Two day course
Duration: 16 hours (2 days)
Course materials: Student’s Guide, Student’s Lab Guide
Certification: Parallels certificate
The Parallels Plesk Panel for Linux/Unix Administration Course is designed to train participants on Plesk for Linux/Unix hosting automation product. The training highlights the product’s features, functions, installation, configuration, and maintenance. The course contains extensive hands-on lab training. Participants will learn how to install and configure Plesk for Linux with various options, explore different operating modes, and 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.
The course is divided into several modules accompanied with appropriate lab training. 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 Linux/Unix 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 Panel. Control Panel preferences and settings. User interface preferences. Interface Skin. Interface management. Session settings. MyPlesk portal.
Customer Account Management
Introduction to different types of accounts: administrator, resellers, clients, domain administrators, and e-mail users. Managing the client’s IP pool. Client account status. Editing limitations and permissions for a client account. Client template.
Server Level Management
Rebooting/shutting down the server. System time. Administrator account management. SSL certificates. IP addresses. Virtual host template. Service management. DNS Zone template. Server-wide mail settings. Module administration: firewall, virtual private networking.
Domain Management
Main Operations. Domain creation and configuration. Domain templates. Using Sitebuilder. Limitations for a domain. Subdomains. DNS Zone configuration. Editing DNS database. Configuring the domain administrator.
Configuring Hosting Services
Web hosting types. Setting up Physical Hosting. Web users. File management.
Security Management
Managing secure channels with the help of SSL and certificates. Certificate management. Generating a Certificate-Signing Request. Uploading a certificate. Assigning a certificate to domain. Directory protection. Protection from spam: DNS Blackhole lists, DomainKeys, SpamAssassin filter, Sender Policy Framework, black/white lists. Virus protection.
Services and Resources
Mail service. Database administration. Installation and management of various network applications on a hosted domain. Server Application Vault. Domain Application Vault. 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. Backup and restore.
Billing System
Parallels Plesk Billing functionality. Installation and initial configuration of the billing part. Key billing concepts. Billing modes. Mail notifications. Software packages with attributes and add-ons. Generic order settings. Client management: products, packages, payments, invoicing. Report management. Database backup and restore.
The attendees should be familiar with the following subjects.
This course is intended for people who will use Plesk to solve every day tasks, such as adding, configuring, and removing accounts, configuring services as well as the server. They can be: