Release Notes for Parallels Plesk Panel 9.2.3 for DEB Package-based Linux/Unix Systems

Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Installation Instructions
    1. Before Installation
    2. Software Requirements
    3. Installation Steps
    4. Completing Installation
  3. Upgrade Instructions
  4. Supplied Components
  5. What's New
    1. Parallels Plesk Panel 9.2.3
    2. Parallels Plesk Panel 9.2.2
    3. Parallels Plesk Panel 9.2.1
  6. Supported 3rd party components
  7. Known Problems and Limitations
  8. Contact Information

1. Introduction

Thank you for downloading this release of Parallels Plesk Panel for Linux/Unix. This file contains information that supplements the Parallels Plesk Panel for Linux/Unix documentation such as requirements, information on new features, corrected bugs, known problems, and so on. This file was updated with the latest information available at release time.

2. Installation Instructions

We strongly recommend that you refer to the product installation instructions prior to upgrading/installing and operating Parallels Plesk Panel. The installation guide for Parallels Plesk Panel can be accessed at http://www.parallels.com/en/products/plesk/docs/, along with the rest of the user documentation. Parallels Plesk Panel Knowledge Base can be accessed at http://kb.parallels.com.

2.1. Before Installation

Before starting the installation process we strongly recommend that you create a full system backup of the entire server.

IMPORTANT:
If you are installing Parallels Plesk Panel inside a PVC, it is strongly recommended to increase Container parameters as follows: 
# Auxiliary parameters
-PRIVVMPAGES="262144:292912"
+PRIVVMPAGES="362144:392912"
-NUMFILE="8192:8192"
+NUMFILE="12000:12000"

# Disk quota parameters (in form of softlimit:hardlimit) 
-DISKSPACE="1048576:1153434"
+DISKSPACE="5240709120:5368709120"
-DISKINODES="200000:220000"
+DISKINODES="350000:370000"

# Secondary parameters
-KMEMSIZE="21299200:23429120"
+KMEMSIZE="24299200:26429120"

IMPORTANT:
If you are using Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: Before installing Parallels Plesk Panel, switch the AppArmor service off using the command '/etc/init.d/boot.apparmor stop' and remove it from start-up list by 'update-rc.d -f apparmor remove'

2.2. Software Requirements

Parallels Plesk Panel 9.2.3 for Linux/Unix requires one of the following OS installed on your computer:

2.3. Installing Parallels Plesk Panel through Parallels Products Installer

IMPORTANT: To install Postfix mail server, you have to select the Postfix component for installation in Parallels Products Installer. Both command line interface and web interface of Parallels Products Installer can be used for Postfix mail server selection and installation.

To install Parallels Plesk Panel software on a server:

  1. Download the latest version of Parallels Products Installer that suits your operating system from http://www.parallels.com/en/download/plesk9/ and save it on your server's hard drive.
  2. Change your working directory to the directory where the downloaded Parallels Products Installer is located.
  3. Set the execution permission for Parallels Products Installer: 
    # chmod +x parallels_products_installer_file_name
  4. Run the following command in console: 
    #export LANG=C
#export LANG_ALL=C
  5. Run Parallels Products Installer:

  6. Follow the instructions presented on the screen to complete the installation. Refer to Parallels Plesk Panel Installation Guide available at http://download1.parallels.com/Plesk/Plesk9.2/Doc/en-US/plesk-9.2-unix-installation-guide/index.htm if you need detailed installation instructions.
  7. When the installation is finished, Parallels Plesk Panel will start automatically.

2.4. Completing Installation

In order to finish the initial configuration of Parallels Plesk Panel, you need to login to Parallels Plesk Panel on your host at https://domain.name:8443/ or https://IP-address:8443/

The default username is "admin" and the default password is "setup". Both are case sensitive. For security reasons the password has to be changed upon initial login.

3. Upgrade Instructions

IMPORTANT: Make sure you upgrade all installed components when upgrading to Parallels Plesk Panel 9.2.3. This is required to avoid conflicts caused by outdated components.

Important notes for users of Parallels Virtuozzo Containers:

Parallels Products Installer supports updating Parallels Plesk Panel inside Parallels Virtuozzo Containers using EZ templates. Compared to the previously used updating scheme, updating through EZ templates will significantly save disk space and will allow running more containers on a single hardware node.

This feature is available only when using EZ templates. To upgrade a contaner with Parallels Plesk Panel this way:

If you are using Virtuozzo 3.x:

  1. Install kernel 2.6.9-023stab033.7 or later and VZCTL 3.0.1-23 or later updates on the hardware node.
  2. Install the vzaiproxy package on the hardware node. You can download this package from http://autoinstall.plesk.com/vzaiproxy/
  3. Install all EZ templates from Parallels Plesk Panel distribution on the hardware node.
  4. Run Parallels Plesk Panel installation or upgrade using Parallels Products Installer (either via the web-interface or command line interface) or Parallels Plesk Panel GUI (Home Page > Updates). Follow the instructions presented on the screen to complete the upgrade. Refer to Parallels Plesk Panel Installation Guide available at http://download1.parallels.com/Plesk/Plesk9.2/Doc/en-US/plesk-9.2-unix-installation-guide/index.htm if you need detailed upgrade instructions.

If you are using Virtuozzo 4.x:

  1. Install the vzaiproxy package on the hardware node. You can download this package from {http://autoinstall.plesk.com/vzaiproxy}.
  2. Change line 16 in file /etc/init.d/vzlinkmgr to the following: 
    DEVICE_MAJOR=125
    Change line 32 in file /usr/sbin/vzaiproxy to the following: 
    DefaultAgentCmd = ('vzctl', 'exec', '1', '/opt/vzagent/bin/vzlcon')
  3. Install all EZ templates from Parallels Plesk Panel distribution on the hardware node.
  4. Run Parallels Plesk Panel installation or upgrade using Parallels Products Installer (either via the web-interface or command line interface) or Parallels Plesk Panel GUI (Home Page > Updates). Follow the instructions presented on the screen to complete the upgrade. Refer to Parallels Plesk Panel Installation Guide available at http://download1.parallels.com/Plesk/Plesk9.2/Doc/en-US/plesk-9.2-unix-installation-guide/index.htm if you need detailed upgrade instructions.

 Upgrading Parallels Plesk Panel from GUI

To upgrade your Parallels Plesk Panel software from its user interface, refer to Parallels Plesk Panel Installation Guide available at http://download1.parallels.com/Plesk/Plesk9.2/Doc/en-US/plesk-9.2-unix-installation-guide/index.htm

Upgrading Parallels Plesk Panel through Parallels Products Installer

To upgrade your Parallels Plesk Panel software through Parallels Products Installer:

  1. Download the latest version of Parallels Products Installer that suits your operating system from http://www.parallels.com/en/download/plesk9/ and save it on your server's hard drive.
  2. Run Parallels Products Installer:

  3. Follow the instructions on the screen to perform the upgrade. Refer to Parallels Plesk Panel Installation Guide available at http://download1.parallels.com/Plesk/Plesk9.2/Doc/en-US/plesk-9.2-unix-installation-guide/index.htm if you need detailed update instructions.

4. Supplied Components

Parallels Plesk Panel 9.2.3 for Linux/Unix distrubution packages ships with the following components:

5. What's New

Parallels Plesk Panel 9.2.3

  1. [+] Debian 5.0 Support.

  2. [+] Improved Updates - Improved updates functionality provides you with quicker and well-timed hotfixes and component updates.

  3. [-] DomainKeys adding an improper comment header to e-mail messages bug is fixed.

  4. [-] Web applications crashing because php.ini was not preconfigured for FastCGI bug is fixed.

  5. [-] High CPU load caused by authpsa processes bug is fixed.

  6. [-] Passwords of similar e-mail aliases being updated unintentionally bug is fixed.

  7. [-] Tomcat Java applications not working after the upgrade bug is fixed.

  8. [-] Domains that exceeded resource limits are not suspended on servers with a lot of domains bug is fixed.

  9. [-] Mail queue utility mailqueuemng only lists messages from deferred queue when Postfix mail server is used bug is fixed.

  10. [-] Files processed by mail handlers are created with random permissions bug is fixed.

  11. [-] Mail forwarding not working and reporting broken pipe error when Postfix mail server is used bug is fixed.

  12. [-] Local mail delivery not working when Qmail mail server is used bug is fixed.

  13. [-] Inability to switch default interface language to another language if Parallels Plesk Panel license key has zero additional languages bug is fixed.

  14. [-] Mail malfunctioning due to buffer length limitation in spam handlers bug is fixed.

  15. [-] Postfix mail server crashing with segfault error on processing messages with strings larger than 4096 characters bug is fixed.

  16. [-] High CPU load caused by relaylock processes bug is fixed.

  17. [-] No support for UI pointers in root.controls.lock file bug is fixed.

  18. [-] Old credentials still working and error displayed in the Panel if mail name and password are changed at the same time bug is fixed.

  19. [-] Automatic removal of mailing lists with names similar to the one actually being removed (or disabled) on qmail bug is fixed.

  20. [-] Messages sent to a non-existent user locally (with transport other than SMPTP) were stuck in mail queue instead of being rejected on Postfix bug is fixed.

Parallels Plesk Panel 9.2.2

  1. [+] Dr.Web 5 - Parallels Plesk Panel 9.2.2 is shipped with the newest version of Dr.Web anti-virus software.

Parallels Plesk Panel 9.2.1

  1. [+] Greylisting - Greylisting spam filtering is now available in Parallels Plesk Panel.

  2. [+] Migration Manager - New Migration Manager feature allows you to transfer your data from other Parallels Plesk Panel installations.

  3. [+] Migration from cPanel - Migration Manager now supports migration from cPanel to Parallels Plesk Panel.

  4. [-] Courier-IMAP shipped with Parallels Plesk Panel not supporting mailbox quota larger than 2 GB bug is fixed.

  5. [-] If DNS record <lists.> being duplicated if it exists in DNS zone template and a domain is created with Mailman mailing list enabled bug is fixed.

  6. [-] Autoresponder replying with incorrect FROM address when incoming message was sent to multiple addresses bug is fixed.

  7. [-] Mail aliases not synchronized correctly with corresponding mail account bug is fixed.

  8. [-] Incorrect hint for server-wide black list bug is fixed.

  9. [-] Messages sent to a mail group are not delivered to the sender when Postfix mail server is used bug is fixed.

  10. [-] New IP addresses not being added to Webmail configuration files, leading to inability to access Webmail bug is fixed.

  11. [-] Mailbox quota set incorrectly via API-RPC bug is fixed.

  12. [-] File manager unable to enter folder with name '0' bug is fixed.

  13. [-] Postfix not being able to send e-mail messages with attachments bug is fixed.

  14. [-] Outgoing mail from domain aliases not being signed by DomainKeys bug is fixed.

  15. [-] "proc_close() failed: mktime()" error displayed upon activation of new Firewall rules bug is fixed.

  16. [-] Qmail unable to write or delete smtp_poplocks, displaying errors like "Unable to delete expired smtp_poplocks: database is locked" bug is fixed.

  17. [-] Backup failing with "Could not parse status disabled by value '32'" error bug is fixed.

  18. [-] Inability to authenticate via IMAP/POP3 after the upgrade bug is fixed.

  19. [-] Backup file content not being properly restored due to incorrectly applied restore conflicts resolution policy bug is fixed.

  20. [-] Client-related information not shown in custom button's query string even when it is required bug is fixed.

  21. [-] Domain aliases not inheriting domain's mail policy settings when Postfix mail server is used bug is fixed.

  22. [-] Red color of traffic indicator on a domain bug is fixed.

  23. [-] Acronis True Image Server Module not working bug is fixed.

  24. [-] Inability to update scheduled task due to 'Object not found: Scheduled Task' error bug is fixed.

  25. [-] Spamassassin not checking mail sent to mail account aliases bug is fixed.

  26. [-] Parallels Plesk Panel not checking the availability of mailing lists created directly through Mailman bug is fixed.

  27. [-] No warning about remote FTP repository not being set up when trying to schedule a backup task to remote FTP repository that has not been set up yet bug is fixed.

  28. [-] Mail group members receiving messages with empty subject from "POP3 service user" when sending message to mail group bug is fixed.

  29. [-] Inability to restore data from backup file larger than 2GB bug is fixed.

  30. [-] Database users not being restored properly during the restoration of a domain that already exists in the system. bug is fixed.

  31. [-] DNS records not migrating properly due to 'mail.<domain>.' CNAME record bug is fixed.

  32. [-] Missing link to the description of event handler variables in documentation bug is fixed.

  33. [-] Default language information not being backed up for domain administrator accounts bug is fixed.

  34. [-] Autoresponder trying to send autoreplies to spam messages bug is fixed.

  35. [-] Mail aliases using reserved system aliases such as 'info' not delivering mail bug is fixed.

  36. [-] Running PHP as FastCGI application causes 403 Forbidden error when trying to access the web site bug is fixed.

  37. [-] Autoresponder on a mail alias missing after the upgrade to Parallels Plesk Panel 9.0.x bug is fixed.

  38. [-] Backup Manager incorrectly reporting warnings as errors when used via CLI bug is fixed.

  39. [-] "SMTP AUTH" option not working in Qmail, leading to inability to authenticate with Outlook mail client bug is fixed.

  40. [-] Postfix incorrectly reporting an error when mail handler returns STOP bug is fixed.

  41. [-] Statistics utility not reconnecting to MySQL and causing statistics calculation to fail bug is fixed.

  42. [-] migration.log file is stored in $HTTPD_VHOSTS_D bug is fixed.

  43. [-] Inability to remove exclusive IP addresses from client and reseller template IP pools, where these IPs are still displayed as shared bug is fixed.

  44. [-] Wordpress not requesting the requirement to have safe_mode off bug is fixed.

  45. [-] Option 'check for simple mail passwords' not working on 64-bit systems bug is fixed.

  46. [-] Inability to make an application from the Application Vault available to all users bug is fixed.

  47. [-] Webmail not working on a domain if domain's IP address was added after the webmail was set up on the server bug is fixed.

  48. [-] Inability to install Application Vault applications if open_basedir parameter is switched on bug is fixed.

  49. [-] Converted backup file is not recognized as a valid backup file bug is fixed.

  50. [-] Backup creation time is displayed in GMT instead of actual time bug is fixed.

  51. [-] Overuse policy cannot be changed if limits are already exceeded bug is fixed.

  52. [-] Size of backup file located on remote FTP server being reported incorrectly bug is fixed.

  53. [-] 'Unable to get options for SPF filter' error reported when mail is sent from localhost bug is fixed.

  54. [-] Cannot remove non-existent IP addresses using Parallels Plesk Panel GUI bug is fixed.

  55. [-] Updating Parallels Plesk Panel license key via GUI hangs Parallels Plesk Panel under some circumstances bug is fixed.

  56. [-] IP addresses removed from Parallels Plesk Panel GUI are not removed from Apache config bug is fixed.

  57. [-] Backed up content of web users' websites is corrupted when backup file is converted to Parallels Plesk Panel 9 compatible format bug is fixed.

  58. [*] DNS Settings for a domain on domain Home page - DNS Settings button for a domain is now located on domain's Home page.

  59. [*] Configuring Parallels Plesk Panel to work behind NAT - Description of configuring Parallels Plesk Panel to work behind routers and NAT was added to Administrator's Guide.

  60. [*] Bugfixes and improvements - A number of issues reported by the customers were fixed, multiple other bugfixes and improvements were made.

Legend:

[+] new feature

[-] bug fixed or removed

[*] bug fixed and improvement made


6. Supported third-party components

Mail servers

  1. Qmail 1.03
  2. Postfix 2.2 and later

Antiviruses:

  1. DrWeb 4.33
  2. Kaspersky AV 5.0.0.49

DNS servers:

  1. BIND DNS Server

FTP servers:

  1. ProFTPD 1.3.1

Web Statistics:

  1. Webalizer
  2. AWStats

Web Scripting:

  1. Perl
  2. PHP 4
  3. PHP 5
  4. Python
  5. SSI
  6. Apache Tomcat
  7. Apache ASP
  8. ColdFusion
  9. Miva Empresa
  10. Ruby
  11. Ruby Rails

Web Administration Tools:

  1. phpMyAdmin 2.8.2.4
  2. phpPgAdmin 3.5.4
  3. SSHTerm 0.2.2

Database servers:

  1. MySQL 4
  2. MySQL 5
  3. PostgreSQL

Web Mail Solutions:

  1. Horde IMP H3 (4.1.6)
  2. Atmail Webmail 5.5

Spam Filter:

  1. SpamAssassin

7. Known Problems and Limitations

8. Contact Information

Parallels Headquarters
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Herndon, VA 20171 USA
Phone: +1.703.815.5670, Fax: +1.703.815.5675

Web: http://www.parallels.com

E-mail:
For billing information, email accounting@parallels.com
For purchasing or partnering information, email sales@parallels.com
For technical support, use our Online Support Form.
To report problems with Parallels Plesk software, email bugreport@parallels.com
For information on career opportunities with Parallels, email careers@parallels.com
For press contact information, email press@parallels.com
For information about becoming a Partner, email partners@parallels.com
For information on translating Parallels Plesk Panel into your language, email i18n@parallels.com
For general product information, email info@parallels.com

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