Upgrade from the Command Line

To upgrade 8.x, 9.x, and 9.5 versions of Parallels Plesk Panel to the latest version via the command line, follow the instructions given below.

If you wish to include the Customer & Business Manager (C&BM) component during the upgrade, the Panel host name must be resolvable to an IP address. This limitation is caused by the fact that the Panel uses Single Sign-on (SSO) to interact with C&BM, and the SSO service is unable to work with unresolved host names or directly with IP addresses.

Important: Parallels Plesk Sitebuilder 4.5 is not upgraded. Alternatively, the new version of Sitebuilder installs beside the previous one. Hence, you have the opportunity to manage existing sites in Sitebuilder 4.5 and create new sites either in Sitebuilder 5.0 or in 4.5. The upgrade of existing sites to the new format is performed manually.

Important: If you have bundled Parallels Plesk Billing, add the Customer & Business Manager component to the list of components to upgrade.

To update or upgrade your Panel through the command line:

1. Download the Parallels Installer utility that suits your operating system from http://www.parallels.com/products/plesk/download/ and save it on your server's hard drive.
   
2. (Only for Linux) Set the execution permission for Parallels Installer:

   # chmod +x parallels_products_installer_file_name

3. Run the Parallels Installer.

   On a Linux/Unix server:

   # ./parallels_products_installer_file_name

   On a Windows server:

   > parallels_products_installer_file_name --console

4. To confirm upgrade, type 'y' and press ENTER.
   
5. Specify the source of Parallels Plesk Panel distribution package.

   You can choose to upgrade from a local medium, the official Parallels Updates server, or another site. By default, the official server is selected. If you wish to retrieve installation files from a local medium or network storage:

   1. Type 's' and press ENTER.
   2. To choose a local medium, type 1. To choose a network storage device, type 3. Press ENTER.
   3. If you chose a local medium, specify the location of psa.inf configuration file. If you chose a network storage, specify the address. For example, http://example.com, http://192.168.10.10, ftp://192.168.10.10.

      Note:If you are running Windows, it is possible to use local system paths when specifying the source. Network shares cannot be used directly, only if you preliminarily map a network drive to a local drive.

6. If you use a proxy server, specify the following settings:
   1. Proxy host name and port number. To specify them, type 's', type the host name, type the port number, and press ENTER to continue.
   2. User name and password. If this proxy server requires authentication, type 'a', press ENTER, specify username and press ENTER, type password and press ENTER.
   3. When finished with specifying proxy settings, type 'n' and press ENTER to continue.
      
7. Select the product version that you wish to upgrade to: type the number corresponding to the product version you need and press ENTER, then type 'n' and press ENTER to continue.
   
8. Select the components that you wish to install or upgrade.

   Tip: The selected packages are marked with [*] symbols. The packages that are already installed and do not require updating are marked with [=] symbols. The component groups that contain selected components are marked with [.]. To select or deselect a package, type the corresponding number and press ENTER..

9. To continue with the upgrade, type 'n' and press ENTER. When prompted, confirm upgrading: type 'n' and press ENTER again.

The packages will be downloaded and installed.