updating Parallels Plesk Panel inside Parallels Virtuozzo Containers using EZ templates.
Install the vzaiproxy package on the hardware node. You can download this package from http://autoinstall.plesk.com/vzaiproxy
Change line 16 in file /etc/init.d/vzlinkmgr to the following:
Change line 32 in file /usr/sbin/vzaiproxy to the following:
DefaultAgentCmd = (’vzctl’, ‘exec’, ‘1′, ‘/opt/vzagent/bin/vzlcon’)
Install all EZ templates from Parallels Plesk Panel distribution on the hardware node.
Run Parallels Plesk Panel installation or upgrade using Parallels Products Installer (either via the web-interface or command line interface) or Parallels Plesk Panel GUI (Home Page > Updates).
Follow the instructions presented on the screen to complete the upgrade.
Refer to Parallels Plesk http://parallels.com/Plesk/
If you are installing Parallels Plesk Panel inside a PVC, it is strongly recommended to increase Container parameters as follows:
# Auxiliary parameters
-PRIVVMPAGES=”262144:292912″
+PRIVVMPAGES=”362144:392912″
-NUMFILE=”8192:8192″
+NUMFILE=”12000:12000″
# Disk quota parameters (in form of softlimit:hardlimit)
-DISKSPACE=”1048576:1153434″
+DISKSPACE=”5240709120:5368709120″
-DISKINODES=”200000:220000″
+DISKINODES=”350000:370000″
# Secondary parameters
-KMEMSIZE=”21299200:23429120″
+KMEMSIZE=”24299200:26429120″
Source: http://parallels.com/Plesk/
Before installing Parallels Plesk Panel on Ubuntu
If you are using Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: Before installing Parallels Plesk Panel, switch the AppArmor service off using the command ‘/etc/init.d/boot.apparmor stop’ and remove it from start-up list by ‘update-rc.d -f apparmor remove’
$ sudo update-rc.d -f apparmor remove
Removing any system startup links for /etc/init.d/apparmor …
IMPORTANT: To install Postfix mail server, you have to select the Postfix component for installation in Parallels Products Installer. Both command line interface and web interface of Parallels Products Installer can be used for Postfix mail server selection and installation.
Source : http://parallels.com/Plesk/
Upgrading Parallels Plesk Panel through Parallels Products Installer
To upgrade your Parallels Plesk Panel software through Parallels Products Installer:
1. Download the latest version of Parallels Products Installer that suits your operating system from http://www.parallels.com/en/download/plesk9/ and save it on your server’s hard drive.
2. Run Parallels Products Installer
To update or upgrade Parallels Plesk Panel through the web interface of Parallels Products Installer, run the following command:
# ./parallels_products_installer_file_name –web-interface
Open your browser and enter http://hostname:8447/ or http://IP-address:8447/ in the address bar. The Parallels Product Installer web interface will open. Log in as root.
To update or upgrade Parallels Plesk Panel through the command line interface of Parallels Products Installer, run the following command:
# ./parallels_products_installer_file_name
3. Follow the instructions on the screen to perform the upgrade.
Install the Parallels Plesk Panel Firewall module through the command line
Note: Parallels Plesk Panel Firewall module and other modules that come with Parallels Plesk Panel are located in the directory /opt/modules of Parallels Plesk Panel distribution.
You can install the Parallels Plesk Panel Firewall module to the Parallels Plesk Panel server in two ways: from the Parallels Plesk Panel interface (recommended), and from the command line.
Login as root to the server, where Parallels Plesk Panel is installed.
Run the command /plesk_installation_directory/admin/bin/modulemng –install –file=[plesk_firewall_module_filename], where ‘plesk_installation_directory’ is the directory you installed Parallels Plesk Panel to.
Example:
/usr/local/psa/admin/bin/modulemng –install –file=/opt/modules/firewall.rpm
