--init

It is used to initialize a non-configured Plesk server. By using the applicable options, you can set the server's host name, add administrator's personal information. It can be applied to a non-configured Plesk server only.

Requires concomitant use of the following options used to specify administrator's personal information: -name, -passwd, -phone, -fax, -email, -addr, -city, -state, -pcode.

To set the Plesk default IP address to 192.168.12.14, make the address shared, set the network mask to 255.255.0.0, network interface name to eth0, create a default client account My Domains, and specify the Plesk administrator's personal information:

# ./init_conf --init -default-ip 192.168.12.14 -netmask 255.255.0.0 -iface eth0 -ip-type shared -def_client -name <string> -passwd <string> -phone <number> -fax <number> -email <string> -addr <string> -city <string> -state <string> -pcode <string>

For more details on the options, consult the following table.

--update or -u

Updates the Plesk administrator's personal information.

To set or change the Plesk administrator's e-mail to admin@example.com:

# ./init_conf --update -email admin@example.com

or

# ./init_conf. -u -email admin@example.com

--help or -h

Displays help on the use of the utility.

To display help on the use of the init_conf utility:

# ./init_conf --help

or

# ./init_conf -h

Option

Parameter

Description

Example

-company

<string>

Adds the Plesk administrator's Company name.

Required with the --init command.

To set the Plesk administrator's company name to Company, Inc, contact name as Michael Smith, password to adminpass, phone number to 555-5555, fax number to 333-3333, e-mail address to admin@example.com, street address to 45 Trail street, administrator's city to Anytown, state to New York, ZIP code to 77568, and country to Australia:

# ./init_conf --init -company "Company, Inc" -name "Michael Smith" -passwd adminpass -phone 555-5555 -fax 333-3333 -email admin@example.com -addr "45 Trail street" -city "Anytown" -state "New York" -pcode 77568 -country AU

-name

<string>

Specifies the Plesk administrator's Contact name.

Required with the --init command.

-passwd

<password>

Specifies the Plesk administrator's password for access to Plesk control panel.

Required with the --init command.

-phone

<number>

Sets the administrator's phone number (Phone).

Required with the --init command.

-fax

<number>

Sets the administrator's fax number (Fax).

Required with the --init command.

-email

<string>

Sets the administrator's e-mail address (E-mail).

Required with the --init command.

-addr

<string>

Sets the administrator's street address (Address).

Required with the --init command.

-city

<string>

Sets the administrator's city (City).

Required with the --init command.

-state

<string>

Sets the administrator's State/Province.

Required with the --init command.

-pcode

<string>

Sets the administrator's Postal/ZIP code.

Required with the --init command.

-country

<string>

Sets the administrator's Country. The argument of the command must be a valid two-letter country code as described in ISO-3166 (for example, "AU" stands for Australia).

Required with the --init command.

-hostname

<domain name>

Sets the Plesk server's host name.

Used only with the --init command.

To set the server's host name as example.com:

# ./init_conf --init -hostname example.com -name <..> -passwd <..> -phone <..> -fax <..> -email <..> -addr <..> -city <..> -state <..> -pcode <..>

-shared_ips

add:<ip_1>,<ip_2>, ...,<ip_n>

Sets the IP addresses specified by the <ip_n> parameters as shared IP addresses. The IP addresses must be added to the server IP address pool before they can be assigned the shared status.

Used only with the --init command.

To set IP addresses 192.168.123.46 and 192.168.123.47 as shared IP addresses:

# ./init_conf --init -shared_ips add:192.168.123.46,192.168.123.47 -name <..> -passwd <..> -phone <..> -fax <..> -email <..> -addr <..> -city <..> -state <..> -pcode <..>

-send_announce

true|false

Sets the I would like to receive periodic e-mails from SWsoft. announcing new products, discounts and more option.

If set to true, the administrator will receive e-mail notifications on new products and promotions from SWsoft.

To subscribe the Plesk administrator to SWsoft notifications about new products and promotions lists of SWsoft:

# ./init_conf -u -send_announce true

-def_client

Creates the default client account My Domains for the Plesk administrator.

Used only with the --init command.

To create the default client account for the Plesk administrator:

# ./init_conf --init -def_client -name <..> -passwd <..> -phone <..> -fax <..> -email <..> -addr <..> -city <..> -state <..> -pcode <..>

-default-ip

<IP address>

Sets the Default IP Address during initial Plesk configuration. This option is to be used only with the --init command. If this address has not yet been added to the server IP address pool, the option requires the concomitant use of the -netmask, -iface, and -ip-type options.

To set the Plesk default IP address to 192.168.12.14, make the address shared, set the network mask to 255.255.0.0, and network interface name to eth0:

# ./init_conf --init -default-ip 192.168.12.14 -netmask 255.255.0.0 -iface eth0 -ip-type shared -name <..> -passwd <..> -phone <..> -fax <..> -email <..> -addr <..> -city <..> -state <..> -pcode <..>

-netmask

<IP address|nn>

Sets a network mask for the default IP address in Plesk during initial Plesk configuration.

Used only with the --init command.

-iface

<dev>

Sets a name for the network interface for the default IP address during initial Plesk configuration.

Used only with the --init command.

-ip-type

shared|exclusive

Sets the type of the default IP address during initial Plesk configuration.

Used only with the --init command.