{"id":426,"date":"2017-01-30T21:31:37","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T21:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xsofthost.com\/help\/?p=426"},"modified":"2017-02-10T21:35:33","modified_gmt":"2017-02-10T21:35:33","slug":"plesk-for-windows-service-logs-and-configuration-files-and-start-stop-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xsofthost.com\/help\/plesk-for-windows-service-logs-and-configuration-files-and-start-stop-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Plesk for Windows service logs and configuration files and start stop services"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Windows Plesk Services and Logs locations and Configuration files Location<\/h2>\n<p>This article provide information about Most Plesk services including the log file location of the services and the configuration location and how to start\/Stop or Restart the service using the command prompet<\/p>\n<p>In all of the article we will use the <strong>%plesk_dir%<\/strong> &#8220;its indicate the system Plesk direcotry location that stored in the system&#8221; <strong>%plesk_vhosts%<\/strong> indicate plesk hosting folder location .<\/p>\n<p>This article cover the following services with log locations ; configuration and manage the services command:<\/p>\n<div class=\"well\">\n<h2 class=\"h4 text-center\">Services Index<\/h2>\n<div class=\"separator\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"row \">\n<div class=\"col-md-4\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#pleskmysql\"> Plesk SQL Server (MySQL)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#pleskmgsrvcs\"> Plesk Management Service<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#pleskdns\"> Named \/ BIND<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#iis\"> Web server (IIS)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-4\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#pleskpmm\"> Plesk Backup Manager<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#pleskMigrator\"> Plesk Migrator<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#pleskmmgr\"> Migration Manager<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#pleskhm\"> Plesk Health Monitor<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-4\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#pleskhmnd\"> Health Monitor Notification Daemon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#pleskme\"> MailEnable -Mail Server<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#pleskhwb\"> Horde Webmail<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#FTP\"> FTP<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Plesk SQL Server (MySQL)<\/h3>\n<p><a name=\"pleskmysql\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"well\">\n<ul>\n<li>Logs:\n<ul>\n<li><code> %plesk_dir%MySQL\/Data\/*.err <\/code><\/li>\n<li>Windows Event Viewer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Service control:\n<ul>\n<li>Stop: <code> net stop plesksqlserver <\/code><\/li>\n<li>Start: <code> net start plesksqlserver <\/code><\/li>\n<li>Restart: <code> net stop plesksqlserver &amp;&amp; net start plesksqlserver <\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Configuration:\n<ul>\n<li><code> %plesk_dir%MySQL\/Data\/my.ini <\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h3 id=\"pleskmgsrvcs\">Plesk Management Service<\/h3>\n<div class=\"well\">\n<ul>\n<li>Logs:\n<ul>\n<li>Access log: <code>%plesk_dir%admin\/logs\/W3SVC\/ex.log <\/code><\/li>\n<li>PHP errors log: <code>%plesk_dir%admin\/logs\/php_error.log <\/code><\/li>\n<li>Debug logs: <code>%plesk_dir%admin\/logs\/plesklog_debugXXXXXXXX.log <\/code> &#8220;To be enabled create DWORD value Debug=1 in the registery key HKLM\\\\SOFTWARE\\\\Wow6432Node\\\\PLESK\\\\PSA Config\\\\Config&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Service control:\n<ul>\n<li>Stop: <code> net stop plesksrv \/Y <\/code><\/li>\n<li>Start: <code>net start plesksrv &amp;&amp; net start poppassd <\/code><\/li>\n<li>Restart: <code> net stop plesksrv \/Y &amp;&amp; net start plesksrv &amp;&amp; net start poppassd <\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Configuration:\n<ul>\n<li><code>%plesk_dir%admin\/conf\/panel.ini <\/code><\/li>\n<li>Also from IIS : IIS manager &gt;&gt; Sites\/Application Pools &gt;&gt; PleskControlPanel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h3 id=\"pleskdns\">Named \/ BIND Service<\/h3>\n<div class=\"well\">\n<ul>\n<li>Logs:\n<ul>\n<li>Windows Event Viewer for tracking the service log<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Service control:\n<ul>\n<li>Stop: <code> net stop named <\/code><\/li>\n<li>Start: <code> net start named <\/code><\/li>\n<li>Restart: <code> net stop named &amp;&amp; net start named <\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Configuration:\n<ul>\n<li><code>%plesk_dir%dns <\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h3 id=\"iis\">Web server Internet Information Services (IIS)<\/h3>\n<div class=\"well\">\n<ul>\n<li>Logs:\n<ul>\n<li>Windows Event Viewer to check the IIS logs<\/li>\n<li>Domain logs: <code>%plesk_vhosts%\/logs\/iis <\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Service control:\n<ul>\n<li>Stop: <code> iisreset \/stop <\/code><\/li>\n<li>Start: <code> iisreset \/start <\/code><\/li>\n<li>Restart: <code> iisreset <\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Configuration:\n<ul>\n<li>Configure on IIS Manager<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h3 id=\"pleskpmm\">Plesk Backup Manager<\/h3>\n<div class=\"well\">\n<ul>\n<li>Logs:\n<ul>\n<li>Backup log : <code> %plesk_dir%PMM\/logs\/backup-[datetime]\/backup.log <\/code><\/li>\n<li>Restore logs folder : <code> %plesk_dir%PMM\/logs\/restore-[datetime] <\/code><\/li>\n<li>Additional and another logs : <code> %plesk_dir%PMM\\\\logs\\\\pmmcli.log , %plesk_dir%PMM\\\\logs\\\\pmmcli_daemon.log <\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h3 id=\"pleskMigrator\">Plesk Migrator<\/h3>\n<div class=\"well\">\n<ul>\n<li>Logs:\n<ul>\n<li><code> %plesk_dir%var\/modules\/panel-migrator\/logs\/<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Configuration:\n<ul>\n<li><code>%plesk_dir%var\/modules\/panel-migrator\/conf <\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h3 id=\"pleskhm\">Plesk Health Monitor<\/h3>\n<div class=\"well\">\n<ul>\n<li>Logs:\n<ul>\n<li><code>%plesk_dir%admin\/logs\/HealthMonitoring.log <\/code><\/li>\n<li><code>%plesk_dir%admin\/logs\/health-alarm.log <\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Service control:\n<ul>\n<li>Stop: <code> net stop ParallelsHealthMonitor <\/code><\/li>\n<li>Start: <code> net start ParallelsHealthMonitor <\/code><\/li>\n<li>Restart: <code> net stop ParallelsHealthMonitor &amp;&amp; net start ParallelsHealthMonitor <\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Configuration:\n<ul>\n<li><code>%plesk_dir%admin\/conf\/health-config.xml <\/code><\/li>\n<li><code>%plesk_dir%admin\/conf\/custom-health-config.xml <\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h3 id=\"pleskhmnd\">Health Monitor Notification Daemon<\/h3>\n<div class=\"well\">\n<ul>\n<li>Logs:\n<ul>\n<li><code>%plesk_dir%admin\/logs\/HealthNotifier.log <\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Service control:\n<ul>\n<li>Stop: <code> net stop ParallelsHealthNotifier <\/code><\/li>\n<li>Start: <code> net start ParallelsHealthNotifier <\/code><\/li>\n<li>Restart: <code> net stop ParallelsHealthNotifier &amp;&amp; net start ParallelsHealthNotifier <\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Configuration:\n<ul>\n<li><code>%plesk_dir%admin\/conf\/health-config.xml <\/code><\/li>\n<li><code>%plesk_dir%admin\/conf\/custom-health-config.xml <\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h3 id=\"pleskme\">MailEnable Mail Server<\/h3>\n<div class=\"well\">\n<ul>\n<li>Logs:\n<ul>\n<li><code>%plesk_dir%Mail Servers\/Mail Enable\/Logging <\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Service control:\n<ul>\n<li>Stop: <code> net stop meimaps &amp;&amp; net stop melcs &amp;&amp; net stop memtas &amp;&amp; net stop mepops &amp;&amp; net stop mepocs &amp;&amp; net stop mesptpcs <\/code><\/li>\n<li>Start: <code> net start meimaps &amp;&amp; net start melcs &amp;&amp; net start memtas &amp;&amp; net start mepops &amp;&amp; net start mepocs &amp;&amp; net start mesptpcs <\/code><\/li>\n<li>Restart: <code> net stop meimaps &amp;&amp; net stop melcs &amp;&amp; net stop memtas &amp;&amp; net stop mepops &amp;&amp; net stop mepocs &amp;&amp; net stop mesptpcs &amp;&amp; net start meimaps &amp;&amp; net start melcs &amp;&amp; net start memtas &amp;&amp; net start mepops &amp;&amp; net start mepocs &amp;&amp; net start mesptpcs <\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Configuration:\n<ul>\n<li><code>%plesk_dir%Mail Servers\/Mail Enable\/Bin\/MailEnable.msc <\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h3 id=\"pleskhwb\">Horde Webmail<\/h3>\n<div class=\"well\">\n<ul>\n<li>Logs:\n<ul>\n<li><code>%plesk_dir%tmp\/horde\/horde.log <\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Configuration:\n<ul>\n<li>IIS manager &gt;&gt; Sites &gt;&gt; Webmail(horde)<\/li>\n<li><code>%plesk_dir%webmail\/horde\/horde\/config\/conf.php <\/code><\/li>\n<li>PHP configuration for horde:<code> HKLM\\\\SOFTWARE\\\\PHP\\\\Per Directory Values\\\\...\\\\horde <\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h3 id=\"FTP\">FTP<\/h3>\n<div class=\"well\">\n<ul>\n<li>Logs:\n<ul>\n<li><code>%plesk_vhosts%Servers\/\/logs <\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Service control:\n<ul>\n<li>Stop: <code> net stop iisadmin <\/code><\/li>\n<li>Start: <code> net start iisadmin <\/code><\/li>\n<li>Restart: <code> net stop iisadmin &amp;&amp; net start iisadmin <\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Configuration:\n<ul>\n<li>IIS Manager &gt;&gt; Sites &gt;&gt; &lt;IP_address&gt;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Windows Plesk Services and Logs locations and Configuration files Location This article provide information about Most Plesk services including the log file location of the services and the configuration location and how to start\/Stop or Restart the service using the command prompet In all of the article we will use the %plesk_dir% &#8220;its indicate the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":415,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[37],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xsofthost.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xsofthost.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xsofthost.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xsofthost.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xsofthost.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.xsofthost.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":427,"href":"https:\/\/www.xsofthost.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426\/revisions\/427"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xsofthost.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xsofthost.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xsofthost.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xsofthost.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}