On-line course
Duration: 8 hours (2 days, 4 hours per day)
Course materials: Student’s Guide

Course Overview

The Parallels Plesk Control Panel for Linux/Unix Administration Course is designed to train participants on Plesk for Linux/Unix hosting automation product and includes demonstrations of the product features. The training highlights the product’s features, functions, installation, configuration, and maintenance. Participants will learn how to install and configure Plesk for Windows with various options, explore different operating modes, and follow various demonstrated procedures similar to those faced by hosting providers every day such as creating and setting up client accounts, domains, and domain users, setting and configuring hosting services.

• Course Content
• Prerequisites
• Who will benefit from this course

Course Content

The course is divided into several modules. 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.

Lab Exercises

Not included in the course. Applicable for on-site training only.

Prerequisites

The attendees should be familiar with the following subjects.

• Principles of Windows administration
• Internet hosting industry technologies, tasks and procedures including:
  • IP technology basics,
  • Domain Name Services,
  • Internet Services, Databases, and Applications.

Who will benefit from this course

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:

• Internet Hosting Providers,
• Internet Hosting Resellers,
• Enterprise Network Administrators responsible for Internet Presence

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