init_conf.exe: Server Initial Configuration And Administrator's Personal Info
The init_conf.exe
utility serves to perform the initial configuration of Plesk, and to change personal information of Plesk Administrator. The utility provides the following:
- setting up host name
- defining shared IP addresses
- specifying Plesk administrator's personal information
- creating a client account for the administrator
Location
%plesk_cli%
Usage
init_conf.exe <command> [
<option 1> [<param 1>,...,<param n>]
[<option 2> [<param 1>,...,<param n>]]
... [<option N> [<param 1>,...,<param n>]]
]
Example
The following command sets IP address 192.0.2.0 as shared, sets the host name to host.example.com and sets the administrator’s name to Administrator and the administrator’s password to MyPass.
init_conf.exe --init -shared_ips add:192.0.2.0 -hostname host.example.com -name Administrator -passwd MyPass
Commands
Command | Parameter | Description | Example |
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Initializes Plesk Server Administrator. Can be applied to the non-configured Plesk Server Administrator only. |
See Example above. |
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Changes the administrator’s contact info. |
To set the administrator's email address to admin@example.com: init_conf.exe --update -email admin@example.com |
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Checks whether Plesk is configured. Returns 0 on success, 1 otherwise. |
To check if Plesk is configured: init_conf.exe --check-configured or init_conf.exe -c |
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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 administrator's password to mypassword: init_conf.exe --set-admin-password -passwd mypassword or init_conf.exe -p -passwd mypassword |
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Displays help on the utility use. |
init_conf.exe -h |
Options
Option | Parameter | Description | Example |
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Sets the IP addresses specified by the parameters as shared. Used with |
To set 192.0.2.0 as shared IP address: init_conf.exe --init -shared_ips add:192.0.2.0 |
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Sets the full host name of the server. Used with |
To set the host name to host.example.com: init_conf.exe --init -hostname host.example.com |
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Defines the Plesk administrator's company name. |
To set the Plesk administrator's company to MegaCompany: init_conf.exe --update -company "MegaCompany" |
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Specifies the Plesk administrator’s contact name. |
To set the Plesk administrator's contact name to John Doe: init_conf.exe --init -name "John Doe" |
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Specifies the Plesk administrator’s password. |
To set the Plesk administrator's password to sample: init_conf.exe --init -passwd sample |
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Specifies the administrator's phone number. |
To set the Plesk administrator's phone number to 3453456: init_conf.exe --update -phone 3453456 |
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Specifies the administrator's fax number. |
To set the Plesk administrator's fax to 423-3333: init_conf.exe --update -fax 423-3333 |
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Specifies the administrator’s email address. |
To set the Plesk administrator's email address to Admin@example.com: init_conf.exe --update -email Admin@example.com |
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Specifies the administrator’s street address. |
To set the Plesk administrator's street address to 181 Main Street: init_conf.exe --update -addr "Main Street 181" |
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Specifies the city of the administrator's address. |
To set the Plesk administrator's city to New York: init_conf.exe --update -city "New York" |
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Specifies the state/province of the administrator's address. |
To set the Plesk administrator's state to NY: init_conf.exe --update -state NY |
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Specifies the Plesk administrator’s postal/zip code. Required with the |
To set the Plesk administrator's zip code to 10292: init_conf.exe -u -zip 10292 |
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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: init_conf.exe -u -send_tech_announce true |
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Subscribes/Unsubscribes Plesk administrator to the Plesk mailing list (announcements on new Plesk products, discounts, etc.). Is |
To unsubscribe the Plesk administrator from the Plesk mailing list: init_conf.exe --update -send_announce false |
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Specifies the country of the administrator's address in the format of an upper-case two-letter code derived from ISO 3166. |
To set the Plesk administrator country to Australia: init_conf.exe --update -country AU |
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Defines whether Plesk Administrator's personal info (except for email) is marked as Required or not. Is |
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: init_conf.exe -u -admin_info_not_required true |
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Defines whether the Plesk license agreement is accepted. Is false by default. |
To initialize Plesk server so that Plesk Administrator after entering his credentials to freshly-installed Plesk automatically agrees the license agreement:
init_conf.exe -u -license_agreed true |
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Creates a Presence Builder user for the default customer. Is |
To initialize Plesk server so that a Presence Builder user is created for the default customer: init_conf.exe -u -license_agreed true |