Server Initial Configuration And Administrator's Personal Info: init

Server Initial Configuration And Administrator's Personal Info: init_conf.exe

The init_conf.exe utility serves to perform the initial configuration of Parallels Plesk Panel, and to change personal information of Parallels Plesk Panel Administrator. The utility provides the following:

setting up host name
defining shared IP addresses
specifying Parallels Plesk Panel administrator's personal information
creating a client account for the administrator

Location

%plesk_cli%

Usage

init_conf.exe <command> [

<option 1> [<param 1>,…,<param n>]

[<option 2> [<param 1>,…,<param n>]]

… [<option N> [<param 1>,…,<param n>]]

Example

The following command sets IP address 192.0.2.0 as shared, sets the host name to host.example.com and sets the administrator's name to Administrator and the administrator's password to MyPass.

>init_conf.exe --init -shared_ips add:192.0.2.0 -hostname host.example.com -name Administrator -passwd MyPass

Commands

Command	Description	Example
`--init`	Initializes Parallels Plesk Panel Server Administrator. Can be applied to the non-configured Parallels Plesk Panel Server Administrator only.	See Example above.
`--update` or `-u`	Changes the administrator's contact info.	To set the administrator's email address to admin@example.com: >init_conf.exe --update -email admin@example.com
`--check-configured` or `-c`	Checks whether Parallels Plesk Panel is configured. Returns 0 on success, 1 otherwise.	To check if Parallels Plesk Panel is configured: >init_conf.exe --check-configured or >init_conf.exe -c
`--help` or `-h`	Displays help on the utility use.	>init_conf.exe -h

Options

Option	Parameter	Description	Example
`-shared_ips`	`add:<ip_1>,<ip_2>,…,<ip_n>`	Sets the IP addresses specified by the parameters as shared. Used with `--init` only.	To set 192.0.2.0 as shared IP address: >init_conf.exe --init -shared_ips add:192.0.2.0
`-hostname`	`<FQDN>`	Sets the full host name of the server. Used with `--init` only.	To set the host name to host.example.com: >init_conf.exe --init -hostname host.example.com
`-company`	`<string>`	Defines the Parallels Plesk Panel administrator's company name.	To set the Parallels Plesk Panel administrator's company to MegaCompany: >init_conf.exe --update -company "MegaCompany"
`-name`	`<string>`	Specifies the Parallels Plesk Panel administrator's contact name.	To set the Parallels Plesk Panel administrator's contact name to John Doe: >init_conf.exe --init -name "John Doe"
`-passwd`	`<password>`	Specifies Parallels Plesk Panel administrator's password.	To set the Parallels Plesk Panel administrator's password to sample: >init_conf.exe --init -passwd sample
`-phone`	`<number>`	Specifies the administrator's phone number.	To set the Parallels Plesk Panel administrator's phone number to 3453456: >init_conf.exe --update -phone 3453456
`-fax`	`<number>`	Specifies the administrator's fax number.	To set the Parallels Plesk Panel administrator's fax to 423-3333: >init_conf.exe --update -fax 423-3333
`-email`	`<string>`	Specifies the administrator's email address.	To set the Parallels Plesk Panel administrator's email address to Admin@example.com: >init_conf.exe --update -email Admin@example.com
`-addr`	`<string>`	Specifies the administrator's street address.	To set the Parallels Plesk Panel administrator's street address to 181 Main Street: >init_conf.exe --update -addr "Main Street 181"
`-city`	`<string>`	Specifies the city of the administrator's address.	To set the Parallels Plesk Panel administrator's city to New York: >init_conf.exe --update -city "New York"
`-state`	`<string>`	Specifies the state/province of the administrator's address.	To set the Parallels Plesk Panel administrator's state to NY: >init_conf.exe --update -state NY
`-zip`	`<string>`	Specifies the Plesk administrator's postal/zip code. Required with the `--init`.	To set the Parallels Plesk Panel administrator's zip code to 10292: >init_conf.exe -u -zip 10292
`-send_announce`	`true\|false`	Subscribes/Unsubscribes Parallels Plesk Panel administrator to the Parallels mailing list (announcements on new Parallels products, discounts, etc.). Is `true` by default. Available in Parallels Plesk Panel 7.6 and later.	To unsubscribe the Parallels Plesk Panel administrator from the Parallels mailing list: >init_conf.exe --update -send_announce false
`-country`	`<string>`	Specifies the country of the administrator's address in the format of an upper-case two-letter code derived from ISO 3166.	To set the Parallels Plesk Panel administrator country to Australia: >init_conf.exe --update -country AU
`-admin_info_not_required`	`true\|false`	Defines whether Parallels Plesk Panel Administrator's personal info (except for email) is marked as Required or not. Is `false` by default. Available since Parallels Plesk Panel 8.1.	To initialize Parallels Plesk Panel server so that the Parallels Plesk Panel Administrator after entering his credentials to freshly-installed Parallels Plesk Panel got directly to Administrator's desktop skipping all 'first-login configuration' screens: >init_conf.exe -u -admin_info_not_required true