Chapter 9. Master Feature

Table of Contents

Registering a slave server account
Editing a slave server profile
Logging on to a slave server
Searching in the slave server list
Removing a slave server account

Plesk Master - the Plesk 6.0 software with Master feature enabled allows the Administrator to set some specific Plesk server to function as Plesk master server.

Provided that there are a number of Plesk servers networked, the feature empowers Administrator to log on to other Plesk slave servers, manage them remotely and monitor the detailed Plesk slave servers status information from a single point of entry - a Plesk master server control panel.

As an administrator using the Plesk 6.0 software, you can perform a variety of slave server management tasks in a few clicks. When you are logged on as an administrator, click the MASTER button located at the top of the screen to bring up the Slave Servers Administration page. At this page you can register new slave servers, edit slave server profiles, log on to a slave server, search for specific servers in the slave server list.

Table 9.1. The slave server status icons.

Icon	Meaning
	means that the slave server is functioning normally
	means that some system service at the slave server is experiencing problems
	means that on the slave server some client has exceeded allocated disk space or traffic limitations in at least one of the client's domains. The Plesk system evaluates disk space and traffic every 24 hours
	means that the slave server is presently down, disabled or inaccessible
	means that the slave server information is not requested

NOTE

The state of some slave server services can be indicated incorrectly in the interface, as the querying routine functions in accordance with the following database records and their default values:

slave_services_list_with_non_obligatory_status_checking='tomcat'
master_services_list_for_obligatory_status_checking='imap, pop3, qmail,apache, ftp, dns, postgresql'

When you hover a mouse pointer over a status icon, the context help tip at the bottom of the page displays some additional information on the problem service.

You can send an e-mail message to administrator of a slave server. To do that put a check mark in the appropriate checkbox in the Sel column, click SEND MAIL.