Below are the path to plesk logs and configuration files. If you face any issues with plesk control panel or any other service you can check the corresponding log files for the errors and fix the issue
Control Panel
Error log: /var/log/sw-cp-server/error_log
Access log: /usr/local/psa/admin/logs/httpsd_access_log
Panel log: /usr/local/psa/admin/logs/panel.log
service control:
| Stop: | /etc/init.d/psa stop |
| Start: | /etc/init.d/psa start |
| Restart: | /etc/init.d/psa restart |
config files:
php: /usr/local/psa/admin/conf/php.ini
www: /etc/sw-cp-server/applications.d/plesk.conf
features: /usr/local/psa/admin/conf/site_isolation_settings.ini
Sitebuilder
Log: /usr/local/psa/admin/logs/sitebuilder.log
Install / Upgrade logs: /usr/local/sb/tmp/
service control:
No service control (working via sw-cp-server service).
config files:
/usr/local/sb/config
/etc/sw-cp-server/applications.d/plesk.conf
/usr/local/psa/admin/conf/php.ini
Billing
Error Log: /var/log/sw-cp-server/error_log
Access log: /usr/local/psa/admin/logs/httpsd_access_log
service control:
No service control (working via sw-cp-server service).
config files:
/usr/local/psa/admin/conf/php.ini
/etc/sw-cp-server/applications.d/plesk.conf
/opt/plesk-billing/htdocs/lib-billing/include/config/config.php
SSO
Error Log: /var/log/sw-cp-server/error_log
SSO log: /var/log/sso/sso.log
service control:
No service control (working via sw-cp-server service).
Utility to configure SSO & Panel integration:
/usr/local/psa/bin/sso
config files:
/etc/sw-cp-server/applications.d/00-sso-cpserver.conf
/etc/sso/sso_config.ini
phpMyAdmin
Error log: /var/log/sw-cp-server/error_log
service control:
No service control (working via sw-cp-server service).
config files:
/usr/local/psa/admin/htdocs/domains/databases/phpMyAdmin/libraries/config.default.php
phpPGAdmin
Error log: /var/log/sw-cp-server/error_log
service control:
No service control (working via sw-cp-server service).
config files:
/usr/local/psa/admin/htdocs/domains/databases/phpPgAdmin/conf/config.inc.php/p>
Courier-IMAP
Access and Error log: /usr/local/psa/var/log/maillog
service control:
| Stop: | /etc/init.d/courier-imap stop |
| Start: | /etc/init.d/courier-imap start |
| Restart: | /etc/init.d/courier-imap restart |
config files:
/etc/courier-imap/imapd
/etc/courier-imap/imapd-ssl
/etc/courier-imap/pop3d
/etc/courier-imap/pop3d-ssl
SMTP server (QMail)
Access and Error log: /usr/local/psa/var/log/maillog
service control:
| Stop: | /etc/init.d/qmail stop |
| Start: | /etc/init.d/qmail start |
| Restart: | /etc/init.d/qmail restart |
config files:
/etc/xinetd.d/smtp_psa
/etc/xinetd.d/smtps_psa
/etc/xinetd.d/submission_psa
/etc/inetd.conf (Debians)
/var/qmail/control/
Named (BIND, DNS)
Access and Error log: /var/log/messages
service control:
| Stop: | /etc/init.d/named stop |
| Start: | /etc/init.d/named start |
| Restart: | /etc/init.d/named restart |
config files:
/etc/named.conf
Tomcat
Access and Error logs: /var/log/tomcat5/
service control:
| Stop: | /etc/init.d/tomcat5 stop |
| Start: | /etc/init.d/tomcat5 |
| Restart: | /etc/init.d/tomcat5 |
config files:
/usr/share/tomcat5/conf/
MySQL
Access and Error log: /var/log/mysqld.log
service control:
| Stop: | /etc/init.d/mysqld stop |
| Start: | /etc/init.d/mysqld start |
| Restart: | /etc/init.d/mysqld restart |
config files:
/etc/my.cnf
Postgresql
Startup log: /var/lib/pgsql/pgstartup.log
service control:
| Stop: | /etc/init.d/postgresql stop |
| Start: | /etc/init.d/postgresql start |
| Restart: | /etc/init.d/postgresql restart |
config files:
/var/lib/pgsql/data/postgresql.conf
Plesk SpamAssassin
Access and Error log: /usr/local/psa/var/log/maillog
service control:
| Stop: | /etc/init.d/psa-spamassassin stop |
| Start: | /etc/init.d/psa-spamassassin start |
| Restart: | /etc/init.d/psa-spamassassin restart |
config files:
/etc/mail/spamassassin/
/etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf
/var/qmail/mailnames/%d/%l/.spamassassin
Drweb antivirus
Access and Error log: /usr/local/psa/var/log/maillog
service control:
| Stop: | /etc/init.d/drwebd stop |
| Start: | /etc/init.d/drwebd start |
| Restart: | /etc/init.d/drwebd restart |
config files:
/etc/drweb/
FTP(proftpd)
Access and Error log: /usr/local/psa/var/log/xferlog
service control:
No service control (working via xinetd service).
config files:
/etc/xinetd.d/ftp_psa
/etc/proftpd.conf
/etc/proftpd.include
Kaspersky antivirus
Log: /usr/local/psa/var/log/maillog
Before 10.2:
/var/log/kav/5.5/kav4mailservers/aveserver.log
/var/log/kav/5.5/kav4mailservers/smtpscanner.log
/var/log/kav/5.5/kav4mailservers/avstats.log
/var/log/kav/5.5/kav4mailservers/kavscanner.log
/var/log/kav/5.5/kav4mailservers/kavupdater.log
service control:
Since 10.2:
| Stop: | /etc/init.d/kavehost stop |
| Start: | /etc/init.d/kavehost start |
| Restart: | /etc/init.d/kavehost restart |
Before 10.2:
| Stop: | /etc/init.d/aveserver stop |
| Start: | /etc/init.d/aveserver start |
| Restart: | /etc/init.d/aveserver restart |
config files:
Before 10.2:
/etc/kav/5.5/kav4mailservers/
Since 10.2:
/opt/kav/sdk8l3/etc/kav-handler.cfg
/etc/kavehost.xml
SMTP server (Postfix)
Access and Error log: /usr/local/psa/var/log/maillog
service control:
| Stop: | /etc/init.d/postfix stop |
| Start: | /etc/init.d/postfix start |
| Restart: | /etc/init.d/postfix restart |
config files:
/etc/postfix/
xinetd
Access and Error log: /var/log/messages
service control:
| Stop: | /etc/init.d/xinetd stop |
| Start: | /etc/init.d/xinetd start |
| Restart: | /etc/init.d/xinetd restart |
config files:
/etc/xinetd.conf
Watchdog (monit)
Log files: /usr/local/psa/var/modules/watchdog/log/wdcollect.log
/usr/local/psa/var/modules/watchdog/log/monit.log
service control:
| Stop: | /usr/local/psa/admin/bin/modules/watchdog/wd –stop |
| Start: | /usr/local/psa/admin/bin/modules/watchdog/wd –start |
| Restart: | /usr/local/psa/admin/bin/modules/watchdog/wd –restart |
config files:
/usr/local/psa/etc/modules/watchdog/monitrc
/usr/local/psa/etc/modules/watchdog/wdcollect.inc.php
Watchdog (rkhunter)
Log: /var/log/rkhunter.log
service control:
| Start: | /usr/local/psa/admin/bin/modules/watchdog/rkhunter |
config files:
/usr/local/psa/etc/modules/watchdog/rkhunter.conf
Mailman (Maillist service)
Log files: /var/log/mailman/
service control:
| Stop: | /etc/init.d/mailman stop |
| Start: | /etc/init.d/mailman start |
| Restart: | /etc/init.d/mailman restart |
config files:
/etc/httpd/conf.d/mailman.conf
/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/mm_cfg.py
/etc/mailman/sitelist.cfg
AWstats
service control:
| Start: | /usr/local/psa/bin/sw-engine-pleskrun /usr/local/psa/admin/plib/DailyMaintainance/script.php |
config files:
/usr/local/psa/etc/awstats/
Webalizer
service control:
| Start: | /usr/local/psa/bin/sw-engine-pleskrun /usr/local/psa/admin/plib/DailyMaintainance/script.php |
config files:
/var/www/vhosts/%d/conf/webalizer.conf
Plesk Backup Manager
Backup logs: /usr/local/psa/PMM/sessions/<session>/psadump.log
/usr/local/psa/PMM/sessions/<session>/migration.log
/usr/local/psa/PMM/logs/migration.log
/usr/local/psa/PMM/logs/pmmcli.log
Restore logs: /usr/local/psa/PMM/rsessions/<session>/conflicts.log
/usr/local/psa/PMM/rsessions/<session>/migration.log
/usr/local/psa/PMM/logs/migration.log
/usr/local/psa/PMM/logs/pmmcli.log
Log level
You may need to enable debug logging as per this article:
113956 How to enable debug mode for Parallels Plesk Panel backup operations
service control:
Functionality is controlled by the Plesk Control Panel service.
config files:
/etc/psa/psa.conf
Plesk Migration Manager
Migration logs: /usr/local/psa/PMM/msessions/<session>/migration.log
/usr/local/psa/PMM/rsessions/<session>/migration.log
/usr/local/psa/PMM/rsessions/<session>/conflicts.log
/usr/local/psa/PMM/logs/migration.log
/usr/local/psa/PMM/logs/pmmcli.log
/usr/local/psa/PMM/logs/migration_handler.log
service control:
Functionality is controlled by the Plesk Control Panel service.
Horde
Log: /var/log/psa-horde/psa-horde.log
service control:
Functionality is controlled by the Plesk Control Panel service.
config files:
apache configs: /etc/httpd/conf.d/zzz_horde_vhost.conf
/etc/psa-webmail/horde/conf.d/
horde configs: /etc/psa-webmail/horde/
Atmail
Logs: /var/log/atmail/
service control:
Functionality is controlled by the Plesk Control Panel service.
config files:
apache configs: /etc/httpd/conf.d/zzz_atmail_vhost.conf
/etc/psa-webmail/atmail/conf.d/
Atmail configs: /etc/psa-webmail/atmail/atmail.conf
/var/www/atmail/libs/Atmail/Config.php
psa-logrotate
No logs
service control:
| Start: | /usr/local/psa/bin/sw-engine-pleskrun /usr/local/psa/admin/plib/DailyMaintainance/script.php |
config files:
/usr/local/psa/etc/logrotate.conf
/usr/local/psa/etc/logrotate.d/
Samba
Logs: /var/log/samba/
service control:
| Stop: | /etc/init.d/smb stop |
| Start: | /etc/init.d/smb start |
| Restart: | /etc/init.d/smb restart |
config files:
/etc/samba/smb.conf
/etc/samba/smb.conf.include
psa-firewall
service control:
| Stop: | /etc/init.d/psa-firewall stop |
| Start: | /etc/init.d/psa-firewall start |
| Restart: | /etc/init.d/psa-firewall restart |
config files:
/usr/local/psa/var/modules/firewall/firewall-active.sh
/usr/local/psa/var/modules/firewall/firewall-emergency.sh
/usr/local/psa/var/modules/firewall/firewall-new.sh
psa-firewall (IP forwarding)
service control:
| Stop: | /etc/init.d/psa-firewall-forward stop |
| Start: | /etc/init.d/psa-firewall-forward start |
| Restart: | /etc/init.d/psa-firewall-forward restart |
config files:
/usr/local/psa/var/modules/firewall/ip_forward.active
/usr/local/psa/var/modules/firewall/ip_forward.saved
psa-vpn
service control:
| Stop: | /etc/init.d/smb stop |
| Start: | /etc/init.d/smb start |
| Restart: | /etc/init.d/smb restart |
config files:
/usr/local/psa/var/modules/vpn/openvpn.conf
Health Monitor
Logs: /usr/local/psa/admin/logs/health-alarm.log
service control:
| Stop: | /etc/init.d/sw-collectd stop |
| Start: | /etc/init.d/sw-collectd start |
| Restart: | /etc/init.d/sw-collectd restart |
config files:
/usr/local/psa/admin/conf/health-config.xml
/usr/local/psa/var/custom-health-config.xml
/etc/sw-collectd/collectd.conf
Parallels Panel Health Monitor Notification Daemon
Logs: /usr/local/psa/admin/logs/health-alarm.log
service control:
| Stop: | /etc/init.d/psa-health-monitor-notificationd stop |
| Start: | /etc/init.d/psa-health-monitor-notificationd start |
| Restart: | /etc/init.d/psa-health-monitor-notificationd restart |
config files:
/usr/local/psa/admin/conf/health-config.xml
/usr/local/psa/var/custom-health-config.xml
Web server (Apache)
Access and Error logs: /var/log/httpd/
Plesk domains logs: /var/www/vhosts/%d/statistics/logs/
service control:
| Stop: | /etc/init.d/httpd stop |
| Start: | /etc/init.d/httpd start |
| Restart: | /etc/init.d/httpd restart |
config files:
/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
/etc/httpd/conf.d/
/usr/local/psa/admin/conf/ip_vhosts_bootstrap.conf
/usr/local/psa/admin/conf/vhosts_bootstrap.conf
/usr/local/psa/admin/conf/webmail_atmail_bootstrap.conf
/usr/local/psa/admin/conf/webmail_atmailcom_bootstrap.conf
/usr/local/psa/admin/conf/webmail_horde_bootstrap.conf
Generated config files:
/usr/local/psa/admin/conf/generated/<version>_server.include
/var/www/vhosts//conf/<version>_httpd.include
/usr/local/psa/admin/conf/generated/<version>_horde.include
/usr/local/psa/admin/conf/generated/<version>_atmail.include
/usr/local/psa/admin/conf/generated/<version>_atmailcom.include
/usr/local/psa/admin/conf/generated/<version>_<domain_name>_webmail.include
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