How to install Parallels Plesk Panel using command line.
To install Parallels Plesk Panel, issue a command of the following format:
parallels_installer [packages source options] –select-release-id [ID] [components installation options] [other options]
where
Packages source options define the location where the installer should obtain the Panel packages for installation
[packages source options] = –source [URL]
Examples, Linux/Unix
The following command installs Parallels Plesk Panel 10.0 (release ID is PANEL_10_0_0) from the mirror set up on server available via HTTP at host mirror.example.com. Installation files will temporarily be stored at /tmp/panel, and the installation status will be reported to e-mail admin@example.com. The installed components are base Panel packages, PostgreSQL server, and SpamAssassin spam filter.
./parallels_installer –source http://mirror.example.com/ –target /tmp/panel –select-release-id PLESK_10_0_0 –install-component base –install-component postgresql –install-component spamassassin –notify-email admin@example.com
Reference: http://parallels.com/
Getting List of Product Components from Parallels Plesk Panel
To get a list of the release components, issue the command of the following format:
parallels_installer –select-release-id [ID] –show-components
For Parallels Plesk Panel 10.0 on a Linux/Unix server:
parallels_installer –select-release-id PLESK_10_0_0 –show-components
A list of components is displayed with component names in the left part, and indication of whether this component can be installed ([install]) or upgraded ([upgrade]), with brief descriptions in the right part, for example (fragment):
* base [install] - Parallels Plesk Panel base packages
* autoinstaller [install] - Parallels Installer
* postfix [upgrade] - Postfix mail server
The actual components are marked by [up2date].
Reference : http://parallels.com/
Getting Release ID in Parallels Plesk Panel
Release ID is a unique identifier of the Panel release, for example, Parallels Plesk Panel 10.0.0.
To get a list of available release IDs, issue the following command:
parallels_installer –show-releases
On a Linux/Unix server.
A list of product versions will be displayed. For example:
PLESK_10_0_0 (Parallels Plesk Panel for Linux/Unix 10.0.0)
Reference: http://parallels.com/
How to fix Broken RedHat up2date support on Parallels Plesk
In Parallels Plesk Panel 10.0.1 installed on RedHat 4 OS try upgrading any component through Autoinstaller in Parallels Plesk interface. The following error is shown:
There was an error downloading: ……
……
……
An error has occurred:
exceptions.UnboundLocalError
See /var/log/up2date for more information
Error: The up2date utility failed to install the required packages.
Attention! Your software might be inoperable.
Please, contact product technical support.
For fixing this issue you can use following workarounds:
Edit /etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources file for use different IDs for sources added by Parallels Installer. Need to edit between component selection and installation process start.
Disable up2date: Edit file /root/.autoinstallerrc
ALLOW_TO_USE_UP2DATE=”no”
Reference: http://parallels.com/
Changes in CL Utilities Parallels Plesk Panel 10.0
Changes in the hosting and user accounts
* (-) client_template utility.
* (*) client utility: the commands –convert-to-reseller and –change-owner are no longer supported; the options -template, -sb-user, -status, and -force are no longer supported.
* (*) client_pref utility: the command –set-iis-app-pool-settings and options -iis-app-pool-turned-on, -cpu-usage-state, -cpu-usage-value were added; the options -manage dashboard, -max-mg, -desktop-preset, -max_redir, -max_resp, -lock-screen, -desktop-preset are no longer supported.
Reference: http://parallels.com/
