Install Plesk on Ubuntu 20.04|Debian 11
With presence of various Website hosting platforms. One of the leading platforms is Plesk.
Plesk can be installed in many Linux distributions and even on Windows. Plesk is good managing all website related services which include DNS, Email, databases, FTP and so on.
In this tutorial, you are going to see how to install Plesk control panel on Ubuntu 20.04/ Debian 11. The minimum system requirements for the installation include:
- RAM – 512MB
- SWAP- 1GB
- Storage- 10GB
Install Plesk Control Panel on Ubuntu 20.04|Debian 11
Step 1: Update the Server
It is always advised to make sure that your system packages are up to date before beginning any installation. Once you run the updates, reboot your server to enable the new changes to take effect. Here are the commands:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
sudo reboot
Step 2: Download Plesk Installer
We require ‘wget‘ to enable us to download the Plesk application. If you do not have it on the system, install by running the below command:
sudo apt install wget
Now proceed to download Plesk package as below:
wget http://autoinstall.plesk.com/plesk-installer
Step 3: Install Plesk on Ubuntu 20.04|Debian 11
Once downloaded, navigate to the directory downloaded to and make the Plesk installer executable as below:
sudo chmod 755 plesk-installer
And proceed to install by running the below command:
sudo ./plesk-installer
Once the installer starts running, you will be prompted to agree to the license terms. Enter F and press Enter to continue
The Plesk Installation and Upgrade Wizard will guide you through
the installation or upgrade process.
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—— IMPORTANT ——
* New installation of product(s) should be performed on clean servers only.
* Before upgrading Plesk, be sure to back up your data.
* By using this Wizard you agree to the terms and conditions described at
http://www.plesk.com/legal/terms/ and those of the Plesk End User
License Agreement.
Available actions:
(F) Go forward
(Q) Cancel installation
Select an action [F/q]: F
The installation will proceed, and you will be prompted if you would want to be helping Plesk make better products by sharing information with them. Here you can either enter y or n, to accept or reject.
Next, select the installation type for Plesk as below:
Select the installation type for Plesk Obsidian
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Installation types for the product:
- (*) Recommended
Install typically used components. Recommended for general use.
- ( ) Full
Install all available components.
- ( ) Custom
Custom components selection. Recommended only for experienced users.
Available actions:
(F) Go forward
(B) Go back
(Q) Cancel installation
Select an action or a number [F/b/q/1-3]: F
Once you select the installation type, enter F then press ‘Enter’ to continue. If prompted to have missing packages installed, select F and press Enter to continue
Preparing Your System for Product Installation
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There are 246 packages required for the product to function properly which
were not found in your system.
There are 0 packages that need to be upgraded
in order to install the product.
Available actions:
(F) Go forward
(B) Go back
(Q) Cancel installation
(S) Show the list of packages
Select an action [F/b/q/s]: F
The packages will be installed to completion. That’s it, Plesk installation is complete.
Step 4: Access Plesk Web Dashboard on Ubuntu / Debian
If you have an active firewall, you need to open Plesk ports as below, where port 8880 is used without SSL and port 8443 is used with SSL
sudo ufw allow 8880/tcp
sudo ufw allow 8443/tcp
Now access Plesk from your browser using the url http://<your-server-ip>:8880. You should see a page as below:
Login with your server username and password. Once you log in, you need to update your contact information, password, and license.
At the bottom of the page, accept user agreement then click ‘Enter Plesk’. Plesk control panel will be prepared for you. Now choose the type of website you wish to create and enjoy using Plesk.
That’s it. You have successfully installed Plesk on Ubuntu 20.04| Debian 11
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