How to import sites with custom MX records Ensim Pro Control Panel Linux
The import of a site with custom MX records could cause creation of duplicated MX records: apart from custom MX records which are defined in the imported archive, default MX records could be created.
In order to avoid this, please proceed through the following steps when importing a site with custom MX records:
1. Before importing sites disable the creation of default MX records. Run the following command(s) as root:
/usr/local/bin/SetDefaultMXRecordState -f on
2. Restart epld service using the following commands as root:
3. Import site from the archive.
4. When the site is succesfuly imported, please turn off the freezing of MX records for imported sites.
For this, run the following commands as root:
/usr/local/bin/SetDefaultMXRecordState -f off
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How to change default 19368 port of control panel interface.
To change default 19638 port it is enough to change it in /etc/ensim/epl.conf file and restart epld service. In other configuration files it will be substituted accordingly.
Note that the sites configuration files are located in /etc/httpd/conf/virtual/ and include “RedirectMatch” directive that contain redirect to 19638 port.
Apache crash during high load with Parallels Pro Control Panel
Apache crash on high load with the following error in the error log: “No space left on device:” The problem may be caused by small number of semaphores in system. To increase the number of semaphores please take the following steps:
Login to your PPCPL server as root. Open the /etc/sysctl.conf file using a text editor
Locate the kernel.sem parameter and double current values. If the parameter is not defined in the /etc/sysctl.conf file you can obtain current values by executing the following command:
After obtaining current values, double them and add to the /etc/sysctl.conf file so that the line looks like
kernel.sem = 512 32000 100 512
Please note, values for your installation may varry. Execute sysctl in order the changes to take effect.
Parallels Pro Control Panel for Linux on fresh install of CentOS 5.3 / RHEL 5.3
Prior to installation Parallels Control Panel for Linux on the mentioned operations system please check if the system has rpm user and rpm usergroup:
You need to create this user and appropriate usergroup. To do so please follow next steps:
Log as root to your PPCPL box
Type the following commands:
/usr/sbin/groupadd -g 37 rpm > /dev/null 2>&1
/usr/sbin/useradd -r -d /var/lib/rpm -u 37 -g 37 rpm -s /sbin/nologin > /dev/null 2>&1
After adding the rpm user and rpm usergroup you can proceed with the Parallels Pro Control Panel installation.
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Migrating to the Latest Version of Parallels Pro Control Panel
The following section provides instructions on migrating to the latest version of Parallels Pro Control Panel.
To migrate to the latest version of Parallels Pro Control Panel:
Log in to the Server Administrator control panel on the Parallels Pro Control Panel server from which you want to migrate data.
Export data from the server:
In the shortcuts section of the Home page, click Export/Import (Tools section).
Perform a Complete backup.
Log in to the Server Administrator control panel on the Parallels Pro Control Panel server.
Import the data to the server to which you want to migrate.
In the shortcuts section of the Home page, click Export/Import (Tools section).
Click Import.
Reference: http://download.pro.parallels.com/
