Plesk

Please note that this wiki page is heavily outdated. Some information may be out of date, or entirely not work.

What is Plesk?

Plesk is a powerful, yet user-friendly hosting/domain manager. Plesk has a simple-to-use interface that makes editing your hosting details extremely easy.

What can Plesk do?

Through Plesk (included with all HelioHost hosting accounts), you can:

• Create and manage e-mail addresses for your domain

• Check e-mail using RoundCube -or- alter MX records for use with another e-mail service (such as Google Workspace - doing this will cause the Plesk built-in webmail clients to stop working)

• Set-up e-mail clients for use with your e-mail addresses (through POP3/SMTP)

• Update your HelioHost account information/password

• Create and manage FTP accounts

• Use the built-in Plesk file manager

• Set-up FTP access using external FTP clients

• View error logs for your site

• Password protect directories on your site

• Manage zone records (A, CNAME, TXT) for your domain(s)

• Create MySQL/PostgreSQL databases/users (see MySQL Databases)

• Edit SQL tables using phpMyAdmin/phpPgAdmin

• Install software using Plesk Applications Installer

• Manage Perl modules

How do I access my Plesk?

Plesk can be accessed by logging into the HelioHost website, and then pressing the Plesk button.