Plesk Logs Linux – GEEKDECODER

Services

Control Panel

Logs

Error log:

/var/log/sw-cp-server/error_log

and

/var/log/sw-cp-server/sw-engine.log

Access log:

/usr/local/psa/admin/logs/httpsd_access_log

Panel log:
```
/usr/local/psa/admin/logs/panel.log
```

Services

Stop:
```
/etc/init.d/psa stop
```
Start:
```
/etc/init.d/psa start
```
Restart:
```
/etc/init.d/psa restart
```

Configuration

PHP config:
```
/usr/local/psa/admin/conf/php.ini
```
Panel config:
```
/usr/local/psa/admin/conf/panel.ini
```
Web server config:
```
/etc/sw-cp-server/conf.d/plesk.conf
```

Web Presence Builder

Logs

Error log:

/usr/local/psa/admin/logs/sitebuilder.log

Install/upgrade logs:
```
/usr/local/sb/tmp/
```

No service control (working via sw-cp-server service)

Configuration

```
/usr/local/sb/config
```
```
/etc/sw-cp-server/conf.d/plesk.conf
```
```
/usr/local/psa/admin/conf/php.ini
```

SSO

Logs

Error log:
```
/var/log/sw-cp-server/error_log
```
SSO log:
```
/var/log/sso/sso.log
```

Services
- No service control (works via sw-cp-server service)
- Manage settings:
```
/usr/local/psa/bin/sso
```

Configuration

```
/etc/sso/sso_config.ini
```
```
/etc/sw-cp-server/conf.d/sso.inc
```

Backup Manager

Logs

Backup logs:

/usr/local/psa/PMM/logs/backup-&lt;datetime&gt;

Restore log:

/usr/local/psa/PMM/logs/restore-&lt;datetime&gt;

Functionality is controlled by the Plesk control panel service
Configuration
- ```
/etc/psa/psa.conf
```

Migration Manager

Logs

/usr/local/psa/PMM/logs/migration-&lt;datetime&gt;

Functionality is controlled by the Plesk control panel service.

Health Monitor manager

Logs

/usr/local/psa/admin/logs/health-alarm.log

Services

Stop:
```
/etc/init.d/sw-collectd stop
```
Start:
```
/etc/init.d/sw-collectd start
```
Restart:
```
/etc/init.d/sw-collectd restart
```

Configuration

/usr/local/psa/admin/conf/health-config.xml

/usr/local/psa/var/custom-health-config.xml

```
/etc/sw-collectd/collectd.conf
```

Health Monitor Notification Daemon

Logs

/usr/local/psa/admin/logs/health-alarm.log

Services

Stop:

/etc/init.d/psa-health-monitor-notificationd stop

Start:

/etc/init.d/psa-health-monitor-notificationd start

Restart:

/etc/init.d/psa-health-monitor-notificationd restart

Configuration

/usr/local/psa/admin/conf/health-config.xml

/usr/local/psa/var/custom-health-config.xml

MySQL

Logs
- ```
/var/log/mysqld.log
```

Services

Stop:
```
/etc/init.d/mysqld stop
```
Start:
```
/etc/init.d/mysqld start
```
Restart:
```
/etc/init.d/mysqld restart
```

Configuration
- ```
/etc/my.cnf
```
- ```
/etc/mysql/my.cnf
```
  (Debian/Ubuntu)

PostgreSQL

Logs
- ```
/var/lib/pgsql/pgstartup.log
```

Services

Stop:
```
/etc/init.d/postgresql stop
```
Start:
```
/etc/init.d/postgresql start
```
Restart:
```
/etc/init.d/postgresql restart
```

Configuration
- ```
/var/lib/pgsql/data/postgresql.conf
```

Apache

Logs

Global Access and Error logs:
```
/var/log/httpd/
```
Domain logs:
```
/var/www/vhosts/&lt;domain&gt;/logs
```

Services

Stop:
```
/etc/init.d/httpd stop
```
Start:
```
/etc/init.d/httpd start
```
Restart:
```
/etc/init.d/httpd restart
```

Configuration
- ```
/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
```
- ```
/etc/httpd/conf.d/zz010_psa_httpd.conf
```
  (includes generated configuration files with the rest of vhosts’ and server configuration)
NOTE: On SuSE, Debian, and Ubuntu, the service is called “apache2”. The path to its logs is
```
/var/log/apache2
```
and the path to configs is
```
/etc/apache2
```
.

NGINX

Logs

Error log:
```
/var/log/nginx/error.log
```
Access log:
```
/var/log/nginx/access.log
```

Domain logs:

/var/www/vhosts/&lt;domain&gt;/logs/proxy_access*_log

Services
- Stop:
```
/etc/init.d/nginx stop
```
- Start:
```
/etc/init.d/nginx start
```
- Restart:
```
/etc/init.d/nginx restart
```
- NOTE: To disable nginx, go to “Tools & Settings > Services Management” and stop nginx from there.
Configuration
- ```
/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
```
- ```
/etc/nginx/conf.d/zz010_psa_nginx.conf
```
  (includes generated configuration files with the rest of the vhosts’ and server configuration)

Tomcat

Logs
- ```
/var/log/tomcat5/*
```

Services

Stop:
```
/etc/init.d/tomcat5 stop
```
Start:
```
/etc/init.d/tomcat5 start
```
Restart:
```
/etc/init.d/tomcat5 restart
```

Configuration
- ```
/etc/tomcat5/server.xml
```

FTP

Logs

```
/usr/local/psa/var/log/xferlog
```
```
/var/log/secure
```

No service control (works via xinetd service)

Configuration

```
/etc/xinetd.d/ftp_psa
```
```
/etc/proftpd.conf
```
```
/etc/proftpd.include
```

Xinetd

Logs
- ```
/var/log/messages
```

Services

Stop:
```
/etc/init.d/xinetd stop
```
Start:
```
/etc/init.d/xinetd start
```
Restart:
```
/etc/init.d/xinetd restart
```

Configuration
- ```
/etc/xinetd.conf
```
- ```
/etc/xinetd.d/*
```
  (files with “.” in the name are ignored)

BIND

Logs
- ```
/var/log/messages
```

Services

Stop:
```
/etc/init.d/named stop
```
Start:
```
/etc/init.d/named start
```
Restart:
```
/etc/init.d/named restart
```

Configuration
- ```
/etc/named.conf
```
NOTE: In Debian/Ubuntu, the service is called “bind9.”

Courier-IMAP

Logs
- ```
/usr/local/psa/var/log/maillog
```

Services

Stop:
```
/etc/init.d/courier-imap stop
```
Start:
```
/etc/init.d/courier-imap start
```
Restart:
```
/etc/init.d/courier-imap restart
```

Configuration

```
/etc/courier-imap/imapd
```
```
/etc/courier-imap/imapd-ssl
```
```
/etc/courier-imap/pop3d
```
```
/etc/courier-imap/pop3d-ssl
```

Postfix

Logs
- ```
/usr/local/psa/var/log/maillog
```

Services

Stop:
```
/etc/init.d/postfix stop
```
Start:
```
/etc/init.d/postfix start
```
Restart:
```
/etc/init.d/postfix restart
```

Configuration

```
/etc/postfix/master.cf
```
```
/etc/postfix/main.cf
```

Qmail

Logs
- ```
/usr/local/psa/var/log/maillog
```

Services

Stop:
```
/etc/init.d/qmail stop
```
Start:
```
/etc/init.d/qmail start
```
Restart:
```
/etc/init.d/qmail restart
```

Configuration

Control files in
```
/var/qmail/control/
```
```
/etc/xinetd.d/smtp_psa
```
```
/etc/xinetd.d/smtps_psa
```
```
/etc/xinetd.d/submission_psa
```

Horde

Logs
- Error log:
```
/var/log/psa-horde/psa-horde.log
```
No service control (works via Apache web-server)

Configuration

```
/etc/psa-webmail/horde/horde.conf
```
```
/etc/psa-webmail/horde/horde/conf.php
```

Roundcube

Logs
- Error log:
```
/var/log/plesk-roundcube/errors
```
No service control (works via Apache web-server)
Configuration
- ```
/etc/psa-webmail/roundcube/*
```

Mailman

Logs
- ```
/var/log/mailman/*
```

Services

Stop:
```
/etc/init.d/mailman stop
```
Start:
```
/etc/init.d/mailman start
```
Restart:
```
/etc/init.d/mailman restart
```

Configuration

```
/etc/httpd/conf.d/mailman.conf
```
```
/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/mm_cfg.py
```
```
/etc/mailman/sitelist.cfg
```

SpamAssassin

Logs
- ```
/usr/local/psa/var/log/maillog
```

Services

Stop:
```
/etc/init.d/spamassassin stop
```
Start:
```
/etc/init.d/spamassassin start
```
Restart:
```
/etc/init.d/spamassassin restart
```

Configuration

```
/etc/spamassassin/local.cf
```

/var/qmail/mailnames/&lt;domain&gt;/&lt;mailbox&gt;/.spamassassin/user_prefs

Parallels Premium Antivirus

Logs:

```
/usr/local/psa/var/log/maillog
```
```
/var/drweb/log/*
```

Service control:

Stop:
```
/etc/init.d/drwebd stop
```
Start:
```
/etc/init.d/drwebd start
```
Restart:
```
/etc/init.d/drwebd restart
```

Configuration:
- ```
/etc/drweb/*
```

Kaspersky Antivirus

Logs:
- ```
/usr/local/psa/var/log/maillog
```

Service control:

Stop:
```
/etc/init.d/kavehost stop
```
Start:
```
/etc/init.d/kavehost start
```
Restart:
```
/etc/init.d/kavehost restart
```

Configuration:

```
/opt/kav/sdk8l3/etc/kav-handler.cfg
```
```
/etc/kavehost.xml
```

phpMyAdmin

Logs:
- Error log:
```
/var/log/sw-cp-server/error_log
```
No service control (working via sw-cp-server service).

Configuration:

/usr/local/psa/admin/htdocs/domains/databases/phpMyAdmin/libraries/config.default.php

phpPgAdmin

Logs
- Error log:
```
/var/log/sw-cp-server/error_log
```
No service control (working via sw-cp-server service).

Configuration:

/usr/local/psa/admin/htdocs/domains/databases/phpPgAdmin/conf/config.inc.php

Logrotate

No service control. Executed by the daily maintenance task:
```
/etc/cron.daily/50plesk-daily
```

Configuration

```
/usr/local/psa/etc/logrotate.conf
```
```
/usr/local/psa/etc/logrotate.d/*
```

Webalizer

No service control. Executed by the daily maintenance task:
```
/etc/cron.daily/50plesk-daily
```

Configuration

/srv/www/vhosts/system/&lt;domain&gt;/conf/webalizer.conf

AWstats

No service control. Executed by the daily maintenance task:
```
/etc/cron.daily/50plesk-daily
```

Configuration

/usr/local/psa/etc/awstats/awstats.&lt;domain&gt;-*.conf

Watchdog (monit)

Logs:

/usr/local/psa/var/modules/watchdog/log/wdcollect.log

/usr/local/psa/var/modules/watchdog/log/monit.log

Service control:

Stop:

/usr/local/psa/admin/bin/modules/watchdog/wd --stop

Start:

/usr/local/psa/admin/bin/modules/watchdog/wd --start

Restart:

/usr/local/psa/admin/bin/modules/watchdog/wd --restart

Configuration:

/usr/local/psa/etc/modules/watchdog/monitrc

/usr/local/psa/etc/modules/watchdog/wdcollect.inc.php

Watchdog (rkhunter)

Logs:
- ```
/var/log/rkhunter.log
```

Service control:

Start:

/usr/local/psa/admin/bin/modules/watchdog/rkhunter

Configration:

/usr/local/psa/etc/modules/watchdog/rkhunter.conf

Plesk Firewall

Service control:

Stop:
```
/etc/init.d/psa-firewall stop
```
Start:
```
/etc/init.d/psa-firewall start
```
Restart:
```
/etc/init.d/psa-firewall restart
```

Configuration:

/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

Plesk Firewall (IP forwarding)

Service control:

Stop:
```
/etc/init.d/psa-firewall-forward stop
```
Start:
```
/etc/init.d/psa-firewall-forward start
```

Restart:

/etc/init.d/psa-firewall-forward restart

Configuration:

/usr/local/psa/var/modules/firewall/ip_forward.active

/usr/local/psa/var/modules/firewall/ip_forward.saved

IP Address Banning (Fail2Ban)

Service control:

Stop:
```
/etc/init.d/fail2ban stop
```
Start:
```
/etc/init.d/fail2ban start
```
Restart:
```
/etc/init.d/fail2ban restart
```

Configuration: A set of IPTables rules. By default:-

```
iptables -N fail2ban-plesk-login
```

iptables -A fail2ban-plesk-login -j RETURN

iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m multiport --dports 8880,8443 -j fail2ban-plesk-login

Services

Control Panel

Web Presence Builder

SSO

Backup Manager

Migration Manager

Health Monitor manager

Health Monitor Notification Daemon

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Apache

NGINX

Tomcat

FTP

Xinetd

BIND

Courier-IMAP

Postfix

Qmail

Horde

Roundcube

Mailman

SpamAssassin

Parallels Premium Antivirus

Kaspersky Antivirus

phpMyAdmin

phpPgAdmin

Logrotate

Webalizer

AWstats

Watchdog (monit)

Watchdog (rkhunter)

Plesk Firewall

Plesk Firewall (IP forwarding)

IP Address Banning (Fail2Ban)

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