Appendix A. Advanced Features

In addition to operations available via control panel, Plesk software provides several advanced management capabilities, available to the administrator from the command line. The administrator can:

Monitor the status of vital Plesk services without logging it to control panel
Change the Plesk server's host name
Customize the text shown on Plesk title bar
Change DNS zone serial number format
Use event tracking mechanism to organize data interchange between Plesk and external systems
Change Tomcat connector ports
Restore Plesk mail configuration
Change Tomcat connector ports
Manage various Plesk entities bypassing Plesk GUI

In this chapter:

Monitoring Server Status with Plesk Services Monitor

Changing Your Server's Host Name

Customizing Plesk Title Bar Text

Changing DNS Zone Serial Number Format

Restoring Mail Configuration

Using Event Tracking Mechanism

Changing Tomcat Java Connector Ports

Using Command Line Utilities