Removing Parallels Plesk Panel from Linux Systems

Important: Following this procedure you will completely remove Parallels Plesk Panel and erase all user data.

It is recommended that you have a Parallels Plesk Panel distribution package at hand, because you will need to know the titles of RPM packages that your installation of Parallels Plesk Panel comprises.

To remove Parallels Plesk Panel from a Linux system:

1. Log in to your Parallels Plesk Panel server as user root.
2. To remove packages, run the command: rpm -e <titles of packages separated by white spaces>. Example:

   #rpm -e psa psa-proftpd psa-proftpd-xinetd

   The following is a list of packages included in Parallels Plesk Panel 9 distribution:

   • AdvancedPoll
   • AutoIndex
   • b2evolution
   • bbclone
   • Coppermine
   • courier-imap
   • cs-gs
   • CSLH
   • DocFAQ
   • drweb
   • drweb-qmail
   • gallery
   • gtchat
   • libidn
   • Mambo
   • mod_webapp
   • openbiblio
   • osCommerce
   • Owl
   • perl-Apache-ASP
   • perl-Compress-Zlib
   • perl-Font-AFM
   • perl-FreezeThaw
   • perl-HTML-Format
   • perl-HTML-Tree
   • perl-IO-Ftp
   • perl-IO-Zlib
   • perl-MIME-Lite
   • perl-MLDBM
   • perl-MLDBM-Sync
   • perl-Text-Iconv
   • phpAds
   • phpBB
   • phpBook
   • phpBugTracker
   • phpDig
   • phpMoney
   • phpMyFamily
   • phpsurveyor
   • phpWiki
   • pLog
   • PostNuke
   • PPWSE
   • psa
   • psa-agent
   • psa-api-cli
   • psa-api-common
   • psa-api-rpc
   • psa-api-rpc-doc
   • psa-api-rpc-protocol
   • psa-bu
   • psa-courier-imap-add
   • psa-fileserver
   • psa-firewall
   • psa-hotfix
   • psa-key
   • psa-locale-base-en-US
   • psa-logrotate
   • psa-manual-custom-skin-guide
   • psa-migration-manager
   • psa-pre-keyupdate
   • psa-proftpd
   • psa-proftpd-xinetd
   • psa-qmail
   • psa-qmail-rblsmtpd
   • psa-spamassassin
   • psa-sve
   • psa-tomcat-configurator
   • psa-vpn
   • SSHTerm
   • Tellme
   • TUTOS
   • typo
   • UebiMiau
   • WebCalendar
   • WebShopmanager
   • WordPress
   • xrms
3. Delete all databases and database tables used by Parallels Plesk Panel:

   #mysql -uadmin -p`cat /etc/psa/.psa.shadow`

   drop database psa;

   drop database horde;

4. Find out in which directory virtual hosts reside. To do this, open /etc/psa/psa.conf file and look up the value assigned to the 'HTTPD_VHOSTS_D' variable. Delete this directory by running the following command:

   rm -rf /directory_name/*

5. Erase all data related to mailboxes:

   #rm -rf /var/qmail/mailnames/*

6. Delete other directories used by Parallels Plesk Panel:

   #rm -rf /usr/local/psa/

   #rm -rf /etc/psa

   #rm -rf /var/mailman

   #rm -rf /var/drweb

   #rm -rf /var/lib/webalizer

   #rm -rf /var/tomcat4 (if you had Tomcat 5 installed, run rm -rf /var/tomcat5)

7. Delete all references to DNS zones from the file /var/named/conf/named.conf, remove zone files from /var/named/run-root/var/, and modify the files in the directory /var/qmail/control appropriately.