Parallels Plesk Panel for Linux services logs and configuration files
#tail -f /usr/local/psa/var/log/maillog
#tail -f /var/log/messages
Main services
Control Panel
Error log: /var/log/sw-cp-server/error_log
Access log: /usr/local/psa/admin/logs/httpsd_access_log
Panel log: /usr/local/psa/admin/logs/panel.log
service control:
Stop:
/etc/init.d/psa stop
Start:
/etc/init.d/psa start
Restart:
/etc/init.d/psa restart
config files:
php: /usr/local/psa/admin/conf/php.ini
www: /etc/sw-cp-server/applications.d/plesk.conf
features: /usr/local/psa/admin/conf/site_isolation_settings.ini
Sitebuilder
Log: /usr/local/psa/admin/logs/sitebuilder.log
Install / Upgrade logs: /usr/local/sb/tmp/
service control:
No service control (working via sw-cp-server service).
config files:
/usr/local/sb/config
/etc/sw-cp-server/applications.d/plesk.conf
/usr/local/psa/admin/conf/php.ini
Billing
Error Log: /var/log/sw-cp-server/error_log
Access log: /usr/local/psa/admin/logs/httpsd_access_log
service control:
No service control (working via sw-cp-server service).
config files:
/usr/local/psa/admin/conf/php.ini
/etc/sw-cp-server/applications.d/plesk.conf
/opt/plesk-billing/htdocs/lib-billing/include/config/config.php
SSO
Error Log: /var/log/sw-cp-server/error_log
SSO log: /var/log/sso/sso.log
service control:
No service control (working via sw-cp-server service).
Utility to configure SSO & Panel integration:
/usr/local/psa/bin/sso
config files:
/etc/sw-cp-server/applications.d/00-sso-cpserver.conf
/etc/sso/sso_config.ini
phpMyAdmin
Error log: /var/log/sw-cp-server/error_log
service control:
No service control (working via sw-cp-server service).
config files:
/usr/local/psa/admin/htdocs/domains/databases/phpMyAdmin/libraries/config.default.php
phpPGAdmin
Error log: /var/log/sw-cp-server/error_log
service control:
No service control (working via sw-cp-server service).
config files:
/usr/local/psa/admin/htdocs/domains/databases/phpPgAdmin/conf/config.inc.php/p>
Courier-IMAP
Access and Error log: /usr/local/psa/var/log/maillog
service control:
Stop:
/etc/init.d/courier-imap stop
Start:
/etc/init.d/courier-imap start
Restart:
/etc/init.d/courier-imap restart
config files:
/etc/courier-imap/imapd
/etc/courier-imap/imapd-ssl
/etc/courier-imap/pop3d
/etc/courier-imap/pop3d-ssl
SMTP server (QMail)
Access and Error log: /usr/local/psa/var/log/maillog
service control:
Stop:
/etc/init.d/qmail stop
Start:
/etc/init.d/qmail start
Restart:
/etc/init.d/qmail restart
config files:
/etc/xinetd.d/smtp_psa
/etc/xinetd.d/smtps_psa
/etc/xinetd.d/submission_psa
/etc/inetd.conf (Debians)
/var/qmail/control/
Named (BIND, DNS)
Access and Error log: /var/log/messages
service control:
Stop:
/etc/init.d/named stop
Start:
/etc/init.d/named start
Restart:
/etc/init.d/named restart
config files:
/etc/named.conf
Tomcat
Access and Error logs: /var/log/tomcat5/
service control:
Stop:
/etc/init.d/tomcat5 stop
Start:
/etc/init.d/tomcat5
Restart:
/etc/init.d/tomcat5
config files:
/usr/share/tomcat5/conf/
MySQL
Access and Error log: /var/log/mysqld.log
service control:
Stop:
/etc/init.d/mysqld stop
Start:
/etc/init.d/mysqld start
Restart:
/etc/init.d/mysqld restart
config files:
/etc/my.cnf
Postgresql
Startup log: /var/lib/pgsql/pgstartup.log
service control:
Stop:
/etc/init.d/postgresql stop
Start:
/etc/init.d/postgresql start
Restart:
/etc/init.d/postgresql restart
config files:
/var/lib/pgsql/data/postgresql.conf
Plesk SpamAssassin
Access and Error log: /usr/local/psa/var/log/maillog
service control:
Stop:
/etc/init.d/psa-spamassassin stop
Start:
/etc/init.d/psa-spamassassin start
Restart:
/etc/init.d/psa-spamassassin restart
config files:
/etc/mail/spamassassin/
/etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf
/var/qmail/mailnames/%d/%l/.spamassassin
Drweb antivirus
Access and Error log: /usr/local/psa/var/log/maillog
service control:
Stop:
/etc/init.d/drwebd stop
Start:
/etc/init.d/drwebd start
Restart:
/etc/init.d/drwebd restart
config files:
/etc/drweb/
FTP(proftpd)
Access and Error log: /usr/local/psa/var/log/xferlog
service control:
No service control (working via xinetd service).
config files:
/etc/xinetd.d/ftp_psa
/etc/proftpd.conf
/etc/proftpd.include
Kaspersky antivirus
Log: /usr/local/psa/var/log/maillog
Before 10.2:
/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
service control:
Since 10.2:
Stop:
/etc/init.d/kavehost stop
Start:
/etc/init.d/kavehost start
Restart:
/etc/init.d/kavehost restart
Before 10.2:
Stop:
/etc/init.d/aveserver stop
Start:
/etc/init.d/aveserver start
Restart:
/etc/init.d/aveserver restart
config files:
Before 10.2:
/etc/kav/5.5/kav4mailservers/
Since 10.2:
/opt/kav/sdk8l3/etc/kav-handler.cfg
/etc/kavehost.xml
SMTP server (Postfix)
Access and Error log: /usr/local/psa/var/log/maillog
service control:
Stop:
/etc/init.d/postfix stop
Start:
/etc/init.d/postfix start
Restart:
/etc/init.d/postfix restart
config files:
/etc/postfix/
xinetd
Access and Error log: /var/log/messages
service control:
Stop:
/etc/init.d/xinetd stop
Start:
/etc/init.d/xinetd start
Restart:
/etc/init.d/xinetd restart
config files:
/etc/xinetd.conf
Watchdog (monit)
Log files: /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
config files:
/usr/local/psa/etc/modules/watchdog/monitrc
/usr/local/psa/etc/modules/watchdog/wdcollect.inc.php
Watchdog (rkhunter)
Log: /var/log/rkhunter.log
service control:
Start:
/usr/local/psa/admin/bin/modules/watchdog/rkhunter
config files:
/usr/local/psa/etc/modules/watchdog/rkhunter.conf
Mailman (Maillist service)
Log files: /var/log/mailman/
service control:
Stop:
/etc/init.d/mailman stop
Start:
/etc/init.d/mailman start
Restart:
/etc/init.d/mailman restart
config files:
/etc/httpd/conf.d/mailman.conf
/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/mm_cfg.py
/etc/mailman/sitelist.cfg
AWstats
service control:
Start:
/usr/local/psa/bin/sw-engine-pleskrun /usr/local/psa/admin/plib/DailyMaintainance/script.php
config files:
/usr/local/psa/etc/awstats/
Webalizer
service control:
Start:
/usr/local/psa/bin/sw-engine-pleskrun /usr/local/psa/admin/plib/DailyMaintainance/script.php
config files:
/var/www/vhosts/%d/conf/webalizer.conf
Plesk Backup Manager
Backup logs: /usr/local/psa/PMM/sessions/<session>/psadump.log
/usr/local/psa/PMM/sessions/<session>/migration.log
/usr/local/psa/PMM/logs/migration.log
/usr/local/psa/PMM/logs/pmmcli.log
Restore logs: /usr/local/psa/PMM/rsessions/<session>/conflicts.log
/usr/local/psa/PMM/rsessions/<session>/migration.log
/usr/local/psa/PMM/logs/migration.log
/usr/local/psa/PMM/logs/pmmcli.log
Log level
You may need to enable debug logging as per this article:
113956 How to enable debug mode for Parallels Plesk Panel backup operations
service control:
Functionality is controlled by the Plesk Control Panel service.
config files:
/etc/psa/psa.conf
Plesk Migration Manager
Migration logs: /usr/local/psa/PMM/msessions/<session>/migration.log
/usr/local/psa/PMM/rsessions/<session>/migration.log
/usr/local/psa/PMM/rsessions/<session>/conflicts.log
/usr/local/psa/PMM/logs/migration.log
/usr/local/psa/PMM/logs/pmmcli.log
/usr/local/psa/PMM/logs/migration_handler.log
service control:
Functionality is controlled by the Plesk Control Panel service.
Horde
Log: /var/log/psa-horde/psa-horde.log
service control:
Functionality is controlled by the Plesk Control Panel service.
config files:
apache configs: /etc/httpd/conf.d/zzz_horde_vhost.conf
/etc/psa-webmail/horde/conf.d/
horde configs: /etc/psa-webmail/horde/
Atmail
Logs: /var/log/atmail/
service control:
Functionality is controlled by the Plesk Control Panel service.
config files:
apache configs: /etc/httpd/conf.d/zzz_atmail_vhost.conf
/etc/psa-webmail/atmail/conf.d/
Atmail configs: /etc/psa-webmail/atmail/atmail.conf
/var/www/atmail/libs/Atmail/Config.php
psa-logrotate
No logs
service control:
Start:
/usr/local/psa/bin/sw-engine-pleskrun /usr/local/psa/admin/plib/DailyMaintainance/script.php
config files:
/usr/local/psa/etc/logrotate.conf
/usr/local/psa/etc/logrotate.d/
Samba
Logs: /var/log/samba/
service control:
Stop:
/etc/init.d/smb stop
Start:
/etc/init.d/smb start
Restart:
/etc/init.d/smb restart
config files:
/etc/samba/smb.conf
/etc/samba/smb.conf.include
psa-firewall
service control:
Stop:
/etc/init.d/psa-firewall stop
Start:
/etc/init.d/psa-firewall start
Restart:
/etc/init.d/psa-firewall restart
config files:
/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)
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
config files:
/usr/local/psa/var/modules/firewall/ip_forward.active
/usr/local/psa/var/modules/firewall/ip_forward.saved
psa-vpn
service control:
Stop:
/etc/init.d/smb stop
Start:
/etc/init.d/smb start
Restart:
/etc/init.d/smb restart
config files:
/usr/local/psa/var/modules/vpn/openvpn.conf
Health Monitor
Logs: /usr/local/psa/admin/logs/health-alarm.log
service control:
Stop:
/etc/init.d/sw-collectd stop
Start:
/etc/init.d/sw-collectd start
Restart:
/etc/init.d/sw-collectd restart
config files:
/usr/local/psa/admin/conf/health-config.xml
/usr/local/psa/var/custom-health-config.xml
/etc/sw-collectd/collectd.conf
Parallels Panel Health Monitor Notification Daemon
Logs: /usr/local/psa/admin/logs/health-alarm.log
service control:
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
config files:
/usr/local/psa/admin/conf/health-config.xml
/usr/local/psa/var/custom-health-config.xml
Web server (Apache)
Access and Error logs: /var/log/httpd/
Plesk domains logs: /var/www/vhosts/%d/statistics/logs/
service control:
Stop:
/etc/init.d/httpd stop
Start:
/etc/init.d/httpd start
Restart:
/etc/init.d/httpd restart
config files:
/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
/etc/httpd/conf.d/
/usr/local/psa/admin/conf/ip_vhosts_bootstrap.conf
/usr/local/psa/admin/conf/vhosts_bootstrap.conf
/usr/local/psa/admin/conf/webmail_atmail_bootstrap.conf
/usr/local/psa/admin/conf/webmail_atmailcom_bootstrap.conf
/usr/local/psa/admin/conf/webmail_horde_bootstrap.conf
Generated config files:
/usr/local/psa/admin/conf/generated/<version>_server.include
/var/www/vhosts//conf/<version>_httpd.include
/usr/local/psa/admin/conf/generated/<version>_horde.include
/usr/local/psa/admin/conf/generated/<version>_atmail.include
/usr/local/psa/admin/conf/generated/<version>_atmailcom.include
/usr/local/psa/admin/conf/generated/<version>_<domain_name>_webmail.include
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