--init

Initializes a non-configured Plesk server.

Requires following options: -name, -passwd, -phone, -company, -email, -address, -city, -country, -state, -pcode.

Note: The -state option is required only if the -country option value is US.

To set the Plesk default IP address to 192.0.2.14, make the address shared, set the network mask to 255.255.0.0, network interface name to eth0, and specify the Plesk administrator's personal information:

plesk bin init_conf --init -default-ip 192.0.2.14 -netmask 255.255.0.0 -iface eth0 -ip-type shared -name "John Doe" -passwd mypass -phone 555-4444 -fax 555-4433 -email admin@example.com -address "45 Trail street" -city "New York" -country US -state NY -zip 10292

--update or -u

Updates the Plesk Panel administrator’s personal information.

To set the Plesk administrator's email address to admin@example.com:

plesk bin init_conf --update -email admin@example.com

or

plesk bin init_conf -u -email admin@example.com

--check-configured or -c

Checks whether Plesk is configured. Returns 0 on success, 1 otherwise.

To check if Plesk is configured:

plesk bin init_conf --check-configured

or

plesk bin init_conf -c

--set-admin-password or -p

Changes the Plesk administrator’s password on an already initialized Plesk .

Sets administrator's password on a non-initialized Plesk without initialization.

To set the Plesk administrator's password to mypassword:

plesk bin init_conf --set-admin-password -passwd mypassword

or

plesk bin init_conf -p -passwd mypassword

--help or -h

Displays help on the use of the utility.

To view help on the use of the init_conf utility:

plesk bin init_conf --help

or

plesk bin init_conf -h

-company

<string>

Specifies the Plesk administrator's company name.

Required with the --init.

To set the Plesk administrator's company name to Megacompany:

plesk bin init_conf -u -company Megacompany

-name

<string>

Specifies the Plesk administrator’s contact name.

Required with the --init.

To set the Plesk administrator's contact name to John Doe:

plesk bin init_conf -u -name "John Doe"

-passwd

<password>

Specifies the Plesk administrator’s password for access to Plesk Panel.

Required with the --init and with the --set-admin-password.

To set the Plesk administrator's password to sample:

plesk bin init_conf -u -passwd sample

-phone

<number>

Specifies the Plesk administrator's phone number.

Required with the --init.

To set the Plesk administrator's phone number to 323-4455:

plesk bin init_conf -u -phone 323-4455

-fax

<number>

Specifies the Plesk administrator's fax number.

To set the Plesk administrator's fax number to 323-4433:

plesk bin init_conf -u -fax 323-4433

-email

<string>

Specifies the Plesk administrator's email address.

Required with the --init.

To set the Plesk administrator's email address to admin@example.com:

plesk bin init_conf -u -email admin@example.com

-address

<string>

Specifies the Plesk administrator’s street address.

Required with the --init.

To set the Plesk administrator's street address to 45 Trail street:

plesk bin init_conf -u -address "45 Trial Street"

-city

<string>

Specifies the Plesk administrator’s city.

Required with the --init.

To set the Plesk administrator's city to New York:

plesk bin init_conf -u -city "New York"

-state

<string>

Specifies the Plesk Panel administrator’s state/province.

Required with the --init.

To set the Plesk Panel administrator's state to NY:

plesk bin init_conf -u -state NY

-zip

<string>

Specifies the Plesk administrator’s postal/zip code.

Required with the --init.

To set the Plesk administrator's zip code to 10292:

plesk bin init_conf -u -zip 10292

-country

<string>

Specifies the Plesk administrator’s country.

The parameter of the command must be a valid two-letter country code as described in ISO-3166 (for example, "AU" stands for Australia).

Required with the --init.

To set the Plesk administrator's country to United States:

plesk bin init_conf -u -country US

-hostname

<domain_name>

Specifies the Plesk server's host name.

Used with the --init only.

To set the server's host name to host.example.com:

plesk bin init_conf --init -hostname host.example.com -name <..> -passwd <..> -phone <..> -email <..> -addr <..> -city <..> -country <..> -state <..> -zip <..>

-shared_ips

add:<ip_1>,<ip_2>, ...,<ip_n>

Sets the IP addresses specified by the parameters as shared.

The IP addresses must be added to the server IP address pool before they can be assigned the shared status.

Used with the --init only.

To set IP addresses 192.0.2.46 and 192.0.2.47 as shared IP addresses:

plesk bin init_conf --init -shared_ips add:192.168.123.46,192.168.123.47 -name <..> -passwd <..> -phone <..> -fax <..> -email <..> -addr <..> -city <..> -country <..> -state <..> -zip <..>

-send_tech_announce

true|false

Allows/Prohibits sending to the administrator email security-related information and other technical notifications from Plesk.

To subscribe the administrator to security-related information and other technical notifications from Plesk :

plesk bin init_conf -u -send_tech_announce true

-send_announce

true|false

Allows/Prohibits sending to the Plesk administrator email notifications on new products and promotions from Plesk.

To subscribe the Plesk administrator to Plesk notifications about new products and promotions lists of Plesk:

plesk bin init_conf -u -send_announce true

-def_client

Creates the default client account MyDomains for the Plesk administrator.

Deprecated.

To create the default client account for the Plesk administrator:

plesk bin init_conf --init -def_client -name <..> -passwd <..> -phone <..> -fax <..> -email <..> -addr <..> -city <..> -state <..> -zip <..>

-default-ip

<IP_address>

Specifies the default IP address during initial Plesk configuration.

This option is used with the --init only.

If this address has not yet been added to the server IP address pool, the option requires use of the -netmask, -iface, and -ip-type options.

To set the Plesk default IP address to 192.0.2.14, make the address shared, set the network mask to 255.255.0.0, and network interface name to eth0:

plesk bin init_conf --init -default-ip 192.0.2.14 -netmask 255.255.0.0 -iface eth0 -ip-type shared -name <..> -passwd <..> -phone <..> -fax <..> -email <..> -addr <..> -city <..> -country <..> -state <..> -zip <..>

-netmask

<IPaddress|nn>

Specifies a network mask for the default IP address in Plesk during initial Plesk configuration.

Used with the --init only.

-iface

<dev>

Specifies a name for the network interface for the default IP address during initial Plesk configuration.

Used with the --init only.

-ip-type

shared|exclusive

Specifies the type of the default IP address during initial Plesk configuration.

Used with the --init only.

-encrypted-password

Forces Plesk to store the Plesk administrator's password in the encrypted form.

To force Plesk to store the Plesk administrator's password in the encrypted form:

plesk bin init_conf -u -encrypted-password

-plain-password

Forces Plesk to store the Plesk administrator's password in plain text.

To force Plesk to store the Plesk administrator's password in plain text:

plesk bin init_conf -u -plain-password

-admin_info_not_required

true|false

Defines whether Plesk administrator's personal info (except for email) is marked as Required or not.

Is false by default.

To initialize Plesk server so that the Plesk administrator after entering his credentials to freshly-installed Plesk got directly to administrator's desktop skipping all 'first-login configuration' screens:

plesk bin init_conf -u -admin_info_not_required true

-license_agreed

true|false

Defines whether the Plesk license agreement is accepted.

Is false by default.

To initialize Plesk server so that the Plesk administrator after entering his credentials to freshly-installed Plesk automatically agrees with the license agreement:

plesk bin init_conf -u -license_agreed true