You use the Plesk administrator username and password to log in to Plesk. By default, the Plesk administrator username is admin.

However, admin is a predictable username, which can be easily guessed and used in brute-force attacks. Along with a strong password, you can set a custom username as an additional layer of protection against brute-force attacks.

To change the Plesk administrator username:

  1. Apri il file panel.ini per la modifica, situato qui:

    • (Plesk per Linux) /usr/local/psa/admin/conf/panel.ini
    • (Plesk per Windows) %plesk_dir%admin\conf\panel.ini

    Puoi modificare il file anche dall’interfaccia di Plesk, utilizzando l’estensione Panel.ini Editor.

  2. Aggiungi le righe seguenti al file panel.ini, dopodiché, salvalo:

    [login]
allowChangeAdminLogin=true

    You can now change the Plesk administrator username in the Plesk interface or via the CLI.

  3. Vai a Mio profilo.

    image admin username

  4. The «Plesk Preferences» section now contains the «Username» text field. Change the default admin username to a custom one, and then click OK.

    Nota: To change the Plesk username via the CLI, run the plesk bin admin --set-login <custom_username> command.

You now need to use the custom username to log in to Plesk.