT

The default username is admin and the default password is setup. Both are case sensitive. For security reasons this password should be changed upon initial login.

NOTE

Plesk cannot enable user quotas on XFS partition during installation because such operation requires remount of XFS partition. In order to enable hard disk quotas on XFS partition you should manually remount it with usrquota option (additional information can be found on 'quotaon' man page).

Initial configuration

When you login to the Plesk control panel for the first time, you are taken to the post-installation configuration page, where you are prompted to supply the following information:

1.Select the shared IP addresses list displays the whole range of IP addresses in the pool. You need to select the addresses that will be used as shared for name based hosting accounts.

2.Specify the full hostname in the appropriate field.

3.To change the default administrator's password, type it in the Administrator's password input field, and confirm in the field below.

Click UPDATE button to complete the initial configuration.