Plesk 8.0 unveiled

[eWebtricity]

SWsoft Previews Plesk 8.0 for Linux/Unix Control Panel with Custom Desktop

Most Significant Upgrade in Two Years with New Customizable Templates, Domain Aliases, Backup Utility Module and More Available at the End of March 2006

Herndon, VA - March 13, 2006 - Today, SWsoft (www.swsoft.com (http://www.swsoft.com/)), an established leader in server automation and virtualization software, previewed Plesk 8.0 for Linux/Unix control panel. With more than 40 new features, Plesk 8.0 represents a major upgrade for hosting providers, resellers and end users. General availability is expected by the end of March 2006.

Plesk 8.0 for Linux/Unix delivers an important new custom desktop capability to give administrators and end users significantly more control and convenience. Additional feature highlights include customizable interface templates, domain aliases, improved Virtuozzo integration, updated backup utility, integrated Acronis True Image module, enhanced system monitoring and a more efficient auto installer.

"We are very excited to announce Plesk 8.0 for Linux/UNIX as a major milestone in our company's roadmap," said Kurt Daniel, vice president of marketing and alliances, SWsoft. "Plesk 8.0 raises the standard for hosting automation with important new capabilities which come together to deliver maximum usability, integration and availability. With the new Desktop feature, control panel users can for the first time quickly and easily create a personalized, task-oriented dashboard for functions they care about most."

"Plesk already had an easy-to-use interface, but with the new Desktop feature we're able to offer another level of satisfaction for our users; they can now use custom interface templates to view what's important to them," said Joe McMillen, CEO, Cari.net (www.Cari.net (http://www.cari.net/)). "Plesk 8.0 also goes one step further by offering unique backup tools and an improved autoinstaller that will help make our installation and upgrades faster and easier in our datacenter."

[nullensc]

That might explain the lack of new updates to 7.5.4 recently - I check about once a month and there are usually 3-4 updates to be had, but not when I checked earlier on today.

[C-4 Hosting]

Not sure if everyone else got this but I figured I'd post it...


PLESK FOR LINUX/UNIX TECHNICAL UPDATE

ACTION REQUIRED

A new hotfix for Plesk 7.5.4 for Linux/Unix is available for download:
http://www.swsoft.com/en/download/plesk/patches/ You can also obtain this hotfix using the Autoupdate feature in your Plesk interface.

This hotfix contains AutoInstaller 3.0 which is required to successfully upgrade to Plesk 8.0 for Linux/Unix. The release of Plesk 8.0 will occur by the end of March.

Make sure you have an active SUS to upgrade to Plesk 8.0 for Linux/Unix FREE.

For a complete list of bugfixes, please review the release notes.

[aftdesign]

SWsoft Announces the Availability of Plesk 8.0 for Linux/Unix!

SWsoft is excited to announce the general availability of Plesk 8.0 for Linux/Unix (http://cl.exct.net/?ffcb10-fe5911787264057a771c-fdf6167576640c7a75157872-feff1674776503)which marks a major milestone in the development of the software. The new Plesk Desktop feature is a significant enhancement to the user interface that is designed to be task oriented and fully customizable. This new feature makes the software more accessible for beginners and advanced users alike.
As the next step in SWsoft's OPEN FUSION (http://cl.exct.net/?ffcb10-fe5811787264057a771d-fdf6167576640c7a75157872-feff1674776503)strategy, Plesk 8.0 and Virtuozzo (http://cl.exct.net/?ffcb10-fe6011787264057a7614-fdf6167576640c7a75157872-feff1674776503)are integrated to provide Plesk users with an even more comprehensive solution. Plus, the new "smart" Autoinstaller V3 makes the installation and upgrade of thousands of servers fast, easy and efficient.
To download Plesk 8.0 for Linux/Unix, click here (http://cl.exct.net/?ffcb10-fe5f11787264057a7615-fdf6167576640c7a75157872-feff1674776503).

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Major New Features Include:
Plesk Desktop - Now administrators and clients have quick access to major management functions and they have immediate access to mission critical information and statistics.
Customizable Interface Templates - In this new release, administrators can customize templates that can be assigned to individual users.
Improved Virtuozzo Integration - Now, Virtuozzo and Plesk are further integrated which allows hosting providers to manage more customers more efficiently.
Domain Aliases - This new feature lets domain administrators set up alternative domain names which act as nicknames for websites and e-mail addresses.
Watchdog 2 - A new version of the software's system monitoring module which monitors diskspace, checks for security problems (Trojans), shows CPU/memory usage statistics and much more.
Acronis True Image Module - Plesk now comes with a new Acronis True Image Server (ATIS) module.
New Back Up Utility - The improved domain/restore utilities let administrators backup/restore client accounts and select which client's domains and information to backup/restore.
Autoinstaller V3 - This improved feature lets administrators deploy and upgrade multiple servers in an efficient, cost effective manner.
More New Features:
Qmail Queue Management Interface
Remote Database Management (Centralized Database)
SPF Support for Qmail (Anti-spam Solution)
MacOS X Support
Faster Support for New OSes
Enhanced Support with Table of Contents and References
Welcome Screen
PhpMyAdmin for Admin's Databases For a detailed list of new features, please click here (http://cl.exct.net/?ffcb10-fe5911787264057a771c-fdf6167576640c7a75157872-feff1674776503).

[dan.plifeye]

I notice that Plesk 8.0.0 is in the Updater panel now.
So who's gonna be the first to upgrade to 8.0.0 ? :)

[nullensc]

I'll have a go later on this evening - I was about to do it now when I remembered I have 50+ email users and it's still business hours...b....y clients getting in the way as usual :rolleyes:

[C-4 Hosting]

Plesk Desktop - Now administrators and clients have quick access to major management functions and they have immediate access to mission critical information and statistics.

Can someone explain this a little better... Is there actually a desktop application now that you can do administrative functions without having to use a web browser?

[Highland]

A few things I've found from poking around the SW Soft Plesk 8 boards...

1. Just because the updater shows P8 as an option doesn't mean that we have the proper licensing to get it. EV1 (another host similar to 1and1 but with their own support forums) hasn't upgraded their user keys to P8 yet and I doubt 1and1 has either.
http://forum.swsoft.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=32154

2. P8 breaks Horde webmail because it turns safe mode on globally for PHP. I'd be strung up by people in my office if Webmail went away. You'll need to turn it off via vhost.conf for each domain.

3. You will probably have to rebuild all your vhost.conf files since P8 seem to break them.

4. You will need to uninstall SpamAssassin completely before trying to upgrade ($#%@)

5. You MUST have MySQL 4.0 or later to run Plesk 8. ART has put out 4.1.18 just in time.

6. Plesk 8 no longer has FTP backup. That'll really screw my backups up since I use the 1and1 FTP backup server. No word from SW Soft on why it's gone.

[C-4 Hosting]

WOW!!!!!!!!!

They are some MAJOR issues! Almost doesn't seem worth upgrading at this moment... Atleast until some of those issues are cleared up!

[nullensc]

Not major, show-stopping issues rather. I think I'll put my update on hold for a year or so....:rolleyes:

Thanks for sharing that info Highland

[Highland]

Update: someone has indeed verified that 1and1 licenses DO support P8
http://forum.swsoft.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=32179

[Forza]

where exactly can i find the vhost.conf file?

[C-4 Hosting]

I forget exactly where vhost.conf is located... But if you do a


locate <filename>

e.g. locate vhost.conf

It will give you a list of where every file named that is stored on the server

Hope that helps :)

[Highland]

vhost.conf will be inside your conf directory under each domain (if it exists). Unless you've created one there won't be one.

[sholzy]

I upgraded to 8 about a week ago and so far have found no problems. This has been the only upgrade that I've had no problems. Buyer beware though... :rolleyes:

[eWebtricity]

As of right now the upgrade is probably the best way to go, the current 1and1 FC4 with Plesk 8 has some major issues.