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Managing Services from the Command Line and Viewing Service Logs
This section describes how to stop, start, and restart services managed by Panel, and access their logs and configuration files.
Plesk web interface
To start the service through the command line:
# /etc/init.d/psa start
To stop the service through the command line:
# /etc/init.d/psa stop
To restart the service through the command line:
# /etc/init.d/psa restart
Plesk log files are located in the following directories:
Error Log: /var/log/sw-cp-server/error_log
Access log: /var/log/plesk/httpsd_access_log
Panel configuration files are the following:
php: $PRODUCT_ROOT_D/admin/conf/php.ini
www: /etc/sw-cp-server/applications.d/plesk.conf
Presence Builder
Log files are located in:
Error log: /var/log/httpd/sitebuilder_error.log
Logs: /usr/local/sitebuilder/tmp/
Configuration files are accessible at:
/usr/local/sitebuilder/config
/usr/local/sitebuilder/etc/php.ini
SSO
Log files are located in:
Error log: /var/log/sw-cp-server/error_log
SSO log: /var/log/sso/sso.log
Configuration files are accessible at:
/etc/sw-cp-server/applications.d/sso-cpserver.conf
/etc/sso/sso_config.ini
phpMyAdmin
The error log is located in:
/var/log/sw-cp-server/error_log
The configuration file is accessible at:
/usr/local/psa/admin/htdocs/domains/databases/phpMyAdmin/libraries/config.default.php
phpPGAdmin
The error log is located in:
# /var/log/sw-cp-server/error_log
The configuration file is accessible at:
# /usr/local/psa/admin/htdocs/domains/databases/phpPgAdmin/conf/config.inc.php
DNS / Named / BIND
To start the service through the command line:
# etc/init.d/named start
To stop the service through the command line:
# /etc/init.d/named stop
To restart the service through the command line:
# /etc/init.d/named restart
Log files are located in:
# /var/log/messages
The configuration file is accessible at:
/etc/named.conf
FTP (ProFTPD)
Log files are located in:
/var/log/plesk/xferlog
Configuration files are accessible at:
/etc/xinetd.d/ftp_psa
/etc/proftpd.conf
/etc/proftpd.include
Courier-IMAP
To start the service through the command line:
#/etc/init.d/courier-imap start
To stop the service through the command line:
# /etc/init.d/courier-imap stop
To restart the service through the command line:
/etc/init.d/courier-imap restart
Log files are located in:
/var/log/plesk/maillog
Configuration files are accessible at:
/etc/courier-imap/imapd
/etc/courier-imap/imapd-ssl
/etc/courier-imap/pop3d
/etc/courier-imap/pop3d-ssl
QMail
To start the service through the command line:
/etc/init.d/qmail start
To stop the service through the command line:
/etc/init.d/qmail stop
To restart the service through the command line:
/etc/init.d/qmail restart
Log files are located in:
/var/log/plesk/maillog
Configuration files are accessible at:
/etc/xinetd.d/smtp_psa
/etc/xinetd.d/smtps_psa
/etc/xinetd.d/submission_psa
/etc/inetd.conf (Debians)
/var/qmail/control/
Postfix
To start the service through the command line:
/etc/init.d/postfix start
To stop the service through the command line:
/etc/init.d/postfix stop
To restart the service through the command line:
/etc/init.d/postfix restart
Log files are located in:
/var/log/plesk/maillog
Configuration files are accessible at:
/etc/postfix/
SpamAssassin
To start the service through the command line:
/etc/init.d/psa-spamassassin start
To stop the service through the command line:
/etc/init.d/psa-spamassassin stop
To restart the service through the command line:
/etc/init.d/psa-spamassassin restart
Log files are located in:
/var/log/plesk/maillog
Configuration files are accessible at:
/etc/mail/spamassassin/
/etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf
/var/qmail/mailnames/%d/%l/.spamassassin
Dr.Web antivirus
To start the service through the command line:
/etc/init.d/drwebd start
To stop the service through the command line:
/etc/init.d/drwebd stop
To restart the service through the command line:
/etc/init.d/drwebd restart
Log files are located in:
/var/log/plesk/maillog
Configuration files are accessible at:
/etc/drweb/
Kaspersky antivirus
To start the service through the command line:
/etc/init.d/aveserver start
To stop the service through the command line:
/etc/init.d/aveserver stop
To restart the service through the command line:
/etc/init.d/aveserver restart
Log files are located in:
/var/log/plesk/maillog
/var/log/kav/5.5/kav4mailservers/aveserver.log
/var/log/kav/5.5/kav4mailservers/smtpscanner.log
/var/log/kav/5.5/kav4mailservers/avstats.log
/var/log/kav/5.5/kav4mailservers/kavscanner.log
/var/log/kav/5.5/kav4mailservers/kavupdater.log
Configuration files are accessible at:
/etc/kav/5.5/kav4mailservers/
Tomcat
To start the service through the command line:
/etc/init.d/tomcat5 start
To stop the service through the command line:
/etc/init.d/tomcat5 stop
To restart the service through the command line:
/etc/init.d/tomcat5 restart
Log files are located in:
/var/log/tomcat5/
Configuration files are accessible at:
/usr/share/tomcat5/conf/
MySQL
To start the service through the command line:
/etc/init.d/mysqld start
To stop the service through the command line:
/etc/init.d/mysqld stop
To restart the service through the command line:
/etc/init.d/mysqld restart
Log file is located in:
/var/log/mysqld.log
The configuration file is accessible at:
/etc/my.cnf
PostgreSQL
To start the service through the command line:
/etc/init.d/postgresql start
To stop the service through the command line:
/etc/init.d/postgresql stop
To restart the service through the command line:
/etc/init.d/postgresql restart
Startup log is located in:
/var/lib/pgsql/pgstartup.log
The configuration file is accessible at:
/var/lib/pgsql/data/postgresql.conf
xinetd
To start the service through the command line:
/etc/init.d/xinetd start
To stop the service through the command line:
/etc/init.d/xinetd stop
To restart the service through the command line:
/etc/init.d/xinetd restart
Log files are located in:
/var/log/messages/
The configuration file is accessible at:
/etc/xinetd.conf
Watchdog (monit)
To start the service through the command line:
/usr/local/psa/admin/bin/modules/watchdog/wd –start
To stop the service through the command line:
/usr/local/psa/admin/bin/modules/watchdog/wd –stop
To restart the service through the command line:
/usr/local/psa/admin/bin/modules/watchdog/wd –restart
Log files are located in:
/var/log/plesk/modules/watchdog/log/wdcollect.log
/var/log/plesk/modules/watchdog/log/monit.log
Configuration files are accessible at:
/usr/local/psa/etc/modules/watchdog/monitrc
/usr/local/psa/etc/modules/watchdog/wdcollect.inc.php
Watchdog (rkhunter)
Log is located in:
/var/log/rkhunter.log
The configuration file is accessible at:
/usr/local/psa/etc/modules/watchdog/rkhunter.conf
Apache
To start the service through the command line:
/etc/init.d/httpd start
To stop the service through the command line:
/etc/init.d/httpd stop
To restart the service through the command line:
/etc/init.d/httpd restart
Log files are located in:
/var/log/httpd/
/var/www/vhosts//statistics/logs/
Configuration files are accessible at:
/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
/etc/httpd/conf.d/
/var/www/vhosts//conf/httpd.include
Mailman
To start the service through the command line:
/etc/init.d/mailman start
To stop the service through the command line:
/etc/init.d/mailman stop
To restart the service through the command line:
/etc/init.d/mailman restart
Log files are located in:
/var/log/mailman/
Configuration files are accessible at:
/etc/httpd/conf.d/mailman.conf
/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/mm_cfg.py
/etc/mailman/sitelist.cfg
AWstats
To start the service through the command line:
/usr/local/psa/bin/sw-engine-pleskrun /usr/local/psa/admin/plib/DailyMaintainance/script.php
Configuration files are accessible at:
/usr/local/psa/etc/awstats/
Webalizer
To start the service through the command line:
/usr/local/psa/bin/sw-engine-pleskrun /usr/local/psa/admin/plib/DailyMaintainance/script.php
Configuration files are accessible at:
/var/www/vhosts//conf/webalizer.conf
Backup Manager
Backup logs are located in:
/var/log/plesk/PMM/sessions//psadump.log
/var/log/plesk/PMM/sessions//migration.log
/var/log/plesk/PMM/logs/migration.log
/var/log/plesk/PMM/logs/pmmcli.log
Restore logs are located in:
/var/log/plesk/PMM/rsessions//conflicts.log
/var/log/plesk/PMM/rsessions//migration.log
/var/log/plesk/PMM/logs/migration.log
/var/log/plesk/PMM/logs/pmmcli.log
The configuration file is accessible at:
/etc/psa/psa.conf
Plesk Migration Manager
Migration logs are located in:
/var/log/plesk/PMM/msessions//migration.log
/var/log/plesk/PMM/rsessions//migration.log
/var/log/plesk/PMM/rsessions//conflicts.log
/var/log/plesk/PMM/logs/migration.log
/var/log/plesk/PMM/logs/pmmcli.log
/var/log/plesk/PMM/logs/migration_handler.log
Horde
Log is located in:
/var/log/psa-horde/psa-horde.log
Configuration files are accessible at:
Apache configuration
/etc/httpd/conf.d/zzz_horde_vhost.conf
/etc/psa-webmail/horde/conf.d/
Horde configuration:
/etc/psa-webmail/horde/
Atmail
Log files are located in:
/var/log/atmail/
Configuration files are accessible at:
Apache configuration
/etc/httpd/conf.d/zzz_atmail_vhost.conf
/etc/psa-webmail/atmail/conf.d/
Atmail configuration:
/etc/psa-webmail/atmail/atmail.conf
/var/www/atmail/libs/Atmail/Config.php
psa-logrotate
To start the service through the command line:
/usr/local/psa/bin/sw-engine-pleskrun /usr/local/psa/admin/plib/DailyMaintainance/script.php
Configuration files are accessible at:
/usr/local/psa/etc/logrotate.conf
/usr/local/psa/etc/logrotate.d/
Samba
To start the service through the command line:
/etc/init.d/smb start
To stop the service through the command line:
/etc/init.d/smb stop
To restart the service through the command line:
/etc/init.d/smb restart
Log files are located in:
/var/log/plesk/samba/
Configuration files are accessible at:
/etc/samba/smb.conf
/etc/samba/smb.conf.include
psa-firewall
To start the service through the command line:
/etc/init.d/psa-firewall start
To stop the service through the command line:
/etc/init.d/psa-firewall stop
To restart the service through the command line:
/etc/init.d/psa-firewall restart
Configuration files are accessible at:
/usr/local/psa/var/modules/firewall/firewall-active.sh
/usr/local/psa/var/modules/firewall/firewall-emergency.sh
/usr/local/psa/var/modules/firewall/firewall-new.sh
psa-firewall (IP forwarding)
To start the service through the command line:
/etc/init.d/psa-firewall-forward start
To stop the service through the command line:
/etc/init.d/psa-firewall-forward stop
To restart the service through the command line:
/etc/init.d/psa-firewall-forward restart
Configuration files are accessible at:
/usr/local/psa/var/modules/firewall/ip_forward.active
/usr/local/psa/var/modules/firewall/ip_forward.saved
psa-vpn
To start the service through the command line:
/etc/init.d/smb start
To stop the service through the command line:
/etc/init.d/smb stop
To restart the service through the command line:
/etc/init.d/smb restart
The configuration file is accessible at:
/usr/local/psa/var/modules/vpn/openvpn.conf