History of Changes

This chapter describes the version-specific changes in the command-line utilities. The changes are grouped by new features. To describe a particular change in CLI, we use the following notations:

Plesk 12.5

Reassignment of databases between subscriptions

Database user roles and privileges management

PHP handlers management

Listing mail accounts

Setting an end date for auto-replies

Displaying global server settings

SSL ciphers and protocols management

Managing server-wide backup limits

Disabling automatic upgrading of extensions

Enabling and disabling Fail2ban

Retrieving new license keys from KA

Managing Plesk locales

Installing and upgrading extensions via URL

Apache MPM mode management

Setting PHP-FPM in service plan setting

Security status of WordPress installations

Enabling password protection fro site preview

Plesk 12.0

WordPress toolkit

  

IP address banning (Fail2Ban)

  

Web application firewall (ModSecurity)

  

Outgoing mail control

  

IP addresses to send mail from

  

Prohibited domain names

 

Access control lists for MySQL database users

 

Remote access for PostgreSQL database users

  

Automated migration and transfer of a large number of objects

  

Converting reseller accounts to customer accounts

 

Moving customer accounts to another owner

 

Converting customer accounts to reseller accounts

 

Custom descriptions of Plesk objects

  

Preventing customers from using a Plesk server as an FTP storage for Plesk backups

 

Database users’ access to databases

Clearance of APS applications cache

 

Restoring selected objects from a backup

Plesk 11.5
Custom web server settings for websites

 

Status of websites in suspended subscriptions

 

External SMTP server for Plesk notifications and outgoing mail generated by scripts

 

APS applications settings

 

Restricting the list of applications available for installation

 

Search engine friendly redirection and forwarding

 

Multiple PHP versions

 

Custom PHP handlers

 

Mail autoresponder settings

 

Plesk Administrator account settings

 

Additional Administrator accounts

 

One database user to access all databases

 

The default database server

 

Creating auxiliary users while creating mail accounts

 

Specifying mail accounts and instant messengers for auxiliary users

 

Plesk UI appearance and branding

 

Websites maintenance mode

 

The Suspended status of websites

 

Loading Plesk settings from Partner Central

 

Server-wide Plesk settings

 

Server cloning settings

 

Access to Control Panel for resellers

 

Making copies of service plans, add-on plans, and reseller plans

 

Domains and domain aliases settings

 

Displaying customers and subscriptions in a list

Plesk 11.0

Installing the Plesk license key with an activation code

 

Managing Plesk extensions

  

Improved Plesk security

 

Cloning Plesk in virtual environments

  

Custom buttons improvements

 

Plesk updates improvements

 

Subscribing to security notifications from Plesk

 

Using license bundles (web app licenses associated with a Plesk license)

Plesk 10.4

Customizable PHP configuration

  

Extended overuse options

 

Custom view for administrators

 

Restricting users to access only one subscription

Support for wildcard subdomains

  

Quick preview of a website

 

Manage availability of apps from Storefront

 

Allowing Subdomains to Have Own DNS Zones

 

Updating Business Manager administrator's profile

Updating Business Manager company settings

Managing Business Manager database connection

Migrating a standalone Plesk Billing database to Business Manager

Getting Business Manager error information

Troubleshooting GUI Integration between Business Manager and connected Plesks

Updating Business Manager configuration and online stores locales and appearance

Allowing Subdomains to Have Own DNS Zones

Plesk 10.3

File sharing functionality

Plesk 10.2

IPv6 support

Server Name Indication (SNI) support

Note: The following operating systems support SNI: OpenSuSE Linux 11.3 or later, Ubuntu Linux 10.4 or later, Debian Linux 6.0 or later, and RedHat Linux 6.0 or later.For more information on SNI see section Hosting Multiple SSL Sites on a Single IP Address (Linux Hosting) of Administrator's Guide.

Encrypting the administrator's password

Plesk 10.1

Ability to customize the list of applications available for installation on websites and add links to additional services (external or integrated with Plesk as extensions)

Customization of interface appearance and branding settings

Site maintenance mode

Ability to create trial sites in SiteBuilder

Ability to register an external webmail service with Plesk and use it in hosting plans

Ability to hide mail management functions from Control Panel

Ability to set the default shell for execution of scheduled tasks through cron

Utilities were renamed to better suit the new hosting model

Plesk 10.0

Changes in the hosting model and hierarchy of user accounts

VPS-optimized mode

Power User interface

User interface customization

Additional FTP accounts

Changes in Application Catalog

Changes in settings of mail services

E-mail notification about system events

Plesk 9.5

(+) new options related to integration with Google Services for Websites were added to the admin, reseller, client, and server_pref utilities.

Plesk 9.2

Greylisting

(+) grey_listing utility

Plesk 9.0

APS Catalog

Plesk resellers

New utilities

Updates of existing utilities:

Plesk 8.6

Permission to choose a database server for a database

Plesk 8.4

DomainKeys support

Permission to create DNS subzones in DNS superzones owned by other Plesk users

Plesk 8.3

Limit on maximum number of available connections

Opportunity to publish sites with Sitebuilder

Limit on network use

The <webuser_name>@<domain_name> format of access to Plesk

SSO service

Site applications and site application licenses management