PLESK 6.0 ADMINISTRATOR MANUAL > Installing Plesk on Your System

FreeBSD 4.7

It is implied that FreeBSD® 4.7 is already installed on your system.

  1. Log in as root to your system and change your working directory to the directory where the Plesk 6.0 install script resides; for example: #cd /home/admin/psa

  2. Run the install script, for example: sh ./psa_v6.0.0_build030422.02_os_FreeBSD_4.7_i386.sh

  3. If you have a previous version of the product installed in the /usr/local/psa directory, the install script will detect it and will ask if you want to upgrade it. If you're attempting to upgrade a previous version of the product, you need to stop, and read the upgrade instructions.

  4. You will see several messages as the install script prepares for the installation.

  5. Next, the script will display a series of messages showing the progress of the installation. At this time all of the components of Plesk 6.0 will be installed and properly configured on the server. Depending on the speed of the server, there may be times when the installation seems to be stuck.

    The entire install procedure should take only a few minutes. Do not attempt to cancel the install script. The installation logs all of the changes made to the system in the /tmp/ directory. The install script will backup any system configuration files before making the changes.

  6. When the installation is finished, Plesk 6.0 will have started automatically. You can access it at https://machine.domain.name:8443/ or https://IP-Address:8443/

    IMPORTANT

    The default username is admin and the default password is setup. Both are case sensitive. For security reasons this password should be changed upon initial login.

Initial configuration

When you login to the Plesk control panel for the first time, you are taken to the post-installation configuration page, where you are prompted to supply the following information:

  1. Select the shared IP addresses list displays the whole range of IP addresses in the pool. You need to select the addresses that will be used as shared for name based hosting accounts.

  2. Specify the full hostname in the appropriate field.

  3. To change the default administrator's password, type it in the Administrator's password input field, and confirm in the field below.

Click UPDATE button to complete the initial configuration.


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