Two day course
Duration: 16 hours (2 days)
Course materials: Student’s Guide, Student’s Lab Guide
Certification: Parallels certificate
The Parallels Plesk Control Panel for Windows Administration Course is designed to train participants on Plesk for Windows hosting automation product. The course contains extensive hands-on lab training. Participants will learn how to install and configure Plesk for Windows with various options, explore different operating modes, perform various tasks similar to those faced by hosting providers everyday such as creating and setting up client accounts, domains, and domain users, setting and configuring hosting services.
Course is divided into several modules accompanied with appropriate lab exercises. Most modules contain topics with subject descriptions followed by on-screen demonstrations. At the end of topics, participants will be evaluated on the subjects learned.
Introduction to Plesk
Introduction to hosting service. Plesk family introduction. Plesk for Windows main features.
Installation
Hardware and software resource requirements. Installation and post-installation procedures. Multilingual support. Plesk licensing.
Product Overview
Plesk Management Structure. Accounts and Permissions. Domains and Services. Access to Plesk Control Panel. Control Panel Preferences and Settings. Interface management. Session Settings. MyPlesk Portal.
Server Level Management
Rebooting/shutting down the server. Administrator account management. SSL certificates. IP addresses. Host Skeleton. Services management. DNS Zone template. Server-wide mail settings. Components management. IIS application pool.
Client Account Management
Managing the client’s IP pool. Client account status. Editing limitations and permissions for a client account. Client template. Host skeleton.
Domain Management
Main operations. Domain creation and configuration. Domain templates. Limitations for a domain. Sub-domains. DNS zone configuration. Editing DNS database. Configuring the domain administrator.
Configuring Hosting Services
Web hosting types. Setting up Physical Hosting. Web users. Sub-domains. File management. Protected directories. Virtual Directories.
Security System
Windows Firewall. Managing secure channels with the help of SSL and certificates. Certificate management. Generating a Certificate-Signing Request. Uploading a Certificate. Assigning a certificate to a domain. Protection from Spam. MAPS. Antivirus software.
Network Services, Databases, and Applications
Database administration. Installation and management of various web applications on a hosted domain. Application Vault and Server Applications. Mail service. Creating mail-boxes. Post Office functions. Task management.
System Maintenance
System state monitoring. Monitoring and changing service status. Monitoring server resource usage. License management. Viewing the installed components information. Notification system. Logging facilities. Domain backup and restore. Submitting a support request.
The attendees should be familiar with the following subjects.
This course is intended for people who will use Plesk to solve every day tasks, like adding, configuring, and removing accounts, configuring services as well as the server. They can be:
English
Chinese
French
German
Japanese
Russian
Spanish