Configuring

Configuring Your SMTP Relay Server on Your Linux Server Using Parallels Plesk Panel

NOTE: Before configuring your SMTP relay server, check the Control Panel in your hosting account to

see which mail server you should use. For more information, see What are the relay mail server settings on my dedicated or virtual private server?.

To Configure Your SMTP Relay Server on a Linux Server [...]

Configuring the SMTP Relay Server on Your Linux Server Using Simple Control Panel

NOTE: Before configuring your SMTP relay server, check the Control Panel in your hosting account to see which mail server you should use. For more information, see What are the relay mail server settings on my dedicated or virtual private server?.

To Configure the SMTP Relay Server on Your Linux Server [...]

Configuring the SMTP Relay Server on Your Linux Server Using cPanel

NOTE: Before configuring your SMTP relay server, check the Control Panel in your hosting account to

see which mail server you should use. For more information, see What are the relay mail server settings on my dedicated or virtual private server?.

To configure the SMTP relay server on your Linux server [...]

To Upgrade from Red Hat 5 to CentOS 5.2 Using the Hosting Control Panel

You can migrate from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 to CentOS 5.3 using our Control Panel in your hosting account.

NOTE: This process reprovisions your server. By completing the instructions above, your original server will no longer be available. We provide an FTP backup for 90 days, but we recommend you [...]

Enabling Mailman in Parallels Plesk Panel

If you need to use the mailing lists in Plesk you first need to enable Mailman or the Mailing Lists Manager. Mailman is not enabled until you create a mailing list. For more information about creating mailing lists, see Adding a Mailing List in Parallels Plesk Panel.

Plesk does not [...]

Rebooting Your Virtual Private Server

To reboot your VPS, you need to SSH or Remote Desktop to your server (depending on your operating system) and then issue a reboot command.
To Reboot Your Virtual Private Server
In Linux:
SSH to your server.
In the command line, type:
su -
reboot
In Windows:
Remote Desktop to your server.
From the Start menu, select Shut Down.
From [...]

How long does setting up my Virtual Private Server take?

Setting up your Virtual Private Server (VPS) can take up to 29 hours. It may take up to 24 hours for the server option to appear in your account. Once this option appears, follow these instructions to configure and activate your VPS.

Log in to your Account Manager.
Click Servers.
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Installing Software on Your Virtual Private Server

You can install software on your Virtual Private Server (VPS) account using the rpm Linux command. Also, you can compile programs from source code and install them from the command line.
For comprehensive Red Hat Linux documentation and more information about installing software in Linux, go to [...]

What can I install on my Virtual Private Server?

You may install any software over the top of the server’s kernel. This includes updating software like Apache and GCC.

However, you may not install anything that modifies or upgrades the kernel on your server—this includes operating [...]

Setting up DNS with Your Parallels Plesk Panel 9 Server and Domain with Us

There are three steps to setting up DNS for websites hosted on your dedicated or Virtual Private Server (VPS) using Plesk 9:

Create a zone file for your domain name in Parallels Plesk Panel.
Create and register two domain hosts.
Assign [...]