Software Requirements for Plesk 12.5

We recommend that you read information about the product installation, upgrade, or migration before you start deploying Plesk. This information, including detailed instructions, can be found in the Deployment Guide.

Supported Operating Systems

Linux

Plesk 12.5 for Linux can run on the following operating systems:

Operating system SNI support IPv6 support
Debian 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)
Debian 8 (32-bit and 64-bit)
Ubuntu 12.04 (32-bit and 64-bit)
Ubuntu 14.04 (32-bit and 64-bit)
CentOS 5.x (32-bit and 64-bit)
CentOS 6.x (32-bit and 64-bit)
CentOS 7 (64-bit)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x (32-bit and 64-bit)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x (32-bit and 64-bit)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (64-bit)
CloudLinux 5.x (32-bit and 64-bit)
CloudLinux 6.x (32-bit and 64-bit)
CloudLinux 7.x (64-bit)

Notes:

  1. Before installing Plesk, you should make sure that the package manager's (apt/yum/zypper) repositories are configured and can be accessed from the server.

Windows

Plesk 12.5 for Microsoft Windows can run on the following operating systems:

Operating system SNI support IPv6 support
Windows Server 2008 SP2 (32-bit and 64-bit, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter editions), including Server Core installations
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (64-bit, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter editions, and Windows Web Server), including Server Core installations
Windows Server 2012 (64-bit, Standard, Foundation, and Datacenter editions), including Server Core installations
Windows Server 2012 R2 (64-bit, Standard, Datacenter, and Essentials editions), including Server Core installations

Because Windows Server 2003 is no longer supported by Plesk, we recommend that you choose a later operating system version according to the recommendations in our life cycle policy.

A static IP address should be configured in the operating system before installing Plesk for Windows.

Plesk for Windows can be installed only on NTFS partitions.

In order for your server to support Active Server Pages (ASP) and Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions, you need to install these components yourself.

Windows Installer 4.5 is required for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 installation. If it is not installed in the system, you can download it from the Microsoft official website.

If you plan to use Microsoft SQL Server support in Plesk for Windows, the SQL Server should be installed and configured to use standard or mixed security mode. If Microsoft SQL Server is not installed, you can select it to be installed with Plesk for Windows and configured with administrator name "sa" and a random password.

IMPORTANT: We strongly recommend that you install Plesk for Microsoft Windows on a clean server.

Supported browsers

The following browsers are supported:

Desktop

  • Mozilla Firefox (latest) for Windows and Mac OS
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer® 9.x for Windows (limited support)
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer® 10.x for Windows
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer® 11.x for Windows
  • Microsoft Edge® for Windows 10
  • Apple Safari (latest) for Mac OS
  • Google Chrome (latest) for Windows and Mac OS

Smartphones and Tablets

  • Default browser (Safari) on iOS 8
  • Default browser on Android 4.x
  • Default browser (IE) on Windows Phone 8

Note: While user experience may be impaired when using a browser with limited support, all important data can be seen and all important controls function.

Supported virtualization

The following virtualization platforms are supported:

  • VMware
  • XEN
  • Parallels Cloud Server 6.x
  • Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.7 for Linux
  • Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.6 for Linux
  • Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.6 for Windows
  • Parallels Containers 6 for Windows
  • OpenVZ
  • KVM
  • Hyper-V
  • LXC (Docker)

Notes:

  1. Support includes proper functioning of Plesk and applicability of discounted “virtual server” licenses
  2. License key may also restrict Plesk to selected platform. That means license key will be considered invalid in such environment, but other functions (installation, etc) shall not be impacted.

Earlier Versions Supported for Upgrade

Plesk 12.5 supports upgrade from the following earlier versions:

  • Plesk 12.0
  • Plesk 11.5
  • Plesk 11.0
  • Plesk 10.4.4
  • Plesk 9.5.4 (upgrade through transfer only)
  • Plesk 9.3.0 (upgrade through transfer only)
  • Plesk 8.6.0 (upgrade through transfer only)

Note: To upgrade from Plesk 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, or 10.3 to Plesk 12 or later, first upgrade your Plesk version to 10.4.4.

Source Hosting Platforms Supported for Migration

Configuration and content from the following hosting platforms can be imported into Plesk 12.5:

  • Plesk for Linux and Plesk for Windows: 8.6, 9.5.4, 10.4, 11.0, 11.5, 12.0, and 12.5.
  • cPanel 11.5
  • Confixx 3.3
  • Helm 3
  • Expand 2.3.2

Note: To learn about migrating to Plesk 12.5, read the Migration Guide.

Supported Components

Supported Components

Linux

Plesk 12.5 for Linux distribution packages include the following components:

  • Odin Premium Antivirus 6.0.2
  • Kaspersky Anti-Virus 8.0.3
  • AWStats 7.3
  • ProFTPD 1.3.5a
  • qmail 1.03
  • Courier-IMAP 4.16.1
  • Postfix 2.11.5 (for CentOS and RHEL distributions)
  • Dovecot 2.2.18
  • Horde IMP 5*
    • Horde 5.2.6
    • IMP 6.2.9
    • Ingo 3.2.5
    • Kronolith 4.2.8
    • Mnemo 4.2.6
    • Passwd 5.0.2
    • Turba 4.2.7
  • Roundcube 1.1.4
  • phpMyAdmin 4.4.9
  • phpPgAdmin 5.1
  • nginx 1.9.2
  • Apache 2.2.31 — only on CentOS 5, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, CloudLinux 5.
  • mod_jk 1.2.40
  • PHP 5.2.17, 5.3.29, 5.4.45, 5.5.35, 5.6.31, 7.0.21**
  • Fail2ban 0.9.2
  • ModSecurity 2.9

* - requires PHP 5.3

** - These packages are not delivered in Plesk for CentOS 5, CloudLinux 5, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Windows

Plesk 12.5 for Microsoft Windows distribution packages include the following components:

  • Odin Premium Antivirus 6.0.2
  • Kaspersky Anti-Virus 8.1
  • Microsoft SQL Server Express 2008 R2 SP2
  • Microsoft SQL Server Express 2012 SP1
  • Microsoft SQL Server Express 2014 SP1
  • MySQL 5.6.26
  • BIND DNS Server 9.10.3-P4
  • Oracle Java Development Kit 5
  • Apache Tomcat 7.0.62
  • MailEnable Standard Edition 9.0
  • PHP 5.2.17, 5.3.29, 5.4.45, 5.5.35, 5.6.31, 7.0.21
  • ionCube Loader 4.2.2
  • SpamAssassin 3.4.1
  • myLittleAdmin 3.8
  • phpMyAdmin 4.4.9
  • AWStats 7.4
  • Webalizer V2.01-10-RB02 (Windows NT 5.2) English
  • Horde IMP H5 6.2.9*
  • Microsoft Web Deploy 3.5 + WebMatrix 3.0
  • URL Rewrite 2.0 for IIS 7

* - requires PHP 5.3

Supported Third-Party Components

Linux

Web servers:

  • Apache 2.2, 2.4

Mail servers:

  • Postfix 2.6–2.11*

DNS servers:

  • BIND 9.x

Web statistics:

  • Webalizer 2.x
  • AWStats 7.x*

Web scripting:

  • mod_perl
  • mod_python
  • PHP 5.1 and later**
  • Apache Tomcat 5.0, 5.5, 6,7 — depending on the Linux distribution

Database servers and tools:

  • MySQL 5.0.x-5.6
  • PostgreSQL 8.1-9.4
  • MariaDB 5.5, 10.0, 10.1

Anti-spam tools:

  • SpamAssassin 3.x

** - by default, PHP is installed from the repository of the OS vendor, but you can use an alternative repository. Starting from 11.5, you can also install multiple PHP versions.

Windows

This is a shortened list of supported third-party components. It does not include the components supplied with the Plesk distribution, as they were already mentioned as distributed and supported.

Web servers

  1. Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 7, 7.5, 8.0

Mail servers

  1. MailEnable Standard / Professional / Enterprise / Enterprise Premium 5.10–9.0
  2. SmarterMail 6.8–15.0
  3. IceWarp Mail Server 11.4

Webmail tools

  1. MailEnable Web Client
  2. SmarterMail Web Client
  3. IceWarp (Merak) Mail Server Web Client
  4. Atmail Open 1.0.5

Spam filtering tools

  1. SmarterMail Spamfilter
  2. IceWarp (Merak) Mail Server Anti-Spam

Antivirus tools

  1. SmarterMail Anti-Virus
  2. IceWarp (Merak) Mail Server Anti-Virus

DNS servers

  1. Microsoft DNS Server
  2. Simple DNS Plus 5.2.x

FTP servers

  1. Microsoft FTP Server 7.0-8.0

Web statistics

  1. SmarterStats 5.0-8.5

Web scripting

  1. ActiveState Perl 5.x (x86)
  2. ActiveState Python 2.x (x86)
  3. ASP
  4. ASP.NET 1.1-4.6.0
  5. ASP.NET MVC 5
  6. MIVA Empresa 5.06

Database servers

  1. Microsoft SQL Server 2005–2014
  2. MySQL 5.6.26
  3. MySQL ODBC connector 5.1.13