Plesk
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The Plesk software package is a commercial web hosting automation solution by SWsoft. Developed for professional hosting service providers, Plesk is comprehensive server management software designed to install and manage all systems and applications for Web-Hosting on a single server. It allows a server administrator to set up new websites, email accounts, and DNS entries through a web-based interface. Created to allow Sys-admins to manage thousands of virtual hosts on a single machine, Plesk eliminates constraints to increasing per server profitability.
Plesk is the only control panel on the market that is both Linux and Windows based. It is used by hosters in several scenerios, more specifically for shared, virtual and dedicated hosting.
Other services managed by Plesk include MySQL and PostgreSQL databases (Microsoft SQL server and Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine under Windows), Tomcat Java server, ColdFusion server, as well as CounterStrike and Battlefield 1942 game servers.
Plesk has two branches of development. Plesk for Linux/UNIX aims at supporting several POSIX platforms, including Red Hat Linux/Fedora, SUSE, Debian/Ubuntu, FreeBSD and Mac OS X. Plesk for Windows supports Windows Server 2003 operating system.
The company behind Plesk, SWsoft, operates principally from Herndon, Virginia.
SWsoft is also responsible for the server virtualization software called Virtuozzo, and is a sponsor of OpenVZ project.
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- Official SWsoft site
- SWsoft forum site (including a few Plesk forums)
